As the elementary technology integration specialist for my school I wear 2 main hats. I teach kids to use technology and I also help teachers new to technology figure out how capture the power of mobile tech to deliver instruction. Today in 3rd grade we are researching desert bios and this is the lesson. The kids will each have their own iPad and a printed version of the data collection sheet. For the 3rd graders right now writing on paper is easier than navigating back and forth from 2 windows as they need to look at the information they are recording as they record it.
Today in class we will be using the internet to read for information. The first thing we will read is a page about the Sonoran Desert (click on the words Sonoran Desert to go to that page).
After reading that article for some background information you are going to research a desert animal and a desert plant.
This are the links for the desert animals.
The Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
The Desert Tortoise
The Cactus Wren
The Jack Rabbit
This are the links for desert plants.
Desert Paintbrush
The Mojave Monkey Flower
The Ocotillo
The Organ Pipe Cactus
You will click each link and fill out your data collection sheet on the animal and plant you choose.
You will be researching by READING, so please don't watch the videos. We are practicing getting information from written texts today.
I have made the links bigger in this lesson to help the kids see them, and I scanned in the data collection sheet. My hope is that using tech time to deliver this type of traditional instruction guides and inspires the teachers I work with towards creating their own digital content.
Sometimes we get to model more than we anticipate. Below you will see 2 versions of the same post. The first is what it looked like when I went into the first class. The second post reflects the changes we made as the kids struggled with selecting an animal and plant. We limited the choices to some of thew more clearly written articles.
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VERSION 1.0
Today in class we will be using the internet to read for information. The first thing we will read is a page about the Sonoran Desert (click on the words Sonoran Desert to go to that page).
After reading that article for some background information you are going to research a desert animal and a desert plant.
This is the link for the desert animals.
This is the link for desert plants.
You will click each link and fill out your data collection sheet on the animal and plant you choose.
You will be researching by READING, so please don't watch the videos. We are practicing getting information from written texts today.
Sometimes we get to model more than we anticipate. Below you will see 2 versions of the same post. The first is what it looked like when I went into the first class. The second post reflects the changes we made as the kids struggled with selecting an animal and plant. We limited the choices to some of thew more clearly written articles.
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VERSION 1.0
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After reading that article for some background information you are going to research a desert animal and a desert plant.
This is the link for the desert animals.
This is the link for desert plants.
You will click each link and fill out your data collection sheet on the animal and plant you choose.
You will be researching by READING, so please don't watch the videos. We are practicing getting information from written texts today.
Definitions to keep in mind:
- Range is the geographic region where a plant or animal lives, such as “arid regions of the North American southwest” (any plant or animal you choose to write about must live in the range of the Sonoran Desert.)
- Habitat is the kind of area where it lives, such as “sandy and rocky soils in desert locations.”
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Version 2.0 improved for more learning
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After reading that article for some background information you are going to research a desert animal and a desert plant.
This are the links for the desert animals.
The Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
The Desert Tortoise
The Cactus Wren
The Jack Rabbit
This are the links for desert plants.
Desert Paintbrush
The Mojave Monkey Flower
The Ocotillo
The Organ Pipe Cactus
You will click each link and fill out your data collection sheet on the animal and plant you choose.
You will be researching by READING, so please don't watch the videos. We are practicing getting information from written texts today.
Definitions to keep in mind:
- Range is the geographic region where a plant or animal lives, such as “arid regions of the North American southwest” (any plant or animal you choose to write about must live in the range of the Sonoran Desert.)
- Habitat is the kind of area where it lives, such as “sandy and rocky soils in desert locations.”
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