Animal+Environments+Research

Students will work in quads to research an environment and create an interactive poster on their environment at **Glogster.edu**. Students will first post on **Wallwisher** the two habitats they are most interested in studying from a topic list (pond, tundra, desert, ocean, grassland, lake, forest). The teacher will use this information to create research teams. Once the research teams are formed the students will gather information about their environment using books and teacher approved internet sites. They will use **Bubbl.us** and the assessment rubric to record the information they collect throughout the research process. Once the research process is completed the teams will make a short video using **Stupeflix** showing images of their environment, as well as images of plants and animals from their environment. The video will be uploaded to their interactive poster at **Glogster.edu**. The interactice poster will feature the facts students learned about their environment, images of the environment, and their video collage. After the students have completed their group project they will individually create a web at **[|Bubble.us]** on a self-selected animal from their habitat. The information they collect will be added to the shared **Google Map** found on **Miss VanHorn's Class Website**. The students will mark the animal's habitat on the map and provide facts they learned about their animal. The interactive **glogster.edu** posters and shared **Google Map** will be posted on **Miss VanHorn's Class website** for viewing and sharing.
 * Second Grade Science**
 * Life Sciences**
 * Standard**
 * Identify there are many distinct environments that support different kinds of organisms.
 * Explain why organisms can survive only in environments that meet their needs (e.g., organisms that once lived on Earth have disappeared for different reasons such as natural force and human-caused effects).


 * Sample Student Work:**

Here is a link to my brainstorming Wallwisher Example: []

Here is a link to my Bubbl.us Researching Web Example: []

Here is a link to Glogster.edu Interactive Poster: []

Here is Stupeflix Video Example:

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Here is a shared class Google Map: media type="custom" key="10023982" [|2nd Grade Animal Environments Map] in a larger map
 * Please Note** you will need to zoom out to view the marked locations on the map. You can also utilze the link below for a larger view.

Here is a link to the rubric that will be used to assess this Learning Unit: []