WV State Standards: Math: PS.5.2, CM.5.2, CM.5.5 Science: HAP.1.1, HAP.2.1, HAP.2.3, HAP.2.6, HAP.2.7, HAP.5.5 English: RLA.9.2.4, RLA.10.2.5, RLA.11.2.5, RLA.12.1.6 Character Education: citizenship, caring, respect, responsibility, developing greater self-esteem and self-confidence (HB 2208) National Standards:  Language Art: 6. Uses strategies to adapt writing for different purposes (e.g., to explain, inform, analyze, entertain, reflect, persuade) 11. Writes reflective compositions (e.g., uses personal experience as a basis for reflection on some aspect of life, draws abstract comparisons between specific incidents and abstract concepts, maintains a balance between describing incidents    and relating them to more general abstract ideas that illustrate personal beliefs, moves from specific examples to generalizations about life) Blooms Taxonomy: Knowledge, Evaluation, Synthesis, Comprehension, Analysis 21st Century Skills: Creativity and intellectual curiosity, Communication skills, Information and media literacy skills, Interpersonal and collaborative skills, Social responsibility, Self-direction

Objective(s)

Students will:

• collect personal biometrics data through processes in pre-arranged workstations: hand geometry using a computer scanner and metric ruler, iris scan using a digital camera and color printer, face recognition using FACES software or a digital camera, fingerprints using an ink pad and scanner, and voice recognition using a microphone and Audacity
• identify and document unique traits by measuring and comparing collected data
• reflect and respond to discoveries in a blog

Time Required

3 - 50 minute class periods

Pre-Requisite Skills

The teacher and students should have a general working understanding of the Internet, metric measurements, word processing, copy and paste, scanners, digital cameras, microphones, and blogging.

21st Century Tools (Technology Tools)

Students will use a scanner, digital camera, color printer, microphone, FACES,  and Audacity to collect biometrics data in prearranged workstations throughout the room. Then, they will use a blog to respond to prompts about their findings. Computer related requirements for this lesson include: Internet, digital camera and related software, FACES, Audacity, scanners, word processing, metric rulers.

Instructional Materials

The teacher will use Workstation Set Up, which includes a specific and complete list of materials for each station. Students will use the following sheets to collect data in the pre-arranged workstations: Hand Geometry, Iris Scan, Face Recognition, Fingerprints, Voice Recognition. The teacher may use a blog to create prompts for the students to respond to, or he may print the prompts for journal entries. The teacher will need to download some free software (such as Audacity) as indicated on the Workstation Set Up. Also, FACES software may be purchased from the link on the web site or alternate technologies may be utilized as specified on the Workstation Set Up. Further, if a Kennavision or digital flex cam is not available for some activities, the students can use digital cameras. As indicated in the fingerprints workstation, the student may choose to purchase the Sony Puppy mouse to complete the lab or use alternate materials listed.

Procedure

The teacher will create five workstations throughout the room according to the Workstation Set Up. Students may be pre-assigned to groups or they may randomly rotate through the five workstations throughout the classroom to collect data on the following sheets: Hand Geometry, Iris Scan, Face Recognition, Fingerprints, Voice Recognition. Each sheet contains specific directions for the students to follow; they also include a few questions to document on-task behavior while the task is completed at each station. Students will follow the directions on each of the sheets. After collection of the data, students will answer prompts on the blog.The teacher will have collected the student handouts and the biometric images at the completion of the days' events. The prompts on the blog will elicit students' self-reflection on their unique characteristics as related to self-awareness through biometrics.

Differentiated Instruction

To differentiate  instruction for students who may have special needs, the teacher may assign pairs of students to go through the workstations (with a higher level student assisting a lower level student); this will ensure that students who require extra assistance with writing, math, science skills will have a peer helper to complete tasks. If students require extra time to complete an assignment, modifications may be made to complete work on-line at a later time. Students requiring enrichment, can create a paper-mache cast of a face and conduct facial biometrics measurements on that subject, recreate an iris with materials from a local craft store and conduct biometrics measurements on that subject, or duplicate fingerprints with a creative substance (i.e. play-doh or "silly putty").

Collaboration

This lesson can be implemented across the curriculum for the purpose of teaching character education in a secondary forum. Because writing should be utilized across the curriculum, this lesson encourages the use of basic science and math to explore biometrics in a process of self discovery. The lesson targets collaboration between science, math, and Language Arts teachers.

Author's Comments

If a teacher does not have the previously mentioned technologies (scanner, digital camera, microphone, equalizer), the following substitutions may be implemented:

• Hand geometry: Use a copier or trace a hand on a sheet of paper.
• Iris scan: Use cut outs of eyes from magazines or on the eyes from the Internet.
• Face Recognition: Use pages from magazines, photographs, or caricatures.
• Fingerprints: Use a copier, ink pad, or images from the Internet.
• Voice Recognition: Use recordings or images from the Internet and download Media Player if necessary.
• Blogging: Use pencil and paper journals or word processing instead of Internet.

21st Century Assessment/Evaluation

The data collection will be evaluated by the data records that students submit upon the completion of each of the five workstations. Further, students should be given the journal rubric  (or you may create your own rubric at http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php), prior to blogging on the provided prompts.  The overall goal of this lesson is that students will become aware of individual differences as they are measured and recorded similar to the biometrics field; thus, students will ultimately become aware of the area of biometrics as it applies to their individual characteristics.