Project #1 Teacher Led Project 2012
Getting Organized
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Learning)
 create a new folder called IBL (Inquiry Based save all of your work in your folder e.g. including brainstorming information
Monday 10, 2012
Topic: Food Chain/ Food Web
A simple food chain
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What is it?
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another look
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four food chains
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many images
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 let’s build a simple food chain food chain game
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Energy pyramid
Wednesday 12, 2012 continue our exploration of a simple food chain
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four food chains
 let’s build a simple food chain
Wednesday 12, 2012
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brainstorm #1: a list of Canadian animals (web of interest )
Brainstorm (to help narrow your topic: questions )
 Inspiration (on your desktop) or fill out a web of interest
Choose a topic (narrowing your topic)
 choose one area and complete a web of associated vocabulary to help you narrow your topic
 set a few possible goals or activities to do for your research
 set a goal to work towards now (e.g. your may want to check out grade learning outcomes to help
Monday 17, 2012
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choose the animal you would like to learn about, the food chain/web they are a part of
 vocabulary o food chain o food web o producer o consumer
 first level consumer

Plan guide you: grade four , five , six , seven )
: (how you will learn what you want to learn)
1. write a clear goal or statement of what you want to learn
2. how you will achieve your goal
3. how you will know you have achieved your goal
 second level consumer o herbivores o carnivores o omnivores o food pyramid o biome
 brainstorm #2: vocabulary related to food chains and food webs
 brainstorm #3: questions you might need to ask create a web of vocabulary related to your topic e.g. consumer, producer, biome
Monday 24, 2012
 research form
 brainstorm #3: questions you might need to ask create a web of vocabulary related to your topic e.g. What does this animal consume? producer, biome
Find resources : Where you will search to find the information you need.
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 people (experts in the field) library books
 textbooks encyclopaedias web searches magazines other
Monday October 1, 2012
 review vocabulary
 review the questions to be answered o What eats your animal? o What does your animal eat? o Where does your animal live? o Is your animal a 2 nd level or 3 rd level consumer?
 review resources

Gather Information
 notes:
1. on a word document
 use this word document to record notes
 open and save under the name of your resource
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 e.g. Greater Good choose the note-taking style e.g.
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 bullet, Venn Diagram etc remove all other note-taking pages begin a new document for each resource
2. using Inspiration (on your desktop)
 save in your PBL file
3. Dabble Board:
 draw
 use the snipit tool to copy and paste onto a word document
 save in your PBL file
4. Bubble Us
1. use our class login
2. brainstorm and save using the snipping it tool
Wednesday October 10 th
 review vocabulary
 templates o food chain (game) o food web o food pyramid (site)
Set a timeline: Ensuring you will be finished on time.

1. write your end goal on a sticky (e.g. Show What You
Know item, presentation ideas )
2. write each of the things you will need, to do to reach your goal, on a sticky
3. on a large 17 by 11 piece of paper, arrange the sticky notes in order, from beginning to your final goal
4. write the date you will finish your goal just above the goal sticky
5. figure out how much time you will need to complete each step, write that amount of estimated time below the task or step
6. use this information to set figure the date each step must be completed, write these dates below each sticky
7. reward yourself for each step met
8. begin your daily log
Evaluate : Evaluating how well you achieved your goal.
Present

Resources
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Kids Know it
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National Geographic
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Four Food Chains
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Google Images
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Eco Kids