1. Big 6 Skills Presentation Super 3 Presentation Banana Split Presentation Student & Teacher Resources CONTENTS

2. Students Online There are 10 million children online By the year 2005, there will be over 50 million children online 14% of people under 18 are currently online 32% of children between the ages of 16 and 17 spend five or more hours online per week

3. INFORMATION OVERLOAD! More information has been produced in the last 30 years than in the previous 5000 There is a new website every 4 seconds! World Wide Web is doubling every 90 days! This month, another 18 million people will go on line

4. Students need help organizing information How can one deal with the amount of information? How can we train students to sift and sort through what is important and what is not? Teach them a strategy for searching, using and evaluating information on the World Wide Web – Teach them…

5. THE BIG 6 SKILLS

6. THE BIG SIX #1 Task Definition Identify the information needed Define the problem “What do I need to do?”

7. THE BIG SIX #2 INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES Brainstorming all possible resources Select the best resources “What can I use to find what I need?”

8. THE BIG SIX #3 LOCATION & ACCESS Locate Sources Find information within sources “What can I use to find what I need?”

9. THE BIG SIX #4 USE OF INFORMATION Engage (read, hear, view, or touch) Take out needed information “What information can I use?”

10. THE BIG SIX #5 SYNTHESIS Organize information from multiple sources Present the results “How can I put my information together?”

11. THE BIG SIX #6 EVALUATION Judge the results (effectiveness) Judge the process (efficiency) “How will I know if I did well?”

12. THE Big 6 SKILLS Building a Banana Split! Go Bananas!Go Bananas! Learn more about the Banana Split

13. THE BIG SIX #1 Task Definition IDENTIFYING THE INFORMATION NEEDED DEFINE THE PROBLEM What does a “banana split” look like? Why is it called a banana “split”? Are you going to make or buy them? How much money do you have to spend? What store will you go to? What grocery items will you need? How many banana splits do you want to make?

14. THE BIG SIX #2 INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES DETERMINE ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES EVALUATE AND PRIORITIZE POSSIBLE SOURCES Gather recipes from the Internet Call other ice cream places Check cook books Choose bananas, ice cream, toppings, etc. Prioritize the items that best fit your needs Make a grocery list of ingredients and materials needed

15. THE BIG SIX #3 LOCATION & ACCESS LOCATE SOURCES FIND INFORMATION WITHIN SOURCES Are you in the right aisle, in the store you choose You must now choose the best ingredients and materials, according to the amount of money available and description of the products you need. &

16. THE BIG SIX #4 USE OF INFORMATION ENGAGE (read, hear, view, or touch) TAKE OUT NEEDED INFORMATION Time to begin making the banana splits! Organize your “information sources” (peel the bananas, take topping out of the original containers and put them in separate bowls, make all the tools available) &

17. THE BIG SIX #5 SYNTHESIS ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES PRESENT THE RESULT Place each of the items in the banana split dish in a neat order, following the recipe/directions chosen Make sure the banana split looks “pretty” Share the banana split with friends. Everyone may eat and enjoy!

18. THE BIG SIX #6 EVALUATION JUDGE THE RESULTS OR PRODUCT (effectiveness) JUDGE THE PROCESS (efficiency) How did the banana split look? How did the banana split taste? Was it good? What was the quality of the ingredients? When making the banana split next time, would you do anything different? How did the looking for the recipes and directions work? Was anything missing?

19. TASTY RECIPES Hookery Cookery.com Back of the Box.com Grocery Shop.com Indo Indians.com Cooking.com Banana day: Activities and Lesson plan Theme Day.com

20. THE super 3 SKILLS

21. THE Super three #1 BEGINNING - PLAN What am I supposed to do? What will the result look like if I do a really good job? What do I need to find out about in order to do a good job? Students should be thinking…

22. Example of Step 1 You want something sweet and it’s a hot day, so you decide to make yourself a sundae. -What will you need? -Where will you get your supplies? -How do I make it? -What should it look like?

23. THE Super three #2 Middle - do In the middle, students complete various activities… Finding necessary sources Reading and/or viewing the information in the sources Putting it all together as a finished assignment

24. Example of Step 2 Time to “do it” -Find your ingredients -Get out your supplies -Put it all together Remember to make it look good and use fresh ingredients

25. THE Super three #3 End - review Before the assignment is finished and turned in, students should stop and think… Is this done? Did I do what I was supposed to do? Do I feel OK about this? Should I do something else before I turn it in?

26. Example of Step 3 Review it…before you eat it -Does it look nice? -Did I put everything on it? -Finally, does it taste good… Good enough to share?

27. Big 6 Assignment Organizer – 3rd through 6th Big 6 Assignment Organizer – 7th through 8th Big 6 Home Page Student and Teacher Resources

28. A Night at the Movies! (for $10 or less)

29. Frodo Baggins: Elijah Wood Gandalf: Ian McKellen Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Sam: Sean Astin Bilbo: Ian Holm Arwen: Liv Tyler Saruman: Christopher Lee New Line presents a film directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Jackson, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Running time: 178 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for epic battle sequences and some scary images).

30. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG-13, 178 min.) Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18 16046 North Arrowhead Fountain Center Drive Peoria, AZ 85345 (602) 222-4275 http://www.harkinstheatres.com/index.html Time: 5:50 pm (twilight show) Cost: $5.00 Where, When and How Much!

31. Refreshments: I’ll have $5.00 for food Company: My friend Cortez is going Transportation: My Dad will take us at 4:30 / He will pick us up at 9:30 Other Stuff…