Session Date
Lesson Topic
Tornadoes
Lesson Outline
Sebastian began his lesson today explaining to me that he is doing a unit on weather. He expressed his great interest in studying tornadoes. For our activity, I had Sebastian start a slide show in Pages. Since Sebastian has a MacBook Air, we sat side by side with my MacBook Air open to the same program. I showed Sebastian how we needed to make a quick pencil and paper storyboard so that we could consider what is important to present in his slide show. Sebastian was very quick to show me the depth of his knowledge about tornadoes. The slides were divided into five subject areas: causes of tornadoes, history of tracking tornadoes, comparision of various famous tornadoes, how to measure the speed of a tornado, how to prepare for a tornado. Sebastian was most interested in the El Reno tornado in Okahoma in 2013. He knew the wind speed was 296 miles per hour. He knew that the tornadoes are rated on the Fujita Scale and that this tornado was an EF-5. Sebastian typed very quickly to develop a lively text. He hunted for pictures and inserted them into his presentation. I taught hiim how to find black and white drawings of tornadoes and clip art about tornadoes. Sebastian and I worked on exciting fonts and highlighting effects. He tried to add a musical sound track to make the movie more interesting. Sebastian learned how to make his movie "go live." He was excited to work on this project.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
It was a pleasure to work with Sebastian. His mind is very quick. He has lots of science information on his fingertips. He works with energy and focus.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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