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Fruit Fly Surveillance Research

K-W-L (Educator Guide)

(What do you KNOW? What do you

WANT

to know? What did you LEARN?)

Students will be using the K-W-L strategy as they research topics related to the constraints Dr. Som introduced in the

first section of the Spark 101 video, Fruit Fly Surveillance. Once the students have learned about each topic they will be

better prepared to design an observation system.

The K-W-L strategy asks students to document their knowledge of a topic. First students document what they already

know about the topic. Second, students document what they want to know about the topic. Then after doing research,

students document what they learned from the research. This strategy allows students to connect prior learning to new

researched information. By having students think about what they want to learn before doing the research this strategy

empowers the student to be in control of their own learning.

TEACHER DIRECTIONS

STUDENT DIRECTIONS

Describe the K-W-L strategy and purpose with

Select one of the three research topics as your

your students.

focus. (Each member of group will have a

different topic.)

With students in groups of three, Give each group

three K-W-L charts, one for each topic of

With group members, brainstorm what you

research. Explain that each group member will

know about each research topic and record this

select one of the three research topics as their

list under the K column of the chart.

focus.

With group members, brainstorm what you

Direct students to work together as a group to

want to know about each research topic. Keep

brainstorm what they know about each topic and

in mind the constraints given by Dr. Som for the

record it in the K column of the charts.

design of the observation unit. Record this list

under the W column of the chart.

Still in groups, direct students to brainstorm what

they want to know about each topic and record it

Individually research your chosen topic

in the W column of the chart.

recording your findings under the L column of

the chart. Remember to keep in mind the

Then direct students to research individually on

constraints of the observation system given my

their chosen topic. It is suggested to do this

Dr. Som.

research as homework, however if time and

resources are available, this could also be done in

Discuss your research findings with the other

class with a computer lab or on mobile devices.

members of your group.

After students have completed the research and

documented their learning, direct groups to

discuss their findings.

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