TPACK in Science Activity

Content:
This science activity focused on the 4th grade Utah Science Core Standard 1: Students will understand that water changes state as it moves through the water cycle, Objective 2: describe the water cycle.

Pedagogy:
The teacher had to know how to lead a discussion, and how to get the information across. Also, the teacher must be able to teach how to use Kidspiration. This is a good fit with the content of the lesson because it contrasts in order to teach to different learning styles, auditory and visual.

Technology:
This activity is done on the program Kidspiration. The activity allows students to organize and reorganize, and to visually see the information. Using technology makes the activity a lot more fun that doing it as a worksheet, it allows students to feel that they have created something. It allows students to interact with the information, and therefore internalize it more.