Sleuthing for a lost ship
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g68/
ballardsleuthing.html
A lesson plan for Grade 8 Science and Computer Technology Skills
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 8
- Subjects
- science (oceanography), social studies (general), thinking skills (higher order thinking, information literacy, research skills, visual literacy), education technology (computer/technology skills, integrating technology), teaching methods (cooperative learning, discovery learning, online learning)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this Xpeditions lesson, students consider the ways in which geography is not merely an academic discipline but also a field of study with interesting and practical applications.
Students will:
- learn about Ballard's work by exploring the Web;
- hypothesize about what Ballard needs to consider before investigating a shipwreck;
- visit Web sites to learn about oceanographic features that are important to understand before searching for a shipwreck;
- list questions they would ask in trying to determine the location of a lost ship;
- research and list the things they would do once they discovered the ship's location; and
- explain why Ballard's expertise would be helpful to their investigation.
Xpeditions provides links to necessary web resources, detailed instructions for completing the lesson and suggestions for assessment and enrichment activities.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Computer Technology Skills (2005)
Grade 8
- Goal 3: Select and use a variety of technology tools to collect, analyze, and present information. Strand - Societal/Ethical Issues
- Objective 3.01: Select and use a variety of technology tools to collect, analyze, and present information. Strand - Societal/Ethical Issues
- Objective 3.09: Plan, select, evaluate, interpret and use a variety of digital resources to develop assignments/projects about North Carolina History. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet
- Objective 3.10: Use evaluation tools to select Internet resources and information for content and usefulness in content area assignments. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet
Science (2005)
Grade 8
- Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.01: Identify and create questions and hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.05: Analyze evidence to:
- explain observations.
- make inferences and predictions.
- develop the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.08: Use oral and written language to:
- Communicate findings.
- Defend conclusions of scientific investigations.
- Describe strengths and weaknesses of claims, arguments, and/or data.
- Objective 1.09: Use technologies and information systems to:
- Research.
- Gather and analyze data.
- Visualize data.
- Disseminate findings to others.
- Objective 1.10: Analyze and evaluate information from a scientifically literate viewpoint by reading, hearing, and/or viewing:
- Scientific text.
- Articles.
- Events in the popular press.
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate an understanding of technological design.
- Objective 2.01: Explore evidence that "technology" has many definitions.
- Artifact or hardware.
- Methodology or technique.
- System of production.
- Social-technical system.
- Objective 2.02: Use information systems to:
- Identify scientific needs, human needs, or problems that are subject to technological solution.
- Locate resources to obtain and test ideas.
- Objective 2.04: Apply tenets of technological design to make informed consumer decisions about:
- Products.
- Processes.
- Systems.
- Objective 2.01: Explore evidence that "technology" has many definitions.
- Goal 3: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of the hydrosphere.
- Objective 3.03: Evaluate evidence that Earth's oceans are a reservoir of nutrients, minerals, dissolved gases, and life forms:
- Estuaries.
- Marine ecosystems.
- Upwelling.
- Behavior of gases in the marine environment.
- Value and sustainability of marine resources.
- Deep ocean technology and understandings gained.
- Objective 3.07: Describe how humans affect the quality of water:
- Point and non-point sources of water pollution in North Carolina.
- Possible effects of excess nutrients in North Carolina waters.
- Economic trade-offs.
- Local water issues.
- Objective 3.08: Recognize that the good health of environments and organisms requires:
- Monitoring of the hydrosphere.
- Water quality standards.
- Methods of water treatment.
- Maintaining safe water quality.
- Stewardship.
- Objective 3.03: Evaluate evidence that Earth's oceans are a reservoir of nutrients, minerals, dissolved gases, and life forms:
