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ESL Teaching Tools for Environmental Science

ESL Teaching Tools for Environmental Science. Sarah O’Donnell Cheryl Lechtanski North Plainfield High School. Objectives. Share a number of teaching tools Currently in use at North Plainfield High School Aligns with the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model .

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ESL Teaching Tools for Environmental Science

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  1. ESL Teaching Tools for Environmental Science Sarah O’Donnell Cheryl Lechtanski North Plainfield High School

  2. Objectives • Share a number of teaching tools • Currently in use at North Plainfield High School • Aligns with the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model

  3. Our Application of the SIOP Model • Content (science) and language objectives • Building background • Scaffolding • Verbal, e.g., questioning • Procedural, e.g., partnering • Instructional, e.g., graphic organizers • Variety of activities

  4. Current Applications • Environmental Science course • Sheltered • Non-sheltered

  5. Webquests • Virtual Tours ( http://www.efieldtrips.org ) • Examples:

  6. Field Trips • Raptor Trust (Millington, NJ) • http://www.theraptortrust.org

  7. Games • Food Chain Game • Crossword Puzzles • Water Pollution

  8. Games • Food Chain Game (based on Loch Ness) • http://www.3dlochness.com/schools-info.htm

  9. Games • Crossword Puzzles • Water Pollution Crossword Puzzle (http://www.puzzlemaker.com)

  10. Activities • White Deer Population • Think, Pair, Share • Food Chains and Trophic Levels • Draw an Atom

  11. Activities • White Deer Population • Adapted from Penn State Environment and Ecological Lesson Plan Series, where students • Calculate deer population growth on a deer farm where harvesting occurs • Analyze data and suggest good management practices

  12. Activities • Think, Pair, Share • Build an animal • Assessment on understanding of adaptation, where students • Select a biome • Create a fictitious animal with adaptations that allow it to survive in the chosen biome • List the specific adaptations and their survival benefits • Present work to class

  13. Activities • Food Chains and Trophic Levels, where students • Learn new vocabulary • Identify a list of organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers

  14. Activities • Draw an Atom • Assessment on the components of an atom • Each student draws an atom from the Periodic Table

  15. Labs • Mark and Recapture Lab • Dew Point Lab • What is a Greenhouse? Lab • pH Lab: Do we have acid rain?

  16. Labs • Mark and Recapture Lab, where students • Learn concepts and vocabulary of population size estimation • Apply mark and recapture procedure using peanuts, paper bags and markers • Evaluate pros and cons of procedure

  17. Labs • Dew Point Lab, where students • Learn concept and vocabulary of ‘dew point’ • Measure ‘dew point’ using the cold can method • Write a summary of what they learned

  18. Labs • What is a Greenhouse? Lab • EPA Report No. EPA/600/R-93/126. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_3_2_12t.htm

  19. Labs • pH Lab: Do we have acid rain in North Plainfield?, where students • Learn and apply pH scale • Compare pH of tap water, rain water, cola, vinegar and soapy water

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