The Butterfly Life Cycle

The Butterfly Life CycleAssignemt 3a EDN113 - Living and Learning with Technology

Group MembersEmily ChapmanZhibing LiSarah Busteed

Student CohortAfter Studying the Australian Curriculum we decided to direct our Wiki towards Year 3 students learning Life in Science.

http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/k10syllabus/detcms/navigation/science/?page=2&tab=Main#toc2

We decided to use Butterflies as an example of the life cycle process as suggested by the Curriculum.

Assignment 3a Teacher Group ProjectAssignment 3a required us to present our work in the form of a Wiki.

We named our Wiki according to the student Learning task we selected

The Butterfly Life Cycle

Navigating the WikiWe decided that the best way to navigate between pages on our Wiki would be to have a menu bar at the top of each page.

This was very effective and helpful not only for us while creating the Wiki but also for users of the resource.

Resources for TeachersAccording to the Unit Guide we found appropriate resources in each of the following areas:

Interactive Whiteboard tools from The Learning FederationUseful and informative WebsitesMovies from both YouTube and TeacherTubeUseful DocumentsSocial Networking site Diigo

Authentic Task for StudentsThe Authentic Task involves students using a camera to take photos in the classroom of different stages of butterfly life and using Photo Story to display their findings.

We have included a 'how to' for students to use the Photo Story as well as documents for students to complete during the butterfly cycle using printed photos and drawings.

Chrysalis Kit

Chrysalis Kits are available from Bugshop.com

Using Photo Story

Story Book DocumentSarah Created a story book document where students can glue a copy of the photo and draw what they see.

ConclusionTechnology plays a key role in todays modern society has become extremely vital and essential for individuals in the classroom. Created a wiki for teachers technology resources that can be shared and utilized between students and teachers are well suggested and useful in the classroom. Blackboard and chalk are now outdated and obsolete and can essentially exist in a museum. In most classrooms today, the results of using technology have greater influence on enhancing students learning.

References 1http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Butterfly.jpg?uselang=zh-cnhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3341375526/sizes/o/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiger6300/galleries/72157629138762640

Department of Education.( 2012) . Science. Retrieved from http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/k10syllabus/detcms/navigation/science/?page=2&tab=Main#toc2

The Learning Federation. (2011). Part of a Pattern. Retrieved 10/05/2012 from : http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/p/home

Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus. 2011. The Children's Butterfly Site. Butterfly and Moth Information Network.http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/(02/05/2012).

Reference 2The Magic of Life Trust. (2008). Retrieved 10/05/2012 from The Magic of Life Butterfly House website: http://www.magicoflife.org/Life_Cycles.pdf

San Diego Supercomputer Center. (2006). Retrieved 10/05/2012 from SDSC website: https://edn113-2012-groupproject.wikispaces.com/file/view/Butterfly+Story+Book.pdf

Diigo.(2011).Retrieved May 02,2012, from http://www.diigo.com/

JAKESONLINE.org.(2005). Retrieved 08/05/2012 from JAKESONLINE.org website http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf

InPhotomation.(2008).Photo Story 3 Tutorial [Video file]. Retrieved 08/05/2012,from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oH9qE9qEY

Reference 3Adamson, K. 2009. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Retrieved from http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=The_Life_Cycle_of_a_Butterfly&video_id=81645Dscottprod. (2008, May 23). Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUeM8MbaIkEmmallynch. (2010, May 24). Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx7IB2J_ovg&feature=relatedGoonieslvr. (2008, May 1). Kindigarten Butterfly Life Cycle. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8bAQ5iz5sKcalabrese1. 2009. The Four Stages of Butterfly Life Cycle. Retrieved from http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=138077

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