Wells Fargo Grant: Project Based Activities

Wells-Fargo Grant

Transportation-Level 4

Bisch-Turngren April 2011

Wells Fargo Grant: Project Based Activities

Project Overview

Project Name: Transportation Level: 4

Final Project/Culminating Activity: Students use the metro transit website to find information to plan a trip from their home to school.

Objectives:

• I can use the Metro transit website to find specific transportation schedules and information.
• I can ask for a give transportation info.
• I know the Metro Transit rules

Begin with a pre-unit Self-Evaluation:

There is a pre- self-evaluation to be used before the unit. It is also the same for a post-self evaluation after students have done the activities in the unit and the culminating activity.

Rubric: The rubric on this unit is for objectives from the lessons, rather than just the culminating activity .

Pre and Post Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation

Student Name ______

Pre Self-Evaluation

Date______

Instructions: Read each question. Circle your answer.

1. I can use the Metro transit website to find specific transportation schedules and information.

1. I can ask for a give transportation info.

1. I know the Metro Transit rules

Post Self-evaluation

Date ______

Self Evaluation

Instructions: Read each question. Circle your answer.

1. I can use the Metro transit website to find specific transportation schedules and information.

1. I can ask for a give transportation info.

1. I know the Metro Transit rules

Activity/ Product 1

Transportation Survey and Graph

Warm Up

• Discuss different types of transportation and classify them as public or private
• Review words of frequency that will be used in the graph

Activities

• Hand out the Transportation Survey and Graph

• Look at the survey and have them put their own answer in the first line of the grid.

• Count the number of people in the class. This is how many responses the students must have, including their own response.

• Model the question/answer and how to fill out the chart, including, “Can you spell your name?”

Wrap Up and Extension

• Students share their sentences with their partner or the class.

• Use the information on the graph to make dictation sentences

• Use Excel to recreate the graph

Informal Teacher Observation: Observe students and give feedback as needed. Take notes to inform delivery of future lessons.

Transportation Survey and Graph

A. How often do you use public transportation?

B. I never use public transportation.

I use public transportation ______

Directions: Ask each student the question. Write the person’s name and put an X in the correct box.

Put the totals at the bottom of each column. Write these totals in the graph.

Transportation Survey Graph

Directions: Put the totals in the boxes at the bottom of the graph. Then shade in the same number of squares.

Use the information to make sentences similar to the example.

Example: 4 people never use public transportation.

Activity/Product 2

Transportation Video: How to Ride the Light Rail

Warm Up

• As a class do a KWL chart about the light rail:

• Learn/review vocabulary words that are in the video

Activity

To use video: Open applications, look for VLR icon (it looks like an orange road cone) drag to dock, insert CD, drag video icon to VLR icon in dock, it should begin.)

• Watch the video in small parts.
• Stop the video and have students talk with their partners about what they heard and saw.
• Then, share with the whole group.
• Hand out the Activity sheet.
• Watch the video a few more times, stopping as needed so students can fill in the words.
• Correct the work together and go over new vocabulary. Have students read the activity sheet to their partner.

Extension:

• Dialogue strips at the end of this document
• Metro Transit Customer Advocates can come and talk with your group about using the transit system.

Lowanda Aaron 612-349-7477

Tony Elia 612-349-7478

Video Transcript:

The light-rail line runs from Mall of America in Bloomington

to Target Field Station in downtown Minneapolis.

Train service is available approximately every seven minutes during rush hours

and every ten to fifteen minutes at other times.

The fare for light rail is the same as a local bus route.

Make it easy and use a Go-To Card to pay your fare.

Don't forget to touch your Go-To Card at a reader to validate your ride.

Otherwise, be sure to purchase a ticket at the ticket machine before you board.

Light rail service details can be found on every platform,

at metrotransit.org, or by calling 612-373-3333!

Teacher Observation: Observe students and give feedback as needed.Take notes to be used to complete the rubric.

Activity #4: Fill in the Blank

Directions: Watch the video. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Check you answers with a partner.

1. The light-rail line ______from Mall of America in Bloomington to Target Field Station in ______Minneapolis.

2. Train service is available approximately every ______minutes during rush hours and every ______to fifteen minutes at other times.

3. The ______for light rail is the same as a local bus route.

4. Make it easy and use a Go-To Card to ______your fare.

5. Don't forget to touch your Go-To Card at a reader to validate your ______.

6. Otherwise, be sure to purchase a ______at the ticket machine before you board.

7. Light rail service details ______be found on every platform, at metrotransit.org, or by calling ______!

Activity/Product 3

Dialogue Strips

Warm-Up

• Discuss what kinds of conversations happen between strangers while waiting for the train or bus

• Have partners talk about what people do if they are at the train/bus stop and they don’t have the info. They need to get where they are going.

