HeidiS+Parent+Letter

July 23, 2011

Dear Parents and/or Guardian,

We are preparing to start a new Interactive Multimedia Project during out Weather unit. Students will be working in groups to investigate their chosen question concerning tornadoes. They will also be creating a news cast type presentation that will present all the facts and ideas the group has come up with. During this time the students will be covering many goals of science such as applying the principles of scientific inquiry, technological design, matter and energy and the interactions between them. We will not be using the textbook as often during the approximate 13 to 14 days that we will be working on the IMP. Please see the attached time line.

We will be learning to use some new technology which is a plus. I will provide instruction as needed on the use of photo enhancement sites, voicethreads, and a few movie making sites. I hope your son or daughter will share some of this with you at home if possible or the library. After day six or seven your son or daughter should be working on this more at home. I will be sending home a note to be signed by you as parents or guardians on about day eleven, just to be sure that you have observed some of what they have produced and researched. This note will be signed and returned as part of the final grade for the IMP. I will also have an evaluation of the groups preview, see time line, attached to the day 11 parent note. This evaluation will provide you and your son or daughter some feedback and guidance as to what needs to be done to finish up. The students will also have a copy of the entire project rubric to help guide them.

This should be an exciting change and another great way for the students to learn science and technology. If you have any questions feel free to contact me via e-mail or phone, e-mail is often the easiest.

Thank you,

Ms. Scaggs

I/We have read the informational letter on the upcoming IMP and viewed the time line. parent signature please___________________________________________. Return this bottom portion with your son or daughter as the first points earned in the IMP! Student_______________________________name.