Building a science book

Index

• Lesson Overview

• Standards

• Teacher Power Point

• Student Example

• Assessment (Formative & Summative)

• Students will solidify science content knowledge by creating a book

• Students will create their own text

• Students will help find images online

• Students will learn to create a file and save images

• Students will share their work with peers

• Teacher will use data from process for assessment

Lesson Overview

Science StandardsLife Sciences2. Different types of plants and animals inhabit the earth. As a basis for understanding this concept: c. Students know how to identify major structures of common plants and animals (e.g., stems, leaves, roots, arms, wings, legs).

Investigation and Experimentation4. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:e. Communicate observations orally and through drawings.

ISTE Standards

1. Creativity and InnovationStudents demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. b.

create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

2. Communication and CollaborationStudents use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Building a book with little bird tales

• Teacher will start the project for the class

• Go to www.littlebirdtales.com

• Create an account

Account Sign Up

• Click on create an account

• Fill in your information

• Click sign up

Create a Tale

Create a New Tale

Creating a pageAdd artwork and sound to your page

Adding to your book

It helps to have photos saved to your desktop or a folder to

add to book. Recording sound is best done in a quite location. Students can also

use scanned artwork or draw on classroom computer

programs.

Making and finding images / compiling book with class

• Demonstrate with students how to find and save google images

• Create a folder for each group of images to be used

• Assign content to each group

• Create section of book with each group

• Add sound and detail with groups

• Complete book

• Students present their work to class

Here is a student example

Student Book

Viewing your bookOnce you have made your book it can be

viewed and shared as much as you would like.

AssessmentFormative Assessment

•Students demonstrate an interest in working on computers

•Students develop organization skills

•Students work collaboratively

•Students apply content knowledge to project

AssessmentSummative Assessment

•Students present their work to class

•Students use accurate content in presenting

•Students demonstrate listening and speaking skills

•Students talk about where and how they found their information (sources)