CONSTRUCTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF REMOTE SENSING

First Section

STANDARDS-BASED:  GEOGRAPHY FOR LIFE

GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS:  (1)  How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS:  Provide the necessary tools and techniques for students to think geographically

SKILL SET 1:  ASK GEOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS

SKILLS SET 2:  ACQUIRE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

SKILLS SET 3:  ORGANIZE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

SKILLS SET 4:  ANALYZE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

SKILLS SET 5:  ANSWER GEOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS

Second Section

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
(Hayes Jacobs, 1997; Wiggins, 1998)

CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING  (Scheurman, 1998)

CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING
(Wiggins, 1998)

QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING (Scheurman, 1998)

TEACHER ROLE:  Guide students through problem-solving activities and to authentic resources and procedures

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TEACHER ROLE:  Guide students through problem-solving activities and to authentic resources and procedures

STUDENT ROLE:  Construct knowledge by creating a model of a place on Earth and aerial images of this place so that knowledge is inside the realm of the student.

THINKING LIKE AN ASSSESSOR
(Wiggins and McTighe, 1998)

EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS

EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS ON A CONTINUUM

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REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS:

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REAL-WORLD COMPARISON

REAL-WORLD COMPARISON

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A GENERALIZED SCORING GUIDE FOR REMOTE SENSING

CONSTRUCTIVIST FRAMEWORKS
(Campbell)

EXTENSIONS WITH RESOURCES

CONTACT INFORMATION