bonnie thurber: moon over us
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Lake Michigan, near My Home
K-8 Students in USA
Chicago Public School
McHenry Middle School, Rural School
Moon Over Us
Credit: www.silverstar-academy.com/Blog/?cat=32
Austria, Brazil, China, Nepal, USA
Collaboration in the iCollaboratory & Kidlink Theresa Allen, Paulo S Bretones, Suman Gautam, Gloria
Janosek, Hongfeng Guo,
Karen Ladendorf, Catriona Lynch, Herbert Puehringer,
Gustavo Rojas, Bonnie Thurber
Welcome to the Moon Over Us
The moon is so bright
It lights up the sky at night
Along with the stars
The sky shines from earth
From earth it looks like a dot
But near the moon you see it takes up a lot
To me it looks like a gem
-- KaylinJ, St. Andrew Romeoville, USA
About the Project
Navigating the "The Moon Over Us iCollaboratory Project",
one realizes that this project is a really successful Global
Dialog with students participating from China, USA and
Brasil. A huge amount of students participate with pages and
comments about the Moon and the significance of this
companion. -- StellanK, Sweden
The moon has been the most significant part of Chinese
culture for a long time. The ancient Chinese established the
precise lunar calendar according to the moon’s revolution.
On 15th August (lunar calendar), there is the mid-autumn
festival, which is one of the most important festival in China
and whose popularity just behind the Spring Festival.
-- Yang L, China
Experiencing the Moon Over Us
1. Survey about the moon
2. Digital pictures of the moon
3. Research and compare views of the moon
4. Each student creates a web page
Share poetry, history, beliefs, stories, and research
using dialogue,
comments,
discussion,
reflections.
Project List 2013-14
Sept-Oct: Full Moon + stories & poetry
Nov-Dec: Moon Phases
Jan-Feb: Moon History
Feb-Mar: Moon Phases
Apr-May: Moon Faces (with webcam)
Project Participation
• 2 Brazilian schools, 5 Chinese schools, 10 USA schools, 1 Nepali school and 1 Austrian school
• Ages 9-16
• 600+ students
• Teachers meet
– Skype
– Document
Sharing
Shiloh School, Shiloh Il, USA
Brazilian Moon
As imagens abaixo foram tiradas
pelo aluno Roberto Hércules,ele
fotografou a lua durante 3 dias do
dia 12/09 ao dia 14/09 ,em um
horário entre20:00 e 22:00, no
horário de brasília.
Translation
The images below were taken by the student Roberto Hercules, he photographed the moon during the 3 days to 12.9 days 14.9 days ata time entre20: 00 and 22:00 in GMT.
Comment Dialogue On Wednesday October 05, 2011, CiaraMM from United States said:
Hi Deivid Gomes da Silva,
What kind of collage do you go to.
What do you do at your collage.
I don't go to a collage, I go to junior high or a(middle school).Hope to hear
back.:):):)
On Thursday October 06, 2011, RyanR751 from United States said:
Your pictures are so cool. I also like your telescope pictures.
On Thursday October 06, 2011, JacksonN661 from United States said:
You have a lot of cool picterichers.
What camera did you take the picterichers with?
Chinese Moon
Hi, friends, do you see my these 4 pictures about moon? They
look like the same but the time is different! On the first day, at
8:00 pm the full moon is just above the roof of Beijing
Convention Center. But on the second day, when the full moon
climbs up to the same place, the time is 9:00 pm! Then in the
next two days, the same place, the time is 10:00pm and
11:00pm.
It is very interesting! But why? Because moon is very lazy. It gets
up about 1 hour later everyday!
下面我来介绍一下我了解的月球吧：
月球是地球的卫星。月球的自转和在绕地球公转的同时进行自转，这种现象我们称“同步自转”，所以我们看不见月球背面。月球上有环形山、月海、月陆和山脉。地球上的潮汐现象就是受月球影响而产生的。 -- Fred Sun, Beijing, China
Fred’s Moon
(This photo is taken by my father!)
在中国古代有很多关于月亮的神话和传说，如：嫦娥奔月、天狗食月、吴刚伐桂、玉兔捣药等等。也有很多优美的诗歌散文来赞美月亮。如我学过的李白著名的《静夜思》
床前明月光，疑是地上霜。
举头望明月，低头思故乡。
Comments On Thursday September 15, 2011, a-JoyceF from United States said:
I wonder what star you found? Maybe it was the north star. Can you draw it for
us?
On Friday September 23, 2011, a-JoyceF from United States said:
Your drawings and descriptions have taught us a lot with all your details. Good
Work!
