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| + | ===Moon Activity=== |
| + | ====Activity Summary==== |
| + | The task of the learner would be to observe the object that appears on the screen of the activity |
| + | Moon of the XO. The learner has access to a wealth of information on the Moon, by |
| + | real time. Note that this activity can be used to better understand several concepts |
| + | related to the planet Earth. The learner can do activities on the image manipulation |
| + | in the XO as a metaphor for earth, and to make multiple uses. It may |
| + | use a grid with coordinates. |
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| + | Through this activity, learners can learn and build an active |
| + | understanding of several concepts such as "of the spherical Earth," the location |
| + | from one point to the Earth's surface and the rotation of the Earth and its consequences |
| + | daily (including the succession of day and night). The activity has a strong Moon |
| + | capacity suggestive action that teachers can use in the course of Enlightenment. |
| + | This metaphor of the Earth is extremely relevant and original and could be |
| + | further substantiated in the educational applications outside of those we |
| + | propose here. Among other things, it allows the learner to observe phenomena that he |
| + | often described in abstract and theoretical and thus the testing of a |
| + | theoretical knowledge learned. It allows many other learning and |
| + | discoveries including scientific information about the behavior of the Moon. These |
| + | regularly updated information are clearly shown in the legend of |
| + | margin to the left of the metaphor. |
| + | ====Affordances of the activity==== |
| + | * The student has access to real-time information on the Moon (phases, visibility |
| + | the surface, the next lunar eclipse, the next solar eclipse) |
| + | * The activity can also be used as course material in different ways |
| + | "Earth" because it can be used to learning about the concept of "spherical |
| + | of the earth. " |
| + | * Students can also use this medium to a teaching on the learning |
| + | "Locating a point on the surface of the Earth using the grid coordinates |
| + | geography. |
| + | * The student can change the face of the moon and then be led to understand the concept |
| + | rotation of the Moon and Earth. |
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| + | Social Affordances: |
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| + | It could bring together learners each to his XO in case the neighborhood |
| + | grid would be impossible as we have just seen. In this case, |
| + | interactivity happen in the form of an exchange (driven by a possible |
| + | questionnaire) between learners using the XO as eBook. |
| + | ====Degree of centrality of the activity==== |
| + | The integration of the Moon with the curriculum is perfect, and meshes well with the content |
| + | description and location point on the surface of the Earth as it appears in the |
| + | curricula Enlightenment for the 4th year of primary education and basic Gabon (the |
| + | disciplinary field 2: the study of mid-location of Gabon). This |
| + | activity can be adapted to other educational situations involving different levels of |
| + | primary and the needs and capacities of teachers, each according to the realities of |
| + | context of work. |
| + | ====Application pédagogique 1==== |
| + | ====''The earth, a planet round''==== |
| + | ''Level (s)'': 4th grade of primary |
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| + | ''Knowledge'': The spherical Earth |
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| + | ''Savoirfaire'': |
| + | Explaining his comments by the shape of the Earth. |
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| + | ''History'': |
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| + | Using the representation of the moon in the activity, the teacher invites students to |
| + | comments. The face is illuminated which is the side of the sun, the face is shaded |
| + | that is not exposed to direct sunlight. By turning the world on this |
| + | successively the different faces of the earth to the sun: the succession of day and the |
| + | night. |
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| + | Based on the questionnaire, learners observe the educational support |
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| + | Questions to guide the observation of the shape of the object: |
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| + | What is the shape of this item? |
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| + | What does this object mean to you? |
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| + | What can you conclude about the shape of the planet Earth? |
| + | |
| + | The teacher then asked students to make a co-production written in phrases |
| + | simple by using the Write XO (say what is the shape of the Earth). |
| + | ====Application pédagogique 2==== |
| + | ====''The movements of the Earth and Moon''==== |
| + | ''Level (s)'': 4th grade of primary |
| + | |
| + | ''Knowledge'': The movement of rotation of the Earth and its consequences. |
| + | |
| + | ''Savoirfaire'': |
| + | Define the movement and present its main consequence. |
| + | |
| + | ''History'': |
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| + | Activity of the learner |
| + | * Free observation of the object of the Moon XO. |
| + | * XO-handling: pointer on the icon Change hemisphere and click |
| + | left (X) |
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| + | Questions to guide the observation: |
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| + | How does the earth every time we click on the button |
| + | (movement)? |
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| + | What changes the aspect of the world whenever it is rotated? (The |
| + | displacement of the shadow accompanies the rotational movement of the Earth) |
| + | |
| + | What you see on the gray area and the clear zone whenever the Earth |
| + | running? |
| + | |
| + | What does each of you for clear and shaded areas? (The day and night). |
| + | ====Pedagogical application 3==== |
| + | ====''How to locate?''==== |
| + | ''Level (s)'': Grade 5 |
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| + | ''Knowledge'': Geographic coordinates, latitude, longitude and the cardinal points. |
| + | |
| + | ''Savoirfaire'': |
| + | Locate a point and give guidance to help coordinate |
| + | geographical areas of latitude and longitude points (N-S-E-O). |
| + | |
| + | ''History'': |
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| + | Activity of the learner: |
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| + | Using the grid in the Class Moon makes an observation tour of the |
| + | grid questions. |
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| + | What information appearing on the top and bottom of the globe and which names |
| + | t give it to these points? |
| + | |
| + | How many types of lines you see on the globe and what each of them? |
| + | |
| + | With the help of document grid, tell what the following terms: |
| + | |
| + | Move longitude? |
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| + | Move in latitude? |
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| + | Activity final synthesis: Design of collaborative writing based on the |
| + | different responses during the exchange or sharing. These students |
| + | say what used to locate a point in space as well as for travel. |
| + | ====User Guide of the Moon==== |
| + | Go on-screen list of the activities of XO to the Home view, locate the Moon |
| + | represented by an icon of the moon. Point the cursor on this icon gently rolling |
| + | the finger on the touch pad corresponding to the rectangle of the environment. Launch activity |
| + | clicking with the left button (X), the tab Start to start the Moon. |
| + | <image Home view> |
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| + | A representation of the Moon will appear as well as several real-time information. |
| + | <image Moon> |
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| + | By clicking on the View tab, two icons appear, one sign of a grid and |
| + | the other that of a globe with an arrow. To change the order, ie of affordance, it |
| + | Simply click on one of the icons. |
| + | <image View tab> |
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| + | The grid view shows the parallels and meridians (benchmarks map) |
| + | necessary to locate a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| + | <image Moon with grid> |
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| + | To rotate the globe (rotation), simply click on the icon of the Moon Change |
| + | Hemisphere view, above view, as many times as you want to rotate the globe. |
| + | <image Moon southern hemisphere view> |
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| + | To leave one of the two views (the grid or rotating globe), click on the icon and |
| + | successive elements appear then disappear. |
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