The Moon Project

Autor/inn/en	Trundle, Kathy Cabe; Willmore, Sandra; Smith, Walter S.
Titel	The Moon Project
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 43 (2006) 6, S.52-55 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Foreign Countries; Astronomy; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Program Descriptions; Web Based Instruction; Team Teaching; Cultural Awareness; Educational Benefits; Alaska; Australia; Indiana; New York (Albany); Ohio; Qatar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Astronomie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Web Based Training; Teamteaching; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Bildungsertrag; Australien; Katar
Abstract	What Australia, Alaska, Qatar, Indiana, and Ohio have in common is the authentic writing More Observations Of Nature (MOON) project. In this unique project, teachers from these disparate geographic locations teamed up to instruct children in grades four through eight via the internet on a nearly universally challenging subject for teachers in the elementary classroom--the phases of the Moon. Through a combination of authentic observations and writings, hands-on learning, and technology, the study both taught students accurately about the phases of the Moon and expanded their cultural understandings through communication with students and teachers in different parts of the world. This article provides a description of the project as it unfolded with a group of students from New Albany, Ohio. It also discusses the benefits of the project as well as future changes. (Contains 2 figures, 5 resources and 1 online resource.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10