Activity

• Have them order the strips and then check their answers with another pair.

• The teacher reads the dialogue and students check their work

• Students practice and then some pairs demonstrate the dialogue

• Extension: Have students create and demonstrate their own dialogue related to using the light rail.

Dialogue Transcript

• A. Excuse me, do I wait here for the bus downtown?
• B. Yes, you do.
• A. What time will it come?
• B. It arrives in about 3 minutes, at 3:45.
• A. I’m going to the IDS Center, does it go there
• B. I think so, but you should check with the driver when the bus comes.
• A. Good idea. Thank you.
• B. Sure, no problem.

Teacher Observation: Observe students and give feedback as needed. Take information to complete the rubric.

Dialogue Strips

Directions: Cut out the sentences and put them in the correct order. Listen to the teacher correct the conversation and check your work. Then practice the conversation with your partner.

Activity/Product #4

Reading A Transportation Schedule

Warm Up

Discuss how students find information for the bus and train

Activity

• Model this activity first

• Students go to Metro Transit homepage:

• Students click on the Trip Planner on the right of the page.

• Students put in the start and end location and then either the departure or arrival time

• Click “Plan My Trip” to get the answer and fill in the chart

Extension:

Informal Teacher Observation: Observe students as they work—can they find information? Use observation notes to inform teaching of other lessons in the unit.

Reading a Transportation Schedule

Directions: Use the LRT schedule to fill in the information

Reading a Transportation Schedule: Answer Key

Activity/Product 5

Using the Online Transportation Schedule #2

Warm Up and Prep

• Note: Questions/Answers are based on information from April 25, 2011. You may need to update the worksheet to reflect current schedules

• Review work from the previous lesson

• Consider your group and have them work on navigating the page in pairs, whole group or individuals.

Activity

• The directions are on the worksheet
• Go over the answers together and add other information to fully explore the information available on the webpage

Informal Teacher Observation: Observe students as they work and review as needed.

Student Worksheet

Directions:

1. Go to the Metro Transit website: and use the Trip Planner

2. Put in the information:

• From: 712 Franklin Ave. W
• To: Mall of America
• Depart at 4:20 p.m.
• Click on: Plan My Trip

3. Answer the questions:

What time will you arrive at Mall of America?

1. 5:19

1. 4:52

1. 4:42

1. None of the above

How many busses will you take?

1. 2

1. 1

1. 0

1. The 2C

Where do you wait for the bus to go to the train?

1. 712 Franklin Ave. W.

1. Franklin Ave. E. and Franklin Station

1. Franklin Av W & Lyndale Av S

1. 2C Franklin Ave.

What can you do to get a map of this trip?

1. Call the bus company

1. It will be on the bus corner

1. It is at the bottom of the page

1. Click on : Map this Trip

How are itinerary #1 and #2 different? (click on them)

1. The price is different

1. They are the same

1. Itinerary #2 doesn’t take you to the Mall of America

1. They give different ways to get to the Mall.

Culminating Activity

Plan a trip to Mall of America

Warm up and Prep

• This is an internet based activity

• Students can work alone or in pairs
• It would be best to have students print the itinerary in order to check the answers, but consider paper use.
• Since this is the culminating activity, consider letting students mainly work with minimal teacher instruction.
• Again depending on the group, you may want to read over and discuss the directions as a group.

Activity

• Directions are on the student worksheet: Students plan a trip from their home address to Mall of America using the Metro Transit website, trip planner tool.

Informal Teacher Observation: Collect student work and complete the rubric objective 1

Name______

Planning a Trip to Mall of America

You will plan a trip to Mall of America using the trip planner on the Metro Transit Website.

1. Click on Safari
2. Put in the website:
3. Go to the trip planner tool on the right.
4. Put in your address in the from box.
5. Type in Mall of America in the to box.
6. Depart at 12:00 p.m.
7. Click on Plan my Trip
8. Answer the questions:
9. How far do you need to walk to catch your bus or train? ______
10. What time does your first bus or train depart? ______
11. What time will you arrive at Mall of America? ______
12. How long does the trip take? ______
13. How much will this trip cost? ______

Rubric: Transportation

• I can use the Metro transit website to find specific transportation schedules and information.
• I can ask for a give transportation info.
• I know the Metro Transit rules

Met:

Put an (X) in box that matches student ability as demonstrated in the culminating activity.