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