Enhancing Knowledge of Earth Science

Enhancing Knowledge of Earth Science

        I took an Introduction to Earth Science last semester and while reading the course textbook on Earth Science, I was surprised to say that I actually knew about what was mentioned in the textbook. Earth Science in High School was difficult for me because I had three different teachers that year teaching Earth Science to my class, but when I took Earth Science for my general core requirement in college, I didn't think that I would need to know the information to teach in Elementary School. I'm so glad that I took it now. I felt pretty strong with all of the concepts revolving around Earth Science, but two members in my group did not feel as confident with the layers of the Earth and the Earth's surface, so we created an infograph based on that theme. Below is the infograph that we created:

       I enjoyed working with my group members to make this infograph because it reflect on our learning styles and presented the information that we needed to cover effectively. We focused primarily on the rock cycle and the three types of rocks. Although the links don't work for the image, we focused a lot on finding different kinds of lesson plans that could be used to reinforce or introduce the concepts of the infograph in the classroom.

       We were also instructed to create a quiz using a digital tool based on Earth Science. I am familiar with Kahoot and Socrative which is why I decided to go out of the box and look for a different quiz digital tool that I could use. I stumbled upon a tool called Quizizz which is a quiz website for teachers to make the quiz similar to a game while emphasizing the individuality of the quiz. The students have the questions in front of them and can work at their own pace. 

Click here to view my quiz that I created using Quizizz!