Bauer

Plan of Action I conducted a needs assessment for our 6th Grade Science teachers at White House Middle. I used Survey Monkey to determine what resources they used to teach a specific 6th Grade skill. I discovered from my results that the teachers mainly used their textbook to teach their information. They had rarely used TEL (Tennessee Electronic Library) nor did they use library resources other than Videos. It was discovered that the teachers were unaware of the few reference sources found in the library in book form. I have attached my findings below along with a Pathfinder for the teachers.

Note: //This is an excerpt from my Needs Assessment Report//

Plan of Action The plan of action consisted of finding information in the Library that deals with directly with the three forms of potential energy. The search was conducted using direct keyword searching in the Library’s database. Other searches using non-print sources using Google and TEL revealed significant findings. A listing is described is included below. The information was organized in a Pathfinder style format. I included some lesson plan ideas I discovered from several websites. (See Appendix B) This list will be given to the teachers so they will be know about additional resources in the library. I would also work with them after school to include a one-hour training after school to show them how to use TEL as an additional resource as well.

//Plan of Action (Appendix B) // General Reference Sources Books and Media Sources Databases and Websites- Lesson Plans – Books and Media (In the Library) T[|ennessee Electronic Library] [|Interactive website on Energy] [|Gale Virtual Reference Library- From TEL]-Potential Energy [|World Book Student Online]- Access from TEL [|Elastic Energy]-Access from TEL- Go to World Book [|Chemical Energy]-Access from TEL-Go to World Book <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Gravitational Energy]-Access from TEL-Go to World Book <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|World Book Online Reference Center]-Access from TEL [|Interactive Website] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Descriptive Lesson Plan with examples] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Lesson Plan from Discovery Education] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Lesson Plan from Bright Hub Education] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Lesson Plan from Ignite Learning] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Printables and Ideas from Teacher Vision]- Subscription required .
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">General Reference Sources **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 500 WO The World Book Encyclopedia of Science
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PB 428 WE Webster's thesaurus
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 500 DE 1001 Questions and Answers-Science
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 503 GRO Grolier Student Encyclopedia of Science,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 423 WO World Book Dictionary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 031.02 WO The world almanac for kids 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 031.02 WO The world almanac and book of facts, 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">REF 523 SC Science encyclopedia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Subject Sources **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Call Numbers Author Book **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">531 SA N. Saunders Energy Transfers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">537 CO A.Cooper Electricity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">531 LE N. Leporda Falling for fun: Gravity in action
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">531 SN R. Sneeden Forces and Motion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">500 JA T. Jackson Science
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VC 531.6 ENE Energy: Potential and Kinetic
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VD 531.6 ENE Energy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VC 530 WHA What is Energy?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VC 531.6 ALL All about the transfer of Energy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VC 539.2 ELE Electromagnetic Energy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VC 536 HEA Heat and Chemical Energy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Databases and Websites **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lesson Plan Examples **