Field Observation Outing and Rationale
I have chosen the Bonne Terre Mines for the field observation outing. The mine is a national historic site located in Bonne Terre Missouri. The mine, which is also known as the billion gallon lake, is known today as the world’s largest fresh water dive resort. The mine was originally founded in 1860 as a lead mine and was closed in 1962. There are five levels to the mine. The first two top levels are the levels that can be toured and the lower three levels house the billion gallon lake. The fifth grade class would be able to learn about what mines look like on the inside and how the miners were able to get around and work. The students will also be able to see many tools and tracks that were left behind by the miners when they walked out in 1962. The students will be able to get a sense of what it felt like and looked like to work under ground. The students will also get to experience the past by seeing all of the tools that were used by the old miners.
The visit to the mine can relate to the language arts common core standards. As we move around the mines and learn about the different tools left behind, the students will learn the names of those tools and how to pronounce those names. When we get back to the classroom, the children will write some sentences saying what they liked best about their visit to the mine. They will illustrate their writing (CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking). We will all sit together and discuss the visit and what we have learned about the mines in Bonne Terre and the history within it.
The mine visit will also relate to Social Studies as the students will learn about what the miners where mining for and how. The students will be able to discuss the mines and what it originally started out as and how the miners made each floor in their own words. After our visit to the mines, the student will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of the history of the miner and the mines that he worked in.
This outing connects to the following common core standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.1
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.3
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.4
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.5
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
DOK 2 Standards SS4 1.10
Apply the following economic concepts: a. scarcity b. supply and demand c. trade-offs (opportunity cost). http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/gle-social-studies.pdf
DOK 3 Standards SS4 3.8
Interpret the past, explain the present and predict future consequences of economic decision. http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/gle-social-studies.pdf
DOK 2 Standards SS6 1.9
Identify how ideas, concepts and traditions have changed over time in the United States. http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/gle-social-studies.pdf
The visit to the mine can relate to the language arts common core standards. As we move around the mines and learn about the different tools left behind, the students will learn the names of those tools and how to pronounce those names. When we get back to the classroom, the children will write some sentences saying what they liked best about their visit to the mine. They will illustrate their writing (CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking). We will all sit together and discuss the visit and what we have learned about the mines in Bonne Terre and the history within it.
The mine visit will also relate to Social Studies as the students will learn about what the miners where mining for and how. The students will be able to discuss the mines and what it originally started out as and how the miners made each floor in their own words. After our visit to the mines, the student will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of the history of the miner and the mines that he worked in.
This outing connects to the following common core standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.1
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.3
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.4
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. CCRA.SL.5
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
DOK 2 Standards SS4 1.10
Apply the following economic concepts: a. scarcity b. supply and demand c. trade-offs (opportunity cost). http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/gle-social-studies.pdf
DOK 3 Standards SS4 3.8
Interpret the past, explain the present and predict future consequences of economic decision. http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/gle-social-studies.pdf
DOK 2 Standards SS6 1.9
Identify how ideas, concepts and traditions have changed over time in the United States. http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/gle-social-studies.pdf