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LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE <This picture should illustrate the subject of your Classroom Learning Resource> Documents Authors OBIAKOR, VERA ADA GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, KUDURU – BWARI; FCT – ABUJA, NIGERIA Students will be able to use ICT tools to research geographical locations in the world. And also locate and calculate the time difference, distance and positions of places on the earth surface using higher-level thinking skills to understand the features of longitude and latitude . And also be able to use the 3-D images presented on the internet and presentations to simplify their understanding of features and occurrences relating to longitude and latitude of the earth. Students will be grouped into two A and B. While A is the control group and will be taught using the traditional board method without the use of any ICT tools and B will be the experimental group; and will be taught using all available ICT tools. At the end of the lesson, the students group progress will be accessed and compared. Objectives Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft office picture Manager, Microsoft Officelive, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight, Bing, Microsoft Paint, Photo Editor, Microsoft Digital Image, Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft PCM Converter Software Description Learning Areas MATHEMATICS, GEOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STUDIES Levels 15 – 18years old Project Overview My SCHOOL OUR PROJECT

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Students will be grouped into two A and B. While A is the control group and will be taught using the traditional board method without the use of any ICT tools and B will be the experimental group; and will be taught using all available ICT tools. At the end of the lesson, the students group progress will be accessed and compared. Find other great lessons like this one on the Partners in Learning Network (Africa): http://africa.partnersinlearningnetwork.com

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Authors OBIAKOR, VERA ADAGOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, KUDURU – BWARI; FCT – ABUJA, NIGERIA

Students will be able to use ICT tools to research geographical locations in the world. And also locate and calculate the time difference, distance and positions of places on the earth surface using higher-level thinking skills to understand the features of longitude and latitude . And also be able to use the 3-D images presented on the internet and presentations to simplify their understanding of features and occurrences relating to longitude and latitude of the earth.

Students will be grouped into two A and B. While A is the control group and will be taught using the traditional board method without the use of any ICT tools and B will be the experimental group; and will be taught using all available ICT tools. At the end of the lesson, the students group progress will be accessed and compared.

Objectives

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft office picture Manager, Microsoft Officelive, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight, Bing, Microsoft Paint, Photo Editor, Microsoft Digital Image, Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft PCM Converter

Software

Description

Learning Areas MATHEMATICS, GEOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STUDIES

Levels 15 – 18years old

Project Overview

My SCHOOLOUR

PROJECT

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Teacher Planning and Management

Background and Planning

Classroom Images

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Background & Planning: The project was initiated when the teacher as a student was hindered from achieving her dream of being a pilot or an air traffic controller because she did not comprehend the topic of the project; and afterwards as a teacher, she found out that students shied away from the project topic because they don’t comprehend it. In an effort to avoid another failed dream, the teacher embarked on the project.

Classroom Images: The images of the control group and experimental group in their classroom and computer room are shown.

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Teaching Resources

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The Project Topic: Click the Longitude/Latitude icon to view the

topics taught during the project.

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TRAINING RESOURCES

STUDENTS PROJECT OVERVIEW

LONGITUDELATITUDE

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Assessment and Standards

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Assessment Rubrics: Examples of assessment rubrics provided to students showing how the project was assessed.

Mapping the Standards: Mapping this project’s learning objectives against curriculum standards.

Teacher Reflection: This is a self evaluated reflection of teaching of the teacher

Community Outreach: This shows the community outreach taken by the teacher and experimental group in other to expand the project learning group.

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Mapping Curriculum Standards

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Teacher ReflectionLearner Perspective

RESULT BEFORE THE PROJECT

GROUP B_RESULT before the project

GROUP B_RESULT after the project

COMPARISION_before and after

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Assessment Rubic(GROUP A)

Assessment Rubic(GROUP B)

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Teacher and School Information

My school Government Secondary School, Kuduru – Bwari, Abuja is a public and senior secondary school situated in a rural community name Kuduru,. It is a mixed sex boarding school. Culturally-oriented and rich in both science, art and sports. The school is set in a vegetative and nature friendly environment quite conducive for learning.

Obiakor, Vera Ada has taught in senior secondary schools for fifteen years. She has taught Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Geography. In 1991 she obtained a B.Sc (combined) degree in Mathematics and Statistics and in 2007 she obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Education.