Week 6 Lesson Plan

Phase III of our project finds the Panthers culminating and sharing what they learned.

Maryland State Curriculum-

• Science- Identify sources of electricity. Electrical outlets, Batteries- Children were exposed to many different types of batteries while using assorted cameras. Some were rechargeable and some were not. Children learned to locate and change the batteries in their team cameras.
• Writing- Compose texts using the revising and editing strategies of effective writers and speakers. Each visitor that spoke to the children during the summer received a thank you letter. the students wrote a first draft and reread it with the teacher. The edits were then used in rewriting the letters.
• History- Compare community life now to community life in the past. Mr Dotter showed children real cameras and photographs from over 100 years to the present. They learned to appreciate the digital cameras that they used.
• Economics- Describe different market choices where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods and services. - Using newspaper advertisements from various stores and the internet children learned the prices of various cameras and Ipads
• Math- Build groups that share equally for division- Children helped count the money collected for a field trip. They then had to figure out if there was enough for everyone to go by dividing the money into equal groups.

Counting Money

Week 6

History- Mr. Dotter, a friend of one of the campers, brought in a collection of antique cameras and photographs that belonged to his family over the years. He showed his Grandfathers wooden camera and tripod and kerosene light, an antique stereoscope for viewing images in 3D, Daguerreotypes and tintype pictures, and his Grandmothers film camera. Mr. Dotter told the children how photography relates to all professions and that they could begin to capture memories themselves for the future. The above image shows Mr. Dotter sharing his stereoscope with two children.

Tuesday- Today campers revisited their original questions about photography from Week one. Their journal assignment was to take their question and answer it. Most questions were easily answered by now. Some topics needed additional research so books and the internet were used for further research. After children has completed the assignment everyone gathered to share what they had learned

Photography Culmination and Green Committee

Music and Recorder-

Ms. Britton was the Purple Panther's music teacher. They had music one day a week and recorder one day a week. By the end of camp they had earned their black belt in recorder and played Hot Cross Buns for their final examination. In music class the children learned songs and dances, music vocabulary, yoga and more. One of the Panthers favorite word was ostinato which they were told meant "annoying". It was used frequently during the day with chuckles.

More

Studying photography was not the only topic covered during the summer, many other activities were enjoyed including: cooking club. block structures, weddings, bands, origami, 3d art, clay sculptures, sand and water construction, bowling, chapter books, microscope viewing, mushroom and insect identification, tie dying, jigsaw puzzles, Spirit Week, crystal growing, bowling etc. View some of our activities in this slide show.

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In Conclusion Photography made for an excellent study. As always, six weeks is not enough time to complete the many activities available. By now children know how to use a digital camera and be responsible with it. They are able to think about what they want to document. In the future they could learn to download, upload and manipulate the images they take. As a facilitator this took the most time other than securing and maintaining 8 digital cameras other than the teacher's!