Service Learning Project:

GEO Books

By:Wagner, Richard, and Paige

Children's Healthcare Video

NEED:• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite

Why?• To help a local hospital by

creating and donating some amazing books to their children’s library.

• To help your local community by promoting science education.

• To help yourself by practicing your writing and becoming a creative writer.

• To help yourself by reviewing the science content.

SERVICE: Creating books to be donated!

The Standards Addressed• S6CS1. Students will explore the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and

skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. • S6CS10. Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas by: a. Reading in All Curriculum Areas b. Discussing books c. Building vocabulary knowledge

• S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed. a. Compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core including temperature, density, and composition. f. Explain the effects of physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, volcanic eruption, gravity) on geological features including oceans (composition, currents, and tides).

• Middle Years Program curriculum - Areas of interaction The five areas of interaction are: approaches to learning, community and service, human ingenuity, environments, and health and social education.

LEARNING:Each period created a

book about a specific topic within the study of geology.

Book Pages• You need to make one page

for your class geobook.• After you get your general

topic, each student will need to choose a specific topic.

• After you know what you will write about, you need to decide on how you will write. So, you will need to choose a particular writing style.

http://ksdl.ksbe.edu/writingresource/typeswriting.html

1. Creative writing (i.e. poems )

2. Cause/effect writing3. Comparison/contrast

writing4. Narrative writing5. Descriptive writing6. Informative writing7. Persuasive writing

Timeline• WEEK 1: – Pre-Writing

• WEEK 2: – Drafting

• WEEK 3: – Revising & Proofreading1. Peer Review2. Edited paper

• WEEK 4: – Drawing

• WEEK 5:– Publishing

Topic For Each Period’s BookPeriod 1 (Inside the Earth)

Period 2 (Theory of Plate Tectonics)

Period 3 (Earthquakes)

Period 4 (Volcanoes)

Period 5 (Deforming the Earth’s Crust)

Writing Process1. Prewriting• Choosing a topic• Research your topic• Organizing the information

(i.e. brainstorming)2. Drafting• Practice your writing3. Revising • Improve your writing• Share your writing with others4. Editing/Proofreading• Check your writing for mistakes in

spelling and grammar• Drawing5. Publishing• Pages are mailed and books are made

Prewriting

Drafting

WRITE1. Put the information you researched into

your own words.2. Write sentences and paragraphs even if

they are not perfect.3. Read what you have written and judge if

it says what you mean.4. Show it to others and ask for

suggestions.

EARTHQUAKE• Every time the world shakes, I

think.About all those lostRubble crashing down. Blanketing the masses.Terror fixed in the hearts of

their loved ones.Holding on to dear hope.Questions in their minds that

they are too afraid to askUnderneath the collapse the

answer liesAn answer that no one wants

to hear.KobeEarthquake.

Revision

MAKE IT BETTER1. Read what you have written again.2. Think about what others said about it.3. Rearrange words or sentences.4. Take out or add parts.5. Replace overused or unclear words.6. Read your writing aloud to be sure it

flows smoothly.

Improve your writing byshare your writing with others

Proofreading

MAKE IT CORRECT1. Be sure all sentences are complete.2. Correct spelling, capitalization, and

punctuation.3. Change words that are not used correctly.4. Have someone check your work.5. Recopy it correctly and neatly.6. Make sure you have 40 or less words.7. Only color with markers.

Publishing

Congratulate yourself on a

job well done!

Assessing: Element Does not meet standard

(0 pts.)Meets standard(1 pts.)

Exceeds standard(2 pts.)

Spelling and proofreading

Page has multiple misspelled words and grammar errors.

No major spelling errors, and proper grammar is shown.

No spelling errors apparent and correct grammar throughout.

Graphics/illustrations

No graphics or drawings in page, or graphics or drawings on page are not relevant to topic.

Graphics and drawings are present and relevant to topic.

Graphics and drawings present, relevant to topic and compliment the page.

Writing process Writing process is not apparent. Documents not turned in.

Brainstorming, rough draft, revising, final product is turned in.

All elements of the writing process are present, and reflection is turned in.

Neatness Page elements are not presented neatly. Page is hard to read.

Page is neatly put together, and text or handwriting is easy to read.

Page is neatly put together, and text or handwriting is easy to read and

Focus on assigned topic

Little or no attempt to keep page information on topic. Vocabulary of topic not present.

Information presented is relevant to the topic. Vocabulary of topic present.

Information presented is relevant to the topic and expands on ideas presented. Vocabulary of topic present.

Accuracy of facts The facts presented are not based on facts from reputable sources, nor are proper credit given.

Facts presented are based on reliable sources and proper credit given. At least one source used.

Facts presented are based on reliable sources and proper cited. Multiple outside sources are used.

Overall Creativity Page does not exhibit an attempt to draw in the intended audience. No page is attempted or no effort is apparent.

Page draws in intended audience. Page is attempted and effort is apparent.

Page draws in audience effectively through use of media and words. Paged is turned in and effort is apparent.

Reflections…Student reflections from Edmodo:Prompt: What is the most important thing you learned while making the GeoBook?Jatoria S. - The Most Important Thing That I Learned About Making The Geo Books Are Editing, Revising, And Going Back And checking MY Work.D'angelo R. - Out of all I think one of the challenges was figuring out how to make a poem using 40 words. I also wonder how the kids feel at the hospital.Kennedi M. - I learned that there are many ways to get your message out other than yelling and screaming. You can calmly talk or write a Geobook.

Prompt: If we were to do another book project, how can we make it better next time?Haya A. - more words, because its really hard when you write 40 words and you have one word left you need to add in your paragraph.Jerry G. - have more words so we can tell more about the subject