Geologic+Time+Scale


 * __Lesson/ Project Description __**

We recently finished learning about the Geologic Time Scale (GTS). You briefly read about the major periods, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic and Precambrian time. While reading our textbooks, you learned about the major events that took place that helped form the different eras and periods. You will now take everything that you learned and dig deeper into an assigned Era and/or period to compose a project & presentation to teach the class the more about the GTS.

As a group you will be required to research and present on the following topics-
 * Name of the era or time period
 * Start and end dates
 * 2 facts that make your era or time period unique
 * 3 major events in geologic history from your era or time period
 * At least 2 pictures to represent your era or time period
 * Description of the climate
 * 2 organisms or life forms of your era or time period
 * 2 organisms that first appeared during this time
 * 2 organisms that disappeared during this time

You will be working in your table groups. I will come around and assign your group an era and or a time period.

__**Entry Event **__ To get started your group will be working with [|Stormboard] Each student can collaborate on your Stormboard at the same time. All you need is the link, an ID number and a KEY. One group member needs to create the Stormboard and then you can join. Use the bulleted list above to guide your note taking on this brainstorming activity. You can divide up the research. For example if you have 3 members in your group, you would each have 3 bullets to research that YOU are responsible for.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This program is very similar to Google Docs (which you have used before) where multiple students can access and edit at the same time!

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Your group has the option to make an online virtual poster to display your research. Glogster will allow you to add different text boxes, speech bubbles, images, graphics, videos, audio, etc. This virtual poster will be used as a visual to your oral presentation. Glogster is a great tool to use instead of a traditional poster with hand written work.
 * __<span style="color: #3d3af0; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creation Tool #1- Glogster __**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*Remember to refer to the requirements above in the bulleted list to make sure your virtual poster has everything you need.

__**<span style="color: #3d3af0; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creation Tool #2- Read Write Think Timeline **__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Read Write Think Timeline allows you to display your information in a linear series of events. You can use dates, events or time to categorize your timeline. You can include short of long descriptions for each event and also images. As required you need to know the start and end dates of your era, which is a good place to start with your timeline. You may not have an exact date for everything, so just putting the events in order is okay. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*Remember to refer to the requirements above in the bulleted list to make sure your virtual poster has everything you need.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">If you love using Power Point to make presentations, Voicethread allows you to take your slides show to the next level and add audio to your presentation. Voice thread has many options for recording such as just typing a comment that will appear, recording an audio message and even recording a video message. In the example you will hear the audio message overlay. You can add multiple comments to one slide depending on the amount of information you have. Voicethread allows other to make comments as well so if students have questions they can leave you an audio question. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*Remember to refer to the requirements above in the bulleted list to make sure your virtual poster has everything you need.
 * __<span style="color: #3d3af0; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creation Tool #3- Voicethread __**

<span style="color: #3d3af0; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How do we publish our final report? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Once you finish your work you will submit it to Edmodo. Before submitting your work make sure you review the rubric and project requirements to make sure you are not missing anything. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Your parents will have to verify your account. They will also get notification of assignments and when they are due.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. Go to [|Edmodo] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. You will have to create a free account to access our class Edmodo. Please use your school email and password. If the code is required to join our new class here it is- e9btpj (copy and paste the code) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. Click on open assignment and submit by either creating, attaching a file, or sharing a link.


 * __<span style="color: #f71111; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Web Links __**


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is an example of a Stormboard for my project which was the Paleozoic Post Newspaper. You will see that this Stormboard was created to start brainstorming and taking notes on the required topics. If you need it, below is the ID # and Key for my Stormboard.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ID- 470121
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">KEY- divide33
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">READ ME--- You will need to create an account with Stormboard, it's free. Make sure you put in your school email and use your 6 digit lunch code as your password.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is an example of Glogster- [|Paleozoic Post Electronic Newspaper]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click here to start building your own timeline. Below is an example of a timeline for the Paleozoic Era.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is an example using Voicethread- [|All About the Paleozoic Era]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click the link to go to [|Edmodo]


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 * __<span style="color: #f71111; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Files __**