Life+Science-Extinct+Animals

Learning Unit #3

 * Second Grade Life Science**

Students will be researching a type of animal that is extinct, assigned to them by Miss Akins. They will be using several online tools to research and present their information in different, interesting ways.
 * Extinct Animals**
 * Second Grade Science Standard: Some kinds of individuals that once lived on Earth have completely disappeared, although they were something like others that are alive today.**

First, students will use Wallwisher to brainstorm what they know about their animal. Students will create posts to the wall with images or sentences that illustrate information they know about their extinct animal. These can be pictures or sentences. Students should include at least 5 ideas/pictures on their Wallwisher.

Next, students will use Tux Paint to create a picture of their animal (one type), making sure to highlight important characteristics of their animal (fangs, tail, etc.). Students should also label their type of animal with text and use appropriate colors.

After that, students will create a Glogster where they use text and/or pictures to share important information about their extinct animal, similar animals and why their animal is extinct. Students should list at least 5 facts about their animal on their Glog.

Finally, students will use Pixton to make a comic about how their animal came to be extinct. The comic should include at least one character, include at least one text box and have at least two different scences.

Students will publish these to Miss Akins’ Second Grade Blog for everyone to enjoy.

All projects will be assessed using this rubric.
 * Examples of each part of the project are listed below:**

Example of Wallwisher: Miss Akins' Dinosaur Page

Example of Tux Paint: Miss Akins' Dinosaur (Tux Paint Picture in file below)

Example of Glogster: Miss Akins Glogster Example of Pixton Comic: Miss Akins Comic

By Brittany Akins