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Project Overview
Probing Issues on Black Bayou
Lake NWR is a middle
school project which provides a framework for collaborative,
interactive learning for teachers and students. Since Instructional
Technology and Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge were
already collaborating on a curriculum project, the decision was
made to expand it to include a mini project for the district's
7th grade students. Working together, staff from Instructional
Technology, Instructional Support Services and GEAR-UP developed
a set of multi-curricular, student centered activities in the
core subject areas of ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
The project uses as its parameters the goals of the Southern
Regional Education Board's (SREB) Making Middle Grades Work initiative:
- To increase the percentages
of eighth-graders who perform at the proficient levels in academic
subjects
- To provide educational experiences
that increase students' knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics,
language arts, science and social studies
- To provide students with opportunities
to apply their skills in the fine arts and to explore careers
and new technology.
All 7th grade students and teachers
in the district's three junior high schools - Carroll Junior
High, M. L. King Middle, and Lee Junior High - will participate
in the project. It is divided into 3 stages - Before Field Experiences,
Field Experience, and Beyond the Pond. All project lesson plans
and activities are described in detail on the Activities
page.
Before Field Experiences and
Beyond the Pond
Activities to be conducted before
and after the field experience have been defined in the lesson
plans that will be implemented. Also, the resources for these
activities have been identified and/or provided for the teachers
and are compiled for convenience on the Resources
page.
Lesson Plans
- English/Language Arts
- Taking A Closer Look - Propaganda Techniques
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- Social Studies
- Caching in on Propaganda Techniques
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- Math
- Black Bayou Lake Measures Up
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- Science
- What's Up With pH!
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Field Experiences
- A series of activities were developed
that compliment the lesson plans while making optimum use of
the facilities and natural resources of Black Bayou Lake NWR.
Students will be divided into groups and rotate through each
activity station. A detailed description of each activity can
be found on the Activities page.
- Activities
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- What's
Up with Water?
water sampling and testing
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- Geocaching
with Propaganda
- using GPS to locate hidden propaganda
techniques
Exploring
the Refuge
- guided nature hike
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- Show
and Tell
- digital photography and presentation
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- Interactive
Storytelling
- Dee Scallon, author of Moby
Crawfish series
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- For additional project
information, please contact:
- Karla Bowlin, Instructional Technology Supervisor
- Dr. Tammye Turpin, Chief Academic Officer
- Jacqueline Matthews, GEAR-UP Director
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- For their extra effort
that made the project possible,
- kudos to:
- Rosemary Dillingham,
IT Teacher Assistant
- Joyce Tate, Science
Specialist
- Valerie Tewson, SchoolTech
Facilitator
- Emily Rash, Math Specialist
- Nancy Hodges, Telecommunications
Facilitator
- Gay Brantley, USFWS
Environmental Educator
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