PLE submission for week 7

What is the content you’ll be using in your lesson?
The content I will be using in my lesson is describing the differences between man made and natural occurrences. I turned this lesson into an opportunity to see how man-made structures interact with the natural world, and how this may affect the organisms originally dwelling in the environment before human populations were developed.

What is the pedagogy you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content?
The pedagogy I will be using is helping students to recognize the effects of people's choices in the environment. The specific techniques used will be through the technology medium in order to allow students to explore the information available and a few particular places where such an interaction is evident. This is a good fit because it involves a democratic notion which helps students take ownership of the activity and learn more for themselves.

What is the technology you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content and pedagogy?
The technology I'll be using is that of Google Earth. This particular program allows students to see the world in a three-dimensional way and provides a concrete view of places to which they may never have explored before. Furthermore, the program allows students to navigate to other websites in order to broaden not only their content knowledge, but also to provide additional resources for exploration and learning.

Google Earth Planning Table

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1.Tuscon, Arizona	Students will watch a video about desert animals and list the various attributes that helps these animals survive in the desert.	A youtube video will be available to watch.
2.Orlando, Florida	Students will view pictures of a crocodile and an alligator and read about the differences between them and be able to recognize which one lives in the United States.	A Wikipedia link will be available for both the crocodile and the alligator.
3.Orlando, Florida	Students will read about the development and placement of the NASA center in Orlando, Flordia and will explain how this impacts the Alligator's habitat.	A link will be made available to the NASA website describing the placement of the facility and its various dealings and business.
4.Phoenix, Arizona	Students will speculate how the growing population in the Phoenix area will affect the populations of the desert animal species.	A link to Wikipedia will be available concerning the encroachment of humans upon animal territory and the effects of such.
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	Images will be provided to represent the intentions of each site, such as a cactus representing the desert.