February+3+Assignments

__**Assignments for February 8: **__

 I. Give Dr. Moore a copy of your schedule to allow me to know times other than Tuesday/Thursday 1:15-3:30 that you are available for field placement (remembering that we will NOT have class on T/R 1:15-3:30 beginning in March.

II. You will go to [|http://udl.portal.concord.org/signin]and sign up using the **student account** I created for you on for the website **UDL Science Portal. I will hand out a list of usernames and we all have the same password - "garden"**

Today in class you will be experiencing the **UDL Science Portal Intermediate Plans Unit** as a student by completing online activities from this unit


 * First, go to [|UDL Science Portal] and sign in.
 * You will all have the password "garden" to access your student account.
 * You will log in and you should see listed Intermediate Plants. Click on the green arrow next to the unit name to begin You may get a message telling you to run the installer. Please do so - it will let you install on the Saemann computers. The Installer will download and then you will need to click on it to run it.
 * After running the installer, go back to the main class page and click on the green arrow next to the name of the unit: Beginner Plants.
 * You will see that the only item on the picture menu that you can highlight is the "pre-test" so complete that first. Don't worry if you are unsure of any answers, just respond the best that you can.

Completing this unit should take approximately 2 hours total and I will give you some time in class to work on it so take advantage of that time! The purpose of completing this unit is to "awaken" and expand your knowledge of plants to prepare you for our field experience and to demonstrate Universal Design for Learning or UDL which will be our model for planning instruction.

__**Reading Assignments (I would expect you to take approximately 2-3 hours to read so budget your time accordingly) **__

1. Print and Read Teacher's Manual for **UDL Science Portal Intermediate Plants unit ** 2. Print and Read Class Syllabus and Tech-knowledge-y Expectations

3. Chapter 1 from **Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool**

4. Chapter 1 from our text **Teaching Children Science: A Discovery Approach**

<span style="color: #044804; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**PowerPoint presentation from class today: **