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 * How have advances in technology affected our knowledge of Astronomy over time? **

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Time frame: 3-4 weeks(entire unit) Age range: 4th, 5th, 6th Possible Tools: Voice Thread, Voki, Primary Access, Glogster, You Tube, Wordle, flip camera

__Intro:__ This project is designed for a 5th grade reading class. With this unit “Astronomy” we are focusing on expository reading skills and strategies. After reading several Astronomy related articles in their anthology, students are asked to ponder the question “How has advances in technology affected our knowledge of astronomy?” Students are now encouraged to go outside of their anthology to find more information to develop an answer. A natural place to start looking is the internet. Linked to this page are websites to aide the students with this project. Knowing that students will go strait to the internet, the teacher should teach a lesson on reliability and validity of sources on the internet. Students and even some adults do not realize that just because its been published on the internet does not mean it is true or valid. The teacher must teach to students to check the source and other clues to determine if the source is trustworthy.

__Materials to be used throughout unit__: Websites Books: Classroom Anthology Teacher Voki, You Tube, Flip Camera

__Post reading and researching:__ Students will answer the question with valid, thoughtful responses; How have advances in technology affected our knowledge of Astronomy over time? They will use Voice thread, Volki, Primary Access, Gloggster, You Tube or Wordle to communicate their thoughts. They also must reference at least three sources in their project, two of them being internet based. Extension Activity

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Examples to be used with students: Here is an example of a project using voice thread to anwer the quesiton "How has advances in technology affected communication over time?"

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This is an example to use with students about "How advances in technology have affected transportation over time."