Animals,+survival+characteristics,

=Animals and Survival Characteristics=

Student Objectives:

 * S 4.8(C) The student will identify characteristics of the animal kingdom allowing them to compare and contrast existing species with the kinds of species that lived in the past.
 * S 4.8(A) The student will identify the characteristics that allow members within a species to survive and reproduce
 * S 4.8(B) The student will compare adaptive characteristics of various species.

Guide Practice Day 1

 * 1) Students will access a template for a PowerPoint Bubble Map
 * 2) Students will fill in the text boxes with 4 survival characteristics of their assigned animal
 * 3) Students will save the PowerPoint as both a PowerPoint and as a JPEG

Guided Practice Day 2

 * 1) Students will import the JPEG of their bubble map into Movie Maker
 * 2) Students will save project.
 * 3) Students will review multiplication and division facts using computer game while each student individually records a voice over for their slide in movie maker. Then student will publish the project as a movie.

Guided Practice Day 3

 * 1) Students will be randomly put in groups (students who can not publish podcasts will be grouped together.
 * 2) Students will combined their movies to make 1 vodcast with an intro and credits.