 |
Welcome to the Volcanoes in Space Digital Lab! The following information
should help you begin to get the most out this online activity. If you have
any advice or suggestions you feel would benefit other teachers using this
lab, please post them on the Digital Labs Advice message board.
Multimedia Program Connections
This Digital Lab is tightly integrated with the following JASON materials:
- JASON XII Curriculum Investigation 4.4
- JASON XII Update Video #2
We believe that exposing your students to all of these components will
provide them with the richest possible learning experience. Connections
between all of JASON's media and content can be found on page 5 of the
JASON XII curriculum.
Preparation
- Go through the activity at least once ahead of time before engaging
your class. It may be best to do this preparation in the school setting,
rather than at home, so you identify any technical problems with the
school computers in advance.
- Take a peek at the Digital Labs Advice message board to see if there
have been any other helpful hints posted by JASON teachers.
- Make sure you have the necessary plug-ins installed. If you do not,
you can find links to free downloads on the Plug-ins
Help page.
- Working through the other related JASON components listed above is
often helpful.
Time Considerations
- At the elementary level, have students do the lab over several days
after the work in the curriculum has been completed.
- At the elementary level, do the lab first as a teacher-directed lesson.
When the students are ready to do the lab independently, pair them up
or have them work in small groups of three or four.
Classroom management.
- Some teachers have found it works best to have some students working
on the digital lab, some writing in their journals, and some working
in the curriculum exercises. In this way, you will be free to help the
students who are working on the lab.
Teacher Take Note
- This lab includes some supplementary audio and video clips of John
Spencer talking in more depth about a number of related topics. While
they are not essential for completing the lab, they do contain interesting
and relevant information and are presented by John in a way that makes
his passion for the subject unmistakable—and infectious. If you
have the necessary RealPlayer software (free download available on the
Plug-ins Help page) they're worth looking
into. Use the Video option if you have a high speed connection. If you
don't have a high speed connection, or if the video looks blurry or
choppy and is prone to constant "re-buffering," go with the Audio option.
You should notice a drastic improvement in quality. If all else fails,
there's always the text transcript of the clips.
Links to Standards
More in-depth information on how JASON links to education standards can
be found in the JASON XII curriculum on page 16. Here's how the Volcanoes
in Space Digital Lab meets the National Science Education Standards:
|
National Science Education
Standard
|
Volcanoes in Space Digital
Lab
|
|
Content Standard A: Science As Inquiry
Students learn about scientific inquiry and develop the abilities
necessary to perform it.
|
¸
|
|
Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science
Students should develop an understanding of the structure of the
Earth system, Earth's history, and the relationship of Earth to
the rest of the solar system.
|
¸
|
|
Content Standard E: Science and Technology
Students should learn about science and technology and develop
the abilities necessary for technological design.
|
¸
|
Assessment
More in-depth information on assessment in the JASON Project can be found
in the JASON XII curriculum on page 20. Here's one assessment tool for
this Digital Lab:
|
Performance Indicators for the Volcanoes
in Space Digital Lab
|
Novice
|
Apprentice
|
Researcher
|
|
Understands why volcanoes occur on Earth and on Io. Can describe
the difference between the causes of volcanism on both.
|
|
|
|
|
Understands and effectively communicates the advantages and disadvantages
of studying planets from different locations in the solar system.
|
|
|
|
|
Understands the concept of latitude and longitude and can apply
that knowledge to finding and describing points on Earth and other
worlds in the solar system.
|
|
|
|
|
Develops conclusions based on data gathered and observations made.
|
|
|
|
|
