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Rainbow 1 unit posted by a colleague. Post your rainbow ideas as a comment to this blog post. To “Rainbow” a unit, review the author’s design framework to get the idea of the basics of their design, then review each octant activity (hint: view it in Guidebook page). What you want to do is suggest resources or activities that would enhance or add value to the author’s design. Perhaps you know of a book or video that would enhance one of their octants. Possibly you thought about a different concept or a different connect activity as you were reviewing the design. Post a general comment on their overall lesson plan.
Example:
The Results of Weathering by Gerard Ban (rainbowed by Gary Rouse)
I liked your class about the changes caused by weathering. There are many ways to study this concept and see how things weather, but I will limit my suggestions to the following: In looking at your connect I thought it might also be good to have some students get something really hot and watch it dry out as another type of change caused by weathering. You asked them in perform to talk about what we can do to lessen the effect of weathering, yet this is the only place this new concept is addressed. It might be good to have them see some examples of this first, such as how ditches or the planting of grass can stop soil erosion.
Hello Hanan,
ReplyDeleteI found your lesson on civics and political institutions intriguing. I like your decision to use “belonging” as your key concept. If you were to instruct students who live in Georgia, we have a museum called the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. This would be a great field trip to solidify the concepts taught in this unit. The museum is currently free for the month of October. It is also usually free during the month of February. I also saw that there was a Chicago History Museum located in Illinois. This would be a great trip to allow students of Illinois to identify what role civics and political institutions played in Illinois. The museum also has online exhibitions students can visit if they are unable to visit in person due to the current pandemic. Well done. Thank you for sharing your lesson with us.