Tour Colorado

Tour Colorado - Teacher Pre-Activity

Intended Learning

Teacher will gain a full understanding of the objectives, expectations, resources needed, overview, and specifics of the project.

Standards

None

Materials and Resources

1. Teacher FAQs
2. Student Instructions
3. Student Search Tips
4. Student Graphics Tips
5. Student Technology skills
6. Teacher Technology skills

Activity Description

1. Read the above-listed document to become familiar with the objectives, student expectations, classroom materials, and technology needs for the project.

Tour Colorado - Activity #1

Intended Learning

• Students will understand the objectives, expectations, and “rules” of the project, Tour Colorado;
• Students will be able to download the Tour Colorado PowerPoint Template (contains clues and website

Standards

READING AND WRITING
Standard 7

INFORMATION LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY
Standards 1, 2, 3, and 4

Materials and Resources

1. Electronic or paper access to the Student Instructions
2. Electronic access to the Tour Colorado PowerPoint Template (with questions embedded)

Activity Description

1. Teacher should have read the above-referenced documents to be prepared to introduce the project and answer student questions.
2. Teacher introduces the project to the students by providing them with an electronic or paper version of Student Instructions.
3. Students should download the Tour Colorado PowerPoint Template and resave it with an appropriate name in an appropriate student folder, after teacher demonstrates the procedure and skills.
4. Allow ample time to answer student questions.

Tour Colorado - Activity #2

Intended Learning

• To help students understand the importance of giving credit for the information that is acquired during the process of doing research.
• Students will acknowledge the inclusion of ideas and quotations from other people to avoid charges of plagiarism.

Standards

READING AND WRITING
Standards 1, 5

ILT
Standard 4

Materials & Resources

1. Copy onto overhead transparency:
   • Blank bibliography form
   • Bibiliography format
   • Bibliography Checklist

Activity Description

• Introduce the terms bibliography and citation. If your students are already familiar with what a bibliography is, you can quickly review it.
• If not, explain to students that a bibliography is a list of citations that tell where you got your information. It includes all the books, encyclopedias, websites, and so on that you used to write your report or that you used for a project.
• Using the ‘Bibliography Format’ demonstrate how to cite each of the sources your students could use:  books, websites, and encyclopedias.
• Hand out the blank student forms.
• Have each student practice citing a websource on the form. 

Web tools

http://noodletools.com/login.php  Write your bibliography directly on this website.  It formats it for you.

Tour Colorado - Activity #3

Intended Learning

Students will understand how to access the necessary electronic forms, applications, and sources of information in order to effectively uncover the clues and apply the knowledge to their final product.

Standards

READING AND WRITING
Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7

GEOGRAPHY
Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

HISTORY
Standards 2 and 7

VISUAL ARTS
Standards 1 and 3

ILT
Standards 1, 2, 3 and 4

Materials and Resources

• Computer lab
• Tour Colorado PowerPoint template (previously downloaded onto each computer by students)
• One copy for each student
  • Student Search Tips
  • Student Graphic Tips

 

Activity Description

• Teacher begins by reviewing the objectives and resources for completing the project.
• Teacher models the process for completing one slide in the Tour Colorado PowerPoint template.
• Select a clue
• Unravel the clue
• Place the picture and your writing in the PowerPoint Template.
• Answer any questions the students might have.
• Reinforce work expectations.
• Be available for student questions as they work.