On Thursday October 06, 2011, JacobS from United States said:
Thats great. Why is the guy stareing in the sky? What camrae did you use
On Wednesday October 12, 2011, BillyG from United States said:
Hi Fred Sun I was wondering where you found all those cool pictures of the
moon. Your a really good drawer by the way.
On Thursday October 13, 2011, PatrickFag203 from United States said:
Do you have a telescope to look at the stars?
AH-HA: We all have the same moon
Moon in McHenry, IL,
USA On Tuesday September 20, 2011, a-JoyceF from United
States said: It looks like a snowball being thrown at me. Is that
what it is?
On Tuesday September 20, 2011, JaredWM from United
States said: This is a picture of the moon.
On Wednesday September 21, 2011, a-JoyceF from United
States said: Is it a crescent moon?
On Monday September 26, 2011, JaredWM from United
States said:
No it is not a crescent moon.
On Friday October 21, 2011, JackA from United States said:
Hey those are some cool moons. Was it early morning or early
evening when you took those pictures?
Moon in Alton, IL, USA On Saturday September 24, 2011, a-JoyceF from United
States said:
Can you share with us whats happening in your picture?
On Tuesday October 04, 2011, BriannaVM from United States said:
thats an interesting picture of the moon and it doesnt look fully round??? were you moving in this picture
On Thursday October 20, 2011, BradymS from United States said:
HELLO a-joycef Iam sorry but not much was happening my neighborhood is very boring there are olny two kids on my street and there are six plus it is olny a pitrue of the moon
On Thursday October 20, 2011, BradymS from United States said:
Dear Briannavm well I did not take the pictures my mom did because I was not tall enough and yes she was moving
Moon in Mokena, IL, USA On Friday October 21, 2011, EmilyH from United States said:
Dear Grace, Was that a flashlight? If it isn't, that is very cool pictures of the moon.
On Friday October 21, 2011, ZoraM from United States said:
Dear Grace, Your page looks so cool!!! What is your favorite part about learning about the moon? Mine is watching it change.
From, Zora
On Wednesday October 26, 2011, GraceB from United States said:
thanks to everyone. Here are the answers to your questions: I just used a sony. No flash light.
On Wednesday October 26, 2011, GraceB from United States said:
Dear Zora, My favorite part is watching it change,too. your freind,
Grace.
On Saturday October 29, 2011, NatalieS from United States said:
Dude I love the pictures. The harvest moon is really cool. What do you think about the harvest moon?
Monthly Cycle and Influence on People
• Project conceived by Herbet Puehringer, Salzburg, Austria
• Students are surveyed and then share history and believes about the influence of the moon on their lives
• Austrian students use scientific process to prove facts and fictions about births, deaths and accidents
• Reviews written (US)
• Skype chat
Skype Chat Feb. 2013
• Philosophy of history of the peoples and how the moon affects them was also included as part of a very warm inclusive discussion.
Topic: Comment and discuss Austrian student web pages • Major participants were from Nepal and Austria. • Papers peer reviewed as scientifically correct
Nepali Workshop & Skype Chat
Student Work USA
Moon over Shiloh, IL, USA
• May 12, 20.30 USA
Student Work from Pokhara
Moon Over Pokhara, Nepal
March 2013
Moon Over Sao Carols, Brazil
May 13, 2013, evening
What is different? What is the same?
Moon over Shiloh USA
Moon over Sao Carols Brazil
Project Completion
Culminating survey demonstrates basic facts that students learned – standards met
Student reflections tell “What I have learned”.
Students have continued interest in sky gazing at stars, constellations, sun and moon.
Problem: all students did not complete the final survey or reflections.
Change: Adding badges & certificates.
Moon in the USA
• Students in the USA are encouraged to
read Every Soul a Star
• Galileo telescopes available.
• Project resources posted online.
• Parents enthusiastically involved because
their kids were asked to go outside at
night and take images of the moon.
Project List 2014-15
Sept-Oct: Moon Faces
Nov-Feb: Moon History
Mar-Apr: Moon Phases
(with webcam)
Next Project Starts in September
Learn more:
– http://www.icollaboratory.org
– http://www.kidlink.org
Participate for FREE: – http://www.icollaboratory.org/CreateAccount
General information: – [email protected]
Volunteer to help: – [email protected]
iCollaboratory Bonnie Thurber
&
iCollaboratory Team Theresa Allen, Gayle Greenwald,
Ruth Shunick, Linda Smentek http://www.icollaboratory.org
