Learning+Center+Design

Center Information
 * Cross-Curricula Learning Center Design **
 * 1) Author: Nicole Jacobs
 * 2) Title of Centers: Measure up Math, Blogging, EekoHouse Online Activity, and Reading about Recycling
 * 3) Grade Level: 4
 * 4) Content Area: Math, writing, science, reading
 * 5) Type of Center: Enrichment and exploratory centers
 * 6) Organization of Centers: Rotational centers.
 * 7) Number of Centers: 4
 * 8) Time Needed: 15 min. per center

Learning Objectives: Students will understand the impact their actions have on the environment.  1. Students will learn the importance of conserving paper.  2. Students will learn how to make eco-friendly choices in their own homes.
 * 1) Cognitive Objective
 * 1) Behavioral Objective
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will write responses to environmental questions on a blog
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will determine how much paper a tree can produce through solving math problems.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Materials:
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tree cut-outs with measurements on them
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Measure up Math worksheet
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Calculators
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Laptops
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Books: __Garbage & Recycling__, Helen Orme and __Recycled Paper__, Samuel Woods
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Fact sheet


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center Activity Description
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center 1 – Eeko House Online Activity
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This center will have approximately 5 students.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After going to pbskids.org/eekoworld on their laptops, students will click on the Eeko House activity button. While traveling throughout the Eeko House, students will click on objects that become highlighted when the hand moves over them. A dialogue box pops up with two options to choose from. When the most eco-friendly options are chosen, an explanation is shown and a point is earned. They have ten minutes to earn as many points as possible while traveling through each room of the house. At the end of the ten minutes, students will complete an exit slip, writing down their score and the most impactful fact they learned through the activity as well as what they will try to do at home to be more conscientious of the environment.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teacher will provide laptops and an instruction card at the center. Review of exit slips will be done at the end of activity.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will move onto the following center after 15 minutes.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center 2 – Blogging
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This center will have approximately 5 students.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will remain on the pbskids.org/eekoworld website and click on the Exchange button. Here, students will need to click on at least five of the eight environmental topics and type their response to each blog subject. They are required to write in complete sentences and use proper grammar.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teacher will provide laptops and an instruction card at the center. Review of blog comments will be done at the end of activity.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students move onto the following center after 15 minutes.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center 3 – Measure up Math
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This center will have approximately 5 students.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will choose a tree cut-out from a box provided at the center. The circumference of the tree is written on the cut-out. They will use the circumference to complete the worksheet, using math to solve the question of how many newspapers their tree would make.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teacher provides tree cut-outs, calculators, and math worksheet. Review of worksheet will be done at the end of activity.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students move onto Center 4 after 15 minutes.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center 4 – Reading about Recycling
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This center will be doubled with approximately ten students, split into groups of five and will last 15 minutes. One group will read __Garbage & Recycling__ and the other will read __Recycled Papers__. During the first 15 minutes, they will sit in separate reading corners. They will read the story aloud as a group and select four of the most important things they learned, writing each fact in a Fact Box on the worksheet. They must make sure everyone can explain the facts and why they are important for the following activity. During the last 15 minutes, they will join their two groups and explain the four facts they found from their book. They will be required to write the facts down that the other group found on their fact sheet.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teacher will provide books and fact sheets. Review of fact sheets will be done at end of activity.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assessment
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center #1 - Formative/informal assessment through exit slip question.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center #2 - Formative/informal assessment through blogging responses.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center #3 - Formative/informal assessment through Measure up Math worksheet.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Center #4 - Formative/informal assessment through Fact Sheet.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Worksheets[[image:MathWorksheet.jpg width="800" height="1099"]]