Question
Students will brainstorm and craft open-ended questions about how water's properties affect fossil development by examining visuals or specimens, setting the stage for further investigation.
Day 1
Water & Fossils Adventure Day Exploration
Launch 45m
Crafting Open-Ended Questions Workshop
Activity 45m
Research
Students will delve into scientific literature, engage in small-group discussions, and conduct preliminary water property experiments to gather information on how water influences fossil development, laying the groundwork for their hands-on discoveries in upcoming project phases.
Day 1
5 min over capacity (100 min available across 1 day)
Group Experiment Report
Assessment
Water Property Experiment Setup
Activity 60m
Draft Review and Reflection
Deliverable 45m
Create
Students will synthesize their understanding by building fossilization models using varied materials that demonstrate the role of water, recording their process in multimedia presentations prepared for upcoming peer reviews and corrections.
Day 2
Fossilization Model and Multimedia Presentation
Assessment
Multimedia Presentation Workshop
Activity 45m
Peer Review Session
Deliverable 30m
Share
Students will present their fossilization models and multimedia explanations to peers and community members, engage in feedback discussions, and collaborate on refining their projects based on diverse perspectives.
Day 3
Fossilization Model Presentation
Assessment
Peer Presentation Practice
Deliverable 45m
Reflect
Students will engage in a guided reflection session where they create detailed journal entries on how water affects fossil development, connect these insights to their hands-on experiments and the Adventure Day, and identify successes, areas for improvement, and new questions to explore, preparing them for iterative revisions and real-world application in the next phase.
Day 3
Peer Discussion Session
Deliverable 45m
Reflective Journal Entry
Assessment
Act/Apply
Students will synthesize their understanding by producing multimedia presentations that illustrate the role of water in fossilization, using insights gained from experiments and the 'Water & Fossils Adventure Day' to create a compelling narrative for the 'Fossilized in Water' exhibition.
Day 4
Fossilization Multimedia Presentation
Assessment
Collaborative Multimedia Design Workshop
Activity 60m
Peer Review & Feedback Session
Deliverable 30m