Journey North Series
The
Journey North Professional Development Videos help teachers and
students use the Journey North project, an Internet-based adventure
that investigates wildlife migration and seasonal changes. The program
shows teachers of second through seventh grade classrooms, engaging
in some of the most popular Journey North investigations with their
students. The series incorporates teaching strategies and content
from the National Science Education Standards
Episode Descriptions
1 Introduction to Journey North — Teachers discover how the
interdisciplinary activities in the Journey North curriculum encourage
students to take ownership in the learning process-the hallmark of inquiry.
Learn about the basic concepts behind the Journey North migration and
seasonal change study and the three sets of investigations that follow,
how the Internet plays a pivotal role in the sharing of scientific data
reported by experts and classrooms across the country, and how the program
can be tied to local, state, and national curriculum standards.
2 Seasonal
Migrations: Monarch Butterflies — Follow the popular annual
migration of monarch butterflies as participants report sightings
of many species both the fall and spring’s migrations.
Students raise butterflies in the early fall and send them on their
annual flight to Mexico for the winter, sightings along the way
are tracked on the Web site, and students send paper butterflies
and personal notes to classrooms in Mexico.
3 Plants
and the Seasons: Tulip Gardens — Investigation leads to
deeper insights into the changing seasons and a greater understanding
of the requirements of scientific experimentation. Students plant
tulip gardens according to a specific protocol, learning how to
control variables and produce valid data for a scientific study.
Through the Journey North web site, students track the blooming
of similar gardens across the country, seeing how geography and
climate affect the arrival of spring.
4 Sunlight
and the Seasons: Mystery Class — An insider's view of one
of the most intriguing Journey North activities—the Mystery
Class—investigating seasonal changes in sunlight through a
global game of hide and seek.
Given only the sequence of sunrise and sunset times at 10 Mystery
Class locations around the world, students take an investigative
journey involving the disciplines of science, math, geography, and
social studies to pinpoint the exact locations of these classrooms.
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