World Links Curriculum and Technology Integration
E-Learning Project Lessons
WATER - BORNE DISEASES
Introduction
This lesson will
involve the writing of articles on the causes and effects of water-borne
diseasesand the effects on the economy by searching for information from
the internet. Before the lesson, the student should have an idea of what
water-borne diseases are. The lesson will be relevant to the project if
students become aware of the causes and effects of water-borne diseases.and
the effects ont he economy this will help in curbing the problem. In addition
to this , the students will be able to gain skills in writing good and
interesting articles, how to search for information from the Internet,
how to present their work by using PowerPoint. Hence they will be gaining
from the subject area and the use of technology in learning.
Subject and Grade level:SSS
two
Lesson Goals
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To search the Internet for information
on water-borne diseases.
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To acquire presentation skills.
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To develop writing skills.
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Toa ppreciate the fact that water-borne
diseasesaffect the economy.
Content
Objectives
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Students will be able to identify
the causes of water-borne diseases.
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Students will be able to identify
the effects of water-borne diseases.
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Students will be able to identify
the effects of water borne diseases on the economy.
Performance
Objectives
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Searching Internet for relevant
information on water-borne diseases
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Drafting articles on water-borne
diseases.
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Writing articles on water-borne
diseases.
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Presenting work in PowerPoint.
Technology
Objectives
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To learn how to search for materials
on the Internet.
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To learn presentation techniques
with PowerPoint
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To gain knowledge in the use
of Microsoft word
Instructional
Activities (teacher component)
teacher books the computer lab in
advance for students' use. She groups students into manageable groups and
direct students as to how to search for exact information using the right
key words or phrases for search. Search engines like www.google.com and
www.yahoo.com will be introduced to students to use for search. She helps
students to download material from the Internet and save gatheres information
into floppies for usage offline. Teacher helps students to write outlines
and subsequent articles on water-borne diseases and thier effects on the
economy After this, teacher introducesstudents to PowerPoint and help them
to present their work in PowerPoint.
Learning Activities
(student component)
Students search for information on
water-borne diseases using the Internet. They gather information, save
information on floppies, design outlines and write articles on water-borne
diseases and their effects on the economy. They also present the outline
of their articles in PowerPoint.
Instructional Strategies
The lesson takes 90 minutes.teacher
uses10 minutes to introduceand explain lesson to them. Theteacher dividesaclass
of 32 into 4 main groups ( A, B, C, and D). . Teacher ensures that the
necessary information is downloaded from the Internet. She sees to it that
students follow instructions to the letter and all students participate
in the project by contributing their quota.
Project Assessment
To wind up the lesson, each group (A,B,C
and D) present their work for others to see through PowerPoint presentation.
Their presentations assessefor good and clear presentation. Groups will
then comment on colleagues' group work.
Project Materials and
Handouts
Dictionaries and Handouts on instructions
on the steps of the lesson will be provided for the students' use. Copies
will be saved on the available computers in a special folder created purposely
for this project.
Lesson Resources
·Vulnerability
and adaptation
·Food
Safety
·THE
EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH ON ECONOMY
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Updated: 4th June,2003 |