Enrich+the+Study+of+the+Human+Body+with+Technology+-+Grade+7+Sample+Unit

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=** Human Body Systems - The Circulatory System**= //Grade 7 Sample Unit//

= Class Components=

Session 1 – Title: Teaching a Technology-Enriched Science Unit
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn what scientific concepts and skills using technology participants should really understand by the end of this unit. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to incorporate WebQuests into science instruction.

[|Circulatory System WebQuest] [|QuestGarden] [|Best WebQuests.com] [|WebQuest.org] [|Good WebQuest Example A] [|Good WebQuest Example B] [|Bad WebQuest Example A] [|Bad WebQuest Example B]
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Session 2 – Title: Enhancing Science Instruction Using Video
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn to find and use video to support visual and auditory learners. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to find and use video to support the curriculum.

[|PowerMediaPlus] (subscription required) [|Teacher's Domain](subscription required)
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Session 3 – Title: Creating and Organizing an Electronic Science Notebook
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn the importance of organizing an electronic science notebook. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to create folders and subfolders to organize documents into an electronic science notebook based on the Grade 7 Science Scope and Sequence.

[|Teacher's Domain](subscription required)
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Session 4 – Title: Using Excel and Microsoft Word
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to collect, analyze, and display scientific data using a spreadsheet. They will also learn the benefits of using a template to structure data collection and analysis. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to create a template in Excel to collect data, as well as how to utilize Excel and Word.


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Session 5 – Title: Finding Quality Web Sites to Support Student Research and Citing Them Using Citation Machine
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to structure Internet research to facilitate inquiry-based student learning while ensuring that students learn core content, and how to determine what types of Web sites best support 7th grade student research and find those sites. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how Citation Machine can be used to help students cite sources easily and accurately.

[|Citation Machine] [|Google] [|Google Search Results for "Circulatory System" Kids] [|Google Search Results for "Circulatory System" "Middle School"]
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Session 6 – Title: Interactive Resources to Support the Understanding of the Human Body
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to use interactive resources as a structured activity to understand the human body. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn what an interactive resource is, and the benefits of using interactive resources either as opposed to textbooks or as supplemental activities.


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Session 7 – Title: Managing Research on the Human Body Using PageKeeper
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how PageKeeper is used to collect and organize online resources. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn what PageKeeper is, and how to establish a PageKeeper account.

[|PageKeeper] [|PageKeeper Tutorial] [|PageKeeper Sample Page] [|Register for PageKeeper (for free!)]
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Session 8 – Title: Using PowerPoint to Teach and Present Information
• Content Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how students can use PowerPoint to present their scientific findings. • Technology Teaching Points: During this session, participants will learn how to use PowerPoint to present information to students?

[|Circulatory Systems]
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//**Facilitator Notes:** You are encouraged to customize the materials to your teaching style. Please add your own contact information in the last slide of your PowerPoints before presenting.//