2.+Planning+and+Preperation

**2. Planning and Preparation ** **//Planning //** a. Knowledge gaining: The students will watch a Bill Nye the Science Guy video on ecosystems. Next the students will go to an interactive website and research some components of ecosystems. The students will gather information from the video and websites. The students will also have a video conference with an expert in the feild. b. Knowledge organizing: The students will use Kidspiration to make a web to organize their information. c. Knowledge sharing: The students will upload their final webs onto a class wiki to share their information with their class. They will explore the class wiki individually and learn about the other groups webs.

**//Preparation //** Explain what preparation is required before the project begins (e.g. arrange for field trip).
 * 1) The teacher will gather the videos that the students will watch.
 * 2) The teacher will create a class Ecosystems wiki for the students to upload their webs.
 * 3) The teacher will set up a video conference with an expert.