Online Projects, Collaboration Sites, and Publishing Opportunities

Lesson Idea Template

Name: Kayla Nobinger

Grade Level: 2nd
Content Area: Science
Standards Addressed: S2E3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how
weather, plants, animals, and humans cause changes to the environment. a. Ask questions to
obtain information about major changes to the environment in your community. b. Construct an
explanation of the causes and effects of a change to the environment in your community.
Title of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity: Journey North
URL of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
I will use the Journey North Online Project in my classroom as a way for my students to
take a look at what migration looks like. For example, at this present moment, Monarch
Butterflies are in the migration progress from Mexico through the United States and
Canada. Students will record any time they see a Monarch Butterly over the course of two
weeks and as a class, we will record our data and use the Report Your Sightings feature
on Journey North to share our results and compare with neighboring schools in our area,
state, and surrounding states. Students will also have to make predictions and support
them, as to why they believe they got the results they did, and why their results might
differ from other classmates, and students in other schools. Students will also discuss why
migration is necessary for Monarch Butterflies, and why they migrate when they do.
Students will need their logs to record the number of Monarch Butterflies they spot and a
computer/tablet/ smartphone to report their results.

a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their classroom and often
beyond their school: Students will be able to collaborate with their peers inside of
the classroom, in other classes and neighboring schools to compare their results
from their two weeks of investigation.
b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (collecting original data and or
producing original products as a result of engaging in the project): Students will
collect their own individual data on the number of butterflies they see and create
charts and graphs to show their individual results to share with classmates and
students outside of the classroom.
c. Students publishing their original work to others who will use/care about their
product: After creating their charts and graphs to show their results, students will
publish their original data online to compare with students from around the
country also using Joourney North.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
This activity is a Level of Technology Implementation level 5 because students are creating and
developing their own research and results, and are stepping into the role as teacher.
Students will only post using their first name and the state in which we use. Having open

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discussions about online safety before we use Journey North will prevent students from being at
any risk, and we will comply with our districts Internet Safety and Student Privacy policies.