Well, it looks like we are all waiting to get started this week! Has anyone picked a topic for the podcast yet? I'm a little confused -- Are we supposed to be podcasting about the topics we used for our lesson plans, or are we each picking something different from our project overall?
I appreciate your input!
Chad
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Ok... I *think* we're supposed to be talking about our project as a whole in the podcast. Since no one has posted yet, I will take the first spot on the Podcast, so I will include an introduction. I will stick to my more comfortable genre of the science/weather side of the project and begin with what plants need to grown. This will coincide nicely with my last project about reproduction. It seems like a logical place to start to me. I will post a rough draft of my script in the next few hours and will include an brief introduction. I haven't picked out text book concepts yet -- I don't want to keep taking things first. So if you have your eye on something, speak up! :)
ReplyDeleteOK. Here is my first draft. If you all let me know what you're covering, I can include it in an introduction. Whoever picks to go second, please let me know so I can help write a segue into the end of my portion.
ReplyDeleteDraft of Part 1 (minus intro, concepts and segue to part 2).
PodCast script…
Hello 4th graders! Welcome to our garden. In today’s podcast, we’re going to talk about the many ways our world is a garden. There are many, many types of gardens around the world and these gardens all serve different purposes. Some of you may have a vegetable garden where you grow food to eat. Or, you might have a flower garden that makes your backyard pretty. Some gardens act as habitats for animals and insects, while other gardens prevent erosion and protect the landscape. Gardens grow in all types of climates around the world, too. In the same way people who live in different parts of the world are different, so are the types of plants.
Even though plants around the world can be very different, they all have the same basic needs – just like you! Can you think of some of the things you need to live? (Pause….) That’s right – plants are just like you. They need food and water to survive. Each type of plant needs just the right amount of food and water. Let’s think about the plants here in Michigan where we live. The plants in our garden need a good bit of water to survive. If we didn’t give our school garden water, our plants might wither and die. But then, think about plants from other parts of the United States. The climate in the Southwest in places like Arizona and Nevada is very dry. It might not rain for many months. What kind of plants would a gardener want in a very dry, desert climate? Plants that don’t need much water! That’s right. A cactus is good example of a plant that needs very little water. A gardener in Arizona will probably choose to grow cacti and hardy grasses – plants that naturally fit in well with the climate.
So we’ve talked about water. Plants need something else, don’t they? They also need something to grow IN. They need soil. Soil is important because it’s one way plants take in the water they need. The plant’s roots take in water and nutrients from the soil. And just like different plants need different amounts of water, they also need different types of soil. Remember the cactus in Arizona? It doesn’t need hardly any water. So, it makes sense that it also lives in very dry, sandy soil. If you planted our garden in the same ground as the cactus from Arizona, our garden plants would probably die.
OK – water and soil. Is there anything else plants need? Yes, there is something else. Sunlight! Plants have the unique ability to make their own food using a process called photosynthesis. Sunlight combines with carbon dioxide and water to create glucose, or sugar – all right inside the plant. This sugar is what feeds the plant. I bet some of you wish you could make your own sugar!
So, that gives us the basics about what plants need to survive: water, soil and sunlight. It’s pretty neat to see how plants around the world can be so different! Think about the combinations of water, soil and sunlight you can find on our planet. You’ll find dry, rocky soil, a lot of sun, an indefinite growing season and very little water in Arizona. Perfect for cacti! Think about our school garden: nutrient rich, damp soil and a defined growing season while the weather is nice. What about the jungle floor in South America? It’s very dark and very wet, resulting in very different plant life.
Our world is a garden!
HI there. Sorry I've been really sick the past 2 weeks so I apologize for my lack of input on here! I'm kind of confused on how the podcast works. We all write different 'script' portions and then how do we put it together? Do we voice record it like last week? I have to work in the morning but will be on early afternoon to be working and talking on here. Thanks for the start Chad!
ReplyDeleteYes, each person records their portion. The part where we need to collaborate is we need to have an idea of who is going in what order. Then we each turn in our own recording, but it has to be labeled in order, so Kelsey can listen to it in the right order. The entire thing has to have a flow to it. So If you're going to take part two, I need to know what you're going to speak on so I can add it and make a clean segue into your portion. And so on... and whoever goes last needs to kind of wrap up the whole thing. Does that make sense?
ReplyDeleteHope that helps... If you need more help let me know. Thanks!
I am going to do the construction of gardens. I'm working right now and will post my script soon!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I was thinking since Chad posted his script already his could be first and I was going to make mine flow after that.
ReplyDeleteHi, sorry I keep posting one sentence but what are the concepts you used from the book, Chad? Can it pretty much be anything? Sorry, I just want to make sure I'm doing this right.
ReplyDeleteHere is my draft so far...missing the concepts (I'm confused on what this is) and the segue into the next part. Feedback would be great!
ReplyDeleteOur world is a garden! We’ve already covered some of plants basic needs such as water and sunlight, and how some plants survive without either of these. That ties in with our discussion about the different climates that plants live in and how every environment around the world is different. We’re going to continue our discussion about gardens as we explore the construction of a garden.
Do any of you have gardens outside at your house? (pause) Have you talked about gardens with your parents or friends? (pause) If any of you have a garden or have seen a garden before you probably know that someone has to take care of it. What you might not know is how the garden became a garden, or the construction of a garden.
If you want to construct a garden a key step is figuring out how big you want your garden to be. You might also consider the shape you want your garden to be. Do you want it to be a nice even square? A rectangle? A circle? Or maybe some different shape? After you decide how big and what shape you want your garden to be you then have to decide what you want to be in your garden. This can be a very fun process because you can have ANYTHING in your garden that you want! Maybe you want plants, or vegetables, or fruits, or even flowers.
After you decide what you want in your garden you can then begin the planting process. You will probably want to have some gardening tools such as: gloves, a rake, a hoe, forks, a wheelbarrow, a shovel, and hand pruners. There are many many different types of gardening tools and each type of garden needs different tools in order to keep it alive and beautiful!
It is important to make sure your garden looks the way you want it to and has the things you want it to have in it. There is no wrong way or right way to construct a garden as long as you follow the basic steps we talked about.
Our world is a garden -- now let’s create a beautiful garden to share with the world!
That's what I suggested. I said I would do the introduction. My concepts from the book are guided inquiry in project planning and incorporating student's daily lives in a project.
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