endangered species multi-media traveling trunk

Endangered Species Multi-Media Traveling

Trunk

Anissa AndrewsTiffany Griffith

Ashley KayKatoya Murray

Box created by Ashley Kay

Tools Used

• WIMBA• Course Den Email• ToonDoo• PhotoStory3• Digital Camera• Picasa• WikiSpaces• Microsoft Word• Microsoft PowerPoint

Theme and Academic Standards

• Endangered Species• Fourth Grade Life Science– S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms

and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.– S4L2. Students will identify factors that affect the

survival or extinction of organisms such asadaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features (camouflage andprotection).

Artifacts

Audio Recordings

• Animals in Danger (song)• Goodbye Mr. Panda Bear• Interview with snake keeper at Flamingo

Gardens Wildlife Sanctuary

Comic Strip

Images

Printed Materials

Lesson Plan & Instructional Activities

• Students will discuss why animals have become extinct and why they believe animals have become endangered.

• Students will work in partner groups and will choose an endangered or extinct animal.

• The students will then research their animal using technology and the library.

• The students will create a movie in PhotoStory3 containing interesting facts and pictures about their animal and create a list of why their animal has become endangered/extinct.

Challenges, Lessons Learned

• Schedules• Distance• Artifacts • Collaboration