 On
Tuesday, Dec. 5, four Mohonasen students taught their
fellow classmates back at home — as well as other
students from around the country — about volcanoes
live from Hawaii's Volcano National Park.
Fifth-and
sixth-grade students actively watched their four
classmates teach them about the geology, culture and
plants and animals of Hawaii in the high school's
Farnsworth Technology Center. The broadcast was
projected on a large screen, and computer workstations
were set up to e-mail questions, as well as phones to
call in questions.
Students
asked questions such as, "What's the longest lava
flow in the park?" and "What kinds of insects
are found in Hawaii?" They listened to the four
students and other experts answer the questions live
through the television broadcast. Students learned about
things like "hot spots" and the formation of
islands from volcanoes, the differences between
explosive and non-explosive eruptions, and adaptive
radiation. They even had a chance to hula dance with
their classmates in Hawaii!
This Electronic
Fieldtrip, Eruption! AN ISLAND RISING FROM THE SEA
was produced by Ball State University and the Public
Broadcasting System (PBS).
Thanks to the one Pinewood student and three middle school students, along with their teachers — Mrs. Jill Osinski, Miss Kim Brassard and Mrs. Pat Rushby —
who went to Hawaii, and to teacher Mrs. Kim Coehlo who
did not go to Hawaii, but played a very active role in preparing students for the Electronic Field Trip.
Photo
at right: Fifth-and sixth-grade students hula dance
while watching their fellow classmates hula dance at the
same time in Hawaii.
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