Lesson Plan - Science 10 - Weather Dynamics

Reasons for choosing the technology:

I chose to use these particular pieces of technology to compliment the students knowledge of weather because they are commonly used technologies that the students will use, or have already used. By using a spreadsheet program with graphing capabilities they get a visual appreciation of what the numbers mean over a period of time. This becomes important because once you add time to the picture they get a sense of reality that they can relate to on a defined graph that they can change with ease. The ability to do a spreadsheet will help the students out in there next few years of schooling, especially if they plan on going onto university. They help form linkages, and show connections between the data. The reason I chose to link use a PowerPoint presentation is because it is a handy visual tool that shows a large quantity of information in a very condensed package. They are clear and can be viewed again and again. I chose to use online video's because of the abundance of videos available and the recognizability of the material shown within them. The content creates something that the students can relate to, whether it is something they have done, or at least have seen on T.V. The writing activities they students have to do help them with there writing/typing skills. I think these activities will help sufficiently when dealing with the study of weather patterns. They make it easy to understand the large amount of information available.