Class+One+-+September+8

__**Assignments for Class One: **__

Today in class  you will be experiencing the UDL Science Portal as a student by completing activities for the Beginning Plants Unit. First, go to [|UDL Science Portal]

You will be working in partners and I've created a class roster and given every team a username and password.
 * ~  ||~ Partner1 ||~ Partner 2 ||~ Username ||~ Password ||
 * [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28753/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28753/"]] || Casey || AmyB || caseya || science ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28754/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28754/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MaggieB || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">ElizabethC || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">maggiebe || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28758/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28758/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">JenniferH || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">HeatherK || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">jenniferhh || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28755/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28755/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">TimC || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">KatherineC || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">timck || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28761/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28761/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">BillS || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">KatieS || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">billsk || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28763/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28763/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">DaenaV || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">KelliW || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">daenavk || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28762/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28762/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MaryS || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MeganT || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">marysm || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cog.png caption="setup" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/member/edit/28759/"]] [[image:http://udl.portal.concord.org/images/icons/cross.png caption="delete" link="http://udl.portal.concord.org/class/remove/2469/student/28759/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MariaK || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">SaraK || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">mariaks || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">science ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">You will log in and you should see listed **Beginning Plants.** Click on the green arrow next to the unit name to begin You may get a message telling you to run the installer. Please do so - it will let you install on the Saemann computers. The Installer will download and then you will need to click on it to run it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">After running the installer, go back to the main class page and click on the green arrow next to the name of the unit: Beginner Plants.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">You will see that the only item on the picture menu that you can highlight is the "pre-test" so complete that first. Don't worry if you are unsure of any answers, just respond the best that you can. By Monday, I want you to complete all of the activities in the unit. You do not have to complete them in any specific order but you should complete **with your parnter**:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Modeling**: //**Parts of a plant and the Food-o-meter**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Math**: //**Graph it Growing**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Hands on**: //**Water and Sunlight and Leaves, Stems and Roots**// <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">(Important note - you do NOT have to actually complete these activities - plants seeds, etc. BUT I do want you to work through the information and questions to see what is involved in the investigations)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Post test **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">I also want you to read the story but you can do that on your own or with your partners

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Completing this unit should take approximately 2 hours total and I will give you at least one hour in class to work on it so take advantage of that time! The purpose of completing this unit is to "awaken" and expand your knowledge of plants to prepare you for our field experience and to demonstrate **Universal Design for Learning or UDL** which will be our model for planning instruction.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**__Reading Assignments (I would expect you to take approximately 2-3 hours to read so budget your time accordingly)__**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">1. Read Class Syllabus and Tech-knowledge-y Expectations

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">2. Chapter 1 from //**Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool**//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">3. Introduction and Chapter 3 from **Last Child in the Woods** handout

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">4. Read //**Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning**//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">5. For our last set of readings, we will be using a jigsaw approach with one person in each group reading one article, creating a summary document (images, tables, graphs, charts, and text) to share with their group.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Casey, Tim, Marissa, Maria, ill and Daena - //**Getting Started: A guide for creating school gardens as outdoor classrooms**//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Amy, Katherine, Kylie, Sara, Katie, Kelli - //**A Permaculture School Garden**//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Maggie, Laura, Jennifer, Jessica, Mary - //**Rethinking Lunch: Making Lunch an Integral Part of Education**//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Elizabeth, Brittany, Heather, Marielle, Megan - //**School Food Gardens in Multicultural Inner-City Settings**//