Explore content by finalizing projects. Students explore the data analysis and their roles in order to draw their own conclusions. They also review assessment criteria and guidelines for successful projects while they make final adjustments for their project presentations: a) Creating poster, b) Designing websites, c) Writing scientific reports, etc.

Ask each group to define their role, study the relationship between their role and coral reefs, and examine the importance of coral reefs to them by remembering the activity sheet: an overall table with all different perspective in the lesson "how are coral reefs are important us."

Ask each group to work with their given roles to draw their conclusions and make recommendations about the overall problem, ''Which activities (if any) around the coral reefs of Kailua Bay should be restricted to insure their lasting protection?".

Prompt students to think about the elements to be included when prepare the final report or presentation.

 

 

 

 

Distribute appropriate assessment rubrics to help students design appropriate projects and to meet project expectations. Here are sites with sample rubrics for assessing:

• Posters
  o #1Generic example of research poster
  o #2 Generic example of research poster (more details than #2)
• Websites
  o #1 Web page design
  
• Scientific reports
  o #1 Research paper assessment
• Overall large projects
  o #1 Year end project scoring (literature review - presentation)
  o #2 Steps to the research cycle
• Presentation skills
  o #1 Oral participation rubrics
  o #2 Discussion of results
  

  Teacher note: The best practice for using rubrics as an assessment tool is to share them with your students prior to beginning projects, papers, etc.

Ask each role group to prepare their final report or presentation (C-1) while exploring their roles, data analysis results, and presentation style.

Teacher note:

The kids need to remember to put themselves in their respective roles (i.e. coastal developer, commercial fisherman, etc.) but with the mindset of a remote sensing scientist. Whatever position they take, they must be able to defend the position with scientific data (or lack thereof) and appropriate web sites.