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The assignments from this web site were designed for an
eighth grade Academic Technology Class that meets three times a week for one marking period during the course of the school year. The students basically learn how to use the programs we have available in our computer lab so they can apply these skills when their regular education teachers  bring them to the lab for projects based on their own curriculum.

As the students create the bar graph, they are required to know how to navigate around the internet and this web site, research and use correct information, use Excel to create a bar graph, and use keyboarding and word processing skills.

The brochure is more involved. The teacher should guide the students through this assignment as much as possible in order to accurately place the information, pictures, headings, and text.

A good percentage of the pictures were taken by the author of this web page at Newark International Airport on Saturday, September 17, 2005. 

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GOALS:  It is my intention to introduce the students to aviation as they take a virtual tour of Newark Liberty International Airport, review map skills, work with statistics, use the internet, and create a bar graph showing statistics and a brochure with pictures and facts while learning how to use several programs available in our Academic Technology Lab.    

The students will:

• Learn to use many features of the Microsoft Excel Program
• Learn how to use many features of the Microsoft Publisher Program
• Learn to input data into a spreadsheet and transfer it into a  bar graph using Excel
• Research and use statistics from a reputable website for the bar graph
• Review map directions using a map of the airport and an internet site for directions
• Investigate statistics about on-time airline arrivals and departures
• Be introduced to aviation vocabulary
• Understand, navigate, and view a virtual tour of the airport
• Use correct grammar and spelling while creating the brochure and bar graph
• Use research to complete a bar graph and brochure
• Complete all individual assignments within a designated time frame or timely manner

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I tried to address many New Jersey State Standards throughout this lesson:          

TECHNOLOGY LITERACY STANDARDS  ADDRESSED:

8.1 (Computer and Information Literacy)  All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY STANDARDS ADDRESSED:

3.1 (Reading)  All students will understand and apply the knowledge of sounds, letters, and words in written English to become independent and fluent readers, and will read a variety of materials and texts with fluency and comprehension.

3.2 (Writing)  All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

3.4 (Listening) All students will listen actively to information from a variety of sources in a variety of situations.

3.5 (Viewing and Media Literacy) All students will access, view, evaluate, and respond to print, nonprint, and electronic texts and resources.
 

MATH STANDARDS ADDRESSED:

4.1  (Number and Numerical Operations)  All students will develop number sense and will perform standard numerical operations and estimations on all types of numbers in a variety of ways.

4.4 (Data analysis, probability. and  discrete mathematics)   All students will develop an understanding of the concepts and techniques of data analysis, probability, and discrete mathematics, and will use them to model situations, solve problems, and analyze and draw appropriate inferences from data.

4.5 (Mathematical Processes) All students will use mathematical processes of problem solving, communication, connections, reasoning, representations, and technology to solve problems and communicate mathematical ideas.

SCIENCE STANDARDS ADDRESSED:

5.1 (Scientific Process) All students will develop problem-solving, decision-making and inquiry skills, reflected by formulating usable questions and hypotheses, planning experiments, conducting systematic observations, interpreting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and communicating results. 

5.3 (Mathematical Applications)  All students will integrate mathematics as a tool for problem-solving in science, and as a a means of expressing and/or modeling scientific theories. 

5.4  (Nature and Process of Technology)  All students will understand the interrelationships between science and technology and develop a conceptual understanding of the nature and process of technology.

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BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OF THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN ADDRESSED:

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SENSE AND MEANING: 

Students will store more information if there is a high degree of sense and meaning.

• Aviation education is important, yet not addressed often in any curriculum.
• Knowledge of map skills is an important life skill.
• Learning how to navigate on your own to an airport is a real world issue that can affect every driver.
• Personal family trips to airports for vacations or picking up or dropping off family and friends has emotional experiences attached to this event.
• Some students can share their prior experience with others.
• Students have prior knowledge of the Publisher and Excel programs. 

Great sites for developing curriculum on Aviation.

http://futureflight.arc.nasa.gov/pdf/ffd_pbl_student.pdf
This site  is a great addition to the webpage and can help further develop lessons on aviation.

http://futureflight.arc.nasa.gov/pbl/aero.html
Research on aeronautics with videos and articles.  (Need QuickTime)

http://futureflight.arc.nasa.gov/pbl/airp.html
Information on terminals.

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