Paul from the Oprah Winfrey Academy in Johannesburg gave this presentation called "Keep moodling" at the Johannesburg TeachMeet in October 2011

1. 13 October 2011
Paul Wilton
Moodling Life Sciences
WELCOME

2. Life Sciences Grade 12 on MOODLE
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3. Moodling Life Sciences
Paul Wilton
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) and Life Sciences
Learners
• Provided complete, sustainable set of digital resources.
• Learners use resources to prepare before, use during class and during revision or examination preparation.
• Scaffolding – providing additional information for academically strong and curious learners.
• Independent learners - preparation of learners for tertiary study.
• Learners have eventually become contributors – not digital parasites anymore.
• Finally, many 21st century skills developed with this methodology.
Teachers
• Change my worldview on how teaching and support.
• Understand the benefits of ICT in classroom.
Useful links
• http://moodle.org

4. Resources
Lesson 1: Population ecology
Definitions
POPULATION ECOLOGY Population – Group of organisms of the same species present in the same
area where interbreeding can take place.
Educators: P.WILTON Population size – Number of individuals in a population.
Grade: 12 I. THAKOR-DAYA
Population density – Number of individuals per unit are.
POPULATION ECOLOGY
Natality – Number of births.
LO 1: Scientific investigation
Learning outcomes LO 2: Constructs Science knowledge Mortality – Number of deaths.
LO 3: Applying Life Sciences in Society Immigration – One-way movement of individuals into of a population
Emigration – One-way movement of individuals out of a population
LO 1; AS 1: Identify and question phenomena and plan investigation
Carrying capacity – Maximum number of individuals that a habitat can
LO 1; AS 2: Conducting an investigation and manipulating data maintain.
LO 1; AS 3: Evaluates data and communicates findings
Open population – A population in which any of the four parameters can
happen within a population
LO 2; AS 1: Access knowledge
Focus assessment Closed population – A population in which immigration and emigration
LO 2; AS 2: Interpret and make meaning of knowledge
standards cannot take place
LO 2; AS 3: Show understanding of Life Science in everyday context
Geometric growth – Growth pattern that shows sudden increase followed
LO 3 AS 1: Identify and investigate scientific ideas and by sudden and dramatic decrease.
indigenous knowledge of past and present cultures
Logistic growth – Growth pattern that shows gradual increase which
LO 3 AS 3: Comparing the influence different beliefs, attitudes and stabilises.
values on scientific knowledge
Direct methods – This method is to determine population size by directly
LO 1 AS1 AS2 AS3 counting the organisms.
Learning outcomes
and assessment LO 2 AS1 AS2 AS3
Census – Example of direct method in determining human population size.
standards LO 3 AS1 AS2
Indirect methods – This method is to determine population size by
Integrated learning
Mathematics mathematical calculations.
outcomes from other Information Technology
subjects
Fecundity – Number of offspring a female can produce during her lifetime.
Knowledge area Environmental Studies Ecological footprint – It is a measure of human demand on the Earth's
ecosystems.
Prior learning Grade 10 and 11: Environmental studies

5. Moodling Life Sciences Reaching Out

6. Keep Moodling