Monday, October 18, 2010

Integrating technology in teaching carbon cycle

introduction
Teacher give a piece of paper about carbon cycle to all the students. Because of the limited information in that sheet, students are hardly understand what is actually carbon cycle. The beast way is to integrate technology in teaching the student about carbon cycle. There are many kind of technology that can be use in the process of teaching. For example video, animation, picture or just use a television program that is related to carbon cycle. For example is national geographic.



mid of class
Before the teacher can teach about the carbon cycle, they must explain a little bit about carbon. Meaning that how carbon is being send to the earth by sun. Also how the carbon become retain in our atmosphere. So, teacher at first must explain roughly about greenhouse gas. Technology that can be integrate in the process of teaching and learning is video. Teacher can use a video to attract the student to know more about carbon atom and our atmosphere.



After student know and understand about greenhouse gas, they must know about the effect of greenhouse gas. Teacher must give a full stress about the bad impact that is global warming. So here there are many type of technology that can be use. First of all maybe the television program about global warming can be shown to all students. National geographic are one example of television program that have a story about global warming.



After that, now is a suitable time to teach the main objective that is carbon cycle. At this time, student are ready to know more about the complex information about carbon in our atmosphere. Carbon cycle is a cycle that need to be understand step by step so that student will not lost in the middle. The best way to learn about carbon cycle is by using animation. Here student have to click and click again until the last step of carbon cycle. At the end, supposedly student understand and gain information about carbon cycle.



conclusion
Before teacher end the class, maybe some sort of game or quiz can be run in the class. This type of game is using computer where student have to choose the direction to go and have to answer the question as they go through certain station. This can make them revise again about the animation that they have seen before and refresh their mind. Teacher maybe can make a group where each group have to compete each other in order to win that game. At the end, teacher can give some reward to the student that can answer the question correctly.


long term plan
Last but not least is that if lucky, during the school break, teacher can organize some sort of trip to Petroscience for example.So teacher have to know the update information about Petroscience either there are suitable thing to learn about carbon cycle. Student surely will love to go there because of exciting environment of study and realistic experience to feel.

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