Trail Blazers: Fourth-Grade Students Create Digital Field Guides for Visitors to the School's Nature Trail

Autor/in	Connors, Lisa Marie
Titel	Trail Blazers: Fourth-Grade Students Create Digital Field Guides for Visitors to the School's Nature Trail
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 49 (2011) 4, S.46-50 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Recreational Facilities; Science Teachers; Learning Experience; Science Instruction; Grade 4; Elementary School Students; Forestry; Science Education; Guides; Computer Uses in Education; Computers; Technology Uses in Education; Recreational Activities; Outdoor Education; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeiteinrichtung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lernerfahrung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Computernutzung; Digitalrechner; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Freizeitgestaltung; Freiluftunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	As a fourth-grade science teacher, the author wanted a project that was (a) yearlong in scope, (b) got her students outside more, and (c) laid the groundwork for a learning progression. In this article, she describes a project in which her fourth-grade students created digital field guides for visitors to their school's nature trail. In the process, the students learned valuable inquiry and technology skills. This was a unique learning experience for the students involved because of the technology used and because of the ability to follow through with a long-term project. Many students who did not have computers at home had an opportunity to use computers for both the research and the creation of the podcasts. (Contains 4 figures and 4 online resources.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10