Teachers

= Teachers: =

This wiki was designed to meet the needs of my eighth grade science students studying Chemistry and more specifically, The Periodic Table of Elements. I wanted a way to integrate all the information the students are learning in class as well as integrate technology into the classroom. It also allows for collaboration among students to allow for differentiated instruction. For me in desigining wiki pages was just the device to accomplish this.

My reasoning behind designing this Wikispace started as completing an assignment in my Electronic Materials for Children and Youth class through IUPUI taught by Annette Lamb. The initial assignment was to make a pathfinder on the Periodic Table which led me to develop a type of webquest through the Wikispaces. My [|purpose statement] fits both assignments well.

 For reminders of what the task involves please go to The Task page.

__ 8th Grade Science Standards (Indiana):  __ //Matter and Energy* // 8.3.8 Explain that all matter is made up of atoms* which are far too small to see directly through an optical microscope. Understand that the atoms of any element* are similar but are different from atoms of other elements. Further understand that atoms may stick together in well-defined molecules or may be packed together in large arrays. Also understand that different arrangements of atoms into groups comprise all substances. 8.3.9 Demonstrate, using drawings and models, the movement of atoms in a solid*, liquid*, and gaseous* state. Explain that atoms and molecules are perpetually in motion. 8.3.10 Explain that increased temperature means that atoms have a greater average energy of motion and that most gases expand when heated. 8.3.11 Describe how groups of elements can be classified based on similar properties, including highly reactive metals*, less reactive metals, highly reactive nonmetals*, less reactive nonmetals, and some almost completely nonreactive gases. 8.3.12 Explain that no matter how substances within a closed system interact with one another, or how they combine or break apart, the total mass of the system remains the same. Understand that the atomic theory explains the conservation of matter: if the number of atoms stays the same no matter how they are rearranged, then their total mass stays the same. 8.3.13 Explain that energy cannot be created or destroyed but only changed from one form into another. 8.3.14 Describe how heat* can be transferred through materials by the collision of atoms, or across space by radiation*, or if the material is fluid, by convection* currents that are set up in it that aid the transfer of heat. 8.3.15 Identify different forms of energy that exist in nature.  * energy: what is needed to make things move * atom: the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element * element: the simplest type of pure substance; a substance consisting entirely of atoms having identical chemical properties * solid: matter with a definite shape and volume <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* liquid: matter with no definite shape but with a definite volume <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* gas: matter with no definite shape or volume <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* metals: one class of substances that are mostly shiny, bendable, and good conductors of heat and electricity <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* nonmetals: one class of substances that does not have metallic properties; usually a poor conductor of heat and electricity <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* heat: a form of energy characterized by random motion at the molecular level <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* radiation: energy transfer through space <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri">* convection: heat transfer in liquids and gases by transport of matter from a region of one temperature to a region of a different temperature <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">

__ 8th Grade Language Arts Standards (Indiana):  __ <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 8.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing, keep a list or notebook of ideas, and use graphic organizers to plan writing. 8.4.2 Create compositions that have a clear message, a coherent thesis (a statement of position on the topic), and end with a clear and well-supported conclusion. 8.4.3 Support theses or conclusions with analogies (comparisons), paraphrases, quotations, opinions from experts, and similar devices. 8.4.4 Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches using computer networks. 8.4.5 Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original ideas. 8.4.6 Use a computer to create documents by using word-processing skills and publishing programs; develop simple databases and spreadsheets to manage information and prepare reports. 8.4.7 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning and clarity. 8.4.8 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist or set of rules, with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors. 8.4.9 Revise writing for word choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions among paragraphs, passages, and ideas. 8.4.10 Create an organizational structure that balances all aspects of the composition and uses effective transitions between sentences to unify important ideas. 8.4.11 Identify topics; ask and evaluate questions; and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">__ Differentiation: __ In developing this for your classroom you may want to think about differentiation of instruction for those students labeled "high ability" by adding something else to their assignment. For those students, have them become the editors of the pages. Where they become responsible for the materials on the pages within the Wiki pages you develop. They can then get a seperate grade for completing this extention.

__ Accomodations: __

These can be made on a student to student basis. Individual accomodations need to follow the students IEP and the schools educational plan. Such accomodations could included: extended period of time, the ability to re-submit a substandard project, presentations done in front of teacher and resource teacher only, and modifying the project.