Created by: Bridgett Kawachi

Grade: 2nd Grade

Subject: Science

To integrate technology in the classroom and offer a cultural spin on science education, I will be asking classrooms around the globe to connect. Throughout the year students will connect with at least two other classrooms outside of our country, who do not share our weather pattern. Students will be asked to reflect daily/weekly on weather patterns in their own environments and larger weather events around the globe. As a class we will discuss our weather observations and any other information they have collected throughout the day/week. Each class around the globe will be required to submit their findings in a google drive document that will be shared.

As a class they will need to review and discuss the similarities and differences in the weather patterns seen in the classrooms they are collaborating with. Once every class has submitted an entry and reviewed the observations, a google hangout appointment will be set. By using google hangout, multiple classes will be able to connect around the globe and students will be able to make visual connections. The students will be able to see other learning environments and weather conditions. During each google hangout students will be able to ask each other questions regarding weather patterns, impacts in their society caused by weather, etc. Students will be able to see that weather patterns not only change from day to day and season to season, but they change due to location as well. As our students may be in the rain every day there is probably a class out there that is in the sun every day. I want my students to know that weather is a global matter and impacts society.

WA Standards:

2.2: Operate Systems: Understand technology systems and use hardware and networks to support learning.

- Students will need to be able to use the computer to document weather patterns and must have a clear understanding to do so.

2.3: Select and Use Applications: Use productivity tools and common applications effectively and constructively.

- We will be using google hangout and google drive to effectively communicate with classrooms around the globe.

1.2: Collaborate: Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

- We will be using google hangout to effectively communicate with classrooms around the globe.

2-3 ES2C Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature and precipitation.

- Students will be able to see the changes in weather not only in their own environment but in others around the globe. Students will also see that seasons are not all the same around the globe.