Erica+Mueller+&+Jake+Misiak+-+Planet-Galaxy+Expedition

EQ:Explain uniformitarianism as it applies to the milky way galaxy. UQ: Compare and contrast living conditions on Earth and those on other planetary bodies. CQ: Explain how probes, satellites, and rovers collect data.



SZ - I suggest adding a few more details into your unit summary in order to give the reader a preview of the unit. Be sure to include the NETS standards in your unit plan. Be sure your curriculum-framing questions are all questions. Your unit plan references attachments for the instructional procedures, but I don't see any additional materials. You have lots of interesting material here, and I am sure that your students will find the content interesting.

niformitarianism?? I suggest that you change the essential question to "How is the present the key to the past?" (keep it broad across any content area) then the EQ could be a unit question. Define uniformitarianism could be a CQ Include the NETS/ISTE standards as well as the science standards are there more higher level Now, my question - does the project really address the EQ/UQ? I like the project but does it address Uniformitarianism as I see it defined or is it closer to an essential question "How are the laws of physics applicable to the milky way galaxy" - I am not a science teacher so maybe I am miss understanding the definition of uniformitarianism? What is the goal of the mission? Space travel? Not sure if I am missing this but I do not see the purpose of the mission is that up to students to determine why they would travel to another part of the solar system? I would suggest that you develop a rubric/tool for peer assessment of the mission. What are the guidelines for the presentation ? Good start but parts missing? comments 10/18 cj

Connie- We will be more than happy to explain to you the actual use of the word uniformitarianism as well as how it is being used in the EQ when we see you next. OK, I defer to the science teacher regarding the term but I still don't see the connection in the lesson, perhaps you could flush out more in the explanation of the project. Also perhaps more **CQs** and **UQ**s would help explain the expectations. We are using your lesson plan as a demo at my Intel training right now and these are some suggestions from my partner in training. List the ways we currently collect information in our galaxy, is a content question What about Include the NETS/ISTE standards as well as the science standards are there more higher level, would this help focus the lesson. I think you have a good pbl here it just seems to need to be pulled together. Look at the objectives are they actually the CQs and UQs. Just flush some more details and look again at the EQ. Thx cj 10/19