Group 2: John, Maeghan, Megan, Kristine & Emily
Report Sheets:
Is the globe a model? | Is the map a model? | Is the picture a model? | Most helpful in explaining the seasons | Explain | Most helpful for trip from NY to CA | Explain | |
Terrance | Yes | I’m not sure | Yes | Globe | “You could use its movement to determine were weather and stuff come from.” | Map | “You can show which direction you want to go and come from.” |
Deng | Yes | Yes | No | Globe | “It shows were it’s cold or hot and it also show the equator so you know if it’s how hot or cold it is.” | Map | “Because it’s more pacific and shows the road and streets.” |
Briyanna | Yes | Yes | I’m not sure | Globe | “Well because you can see physically where the sun will shine one side but not the other.” | Map | “Because you can make out the quickest route b/c the map is flat.” |
Aslan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Map | “You can see the numbers.” | Map | “Globe has the states tiny.” |
Jhade | Yes | No | No | Globe | “It shows a visual.” | Map | “Shows Routes.” |
Hanna | Yes | Yes | Yes | Globe | “To show how the earth rotates.” | Map | “To show you everything that will on your way on the journey.” |
Demari | Yes | No | No | Globe | “You could demonstrate the Earth rotating and changing seasons.” | Map | “You could plan what roads to take and directions.” |
Shania | Yes | No | No | Picture | “-summer has a symbole- sunny hot -fall- leaves on ground, orange and red colors -winter- snow everywhere, cold, snowmen” |
Map | “map can show you how to find areas that you need to find” |
Lyric | Yes | Yes | Yes | Picture | “It would be a picture because summer would be beaches and shorts, spring would be umbrellas and raincoats, winter would be snow and snowman, and fall would be leaves.” | Map | (none) |
Anastasia | Yes | No | No | Globe | (none) | Map | “You can see roads and obsticals.” |
Bob | Yes | No- the whole world all places | Yes | Map | “it maps there Longitude + Latitude/ [cant read]” | Map | “if you get lost you can show someone where your at and they can outline where you need to go!” |
Hadaree | No | No | Yes | Globe | “because you can use a sun model too” | Map | (none) |
Liam | Yes | No | I’m not sure | Globe | “You can use a flashlight as the sun & demonstrate” | Map | “It’s flat and shows cities” |
KEY for Table & Definitions of Models
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Markers & Paper |
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Pipe Cleaners |
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Play-doh |
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a replicate of the object
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may be different in shape, color, etc. (not exact copy)
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a figure that resembles the real thing
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a copy or plan
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symbol for something you use
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you can replace it
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prototype
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similar; a copy
- They understand that models are often physical representations of other objects.
- They have experience creating their own models.
- They know that there are advantages & limitations to using different media to create models.
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We don’t know the extent to which the students understand that all models are not necessarily physical representations or copies of objects.
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We don’t know if they understand that models can have a predictive power and can to used to analyze trends in science.
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We don’t know if they understand that models can change over time.
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