In my multimedia project (aka Webquest), my students will be challenged to explore what animals need to survive. Students will have the tasks of determining what is important when learning about how animals: eat, find shelter, protect themselves, and relate to plants and people. Students will navigate through several websites listening to information and watching videos and record their answers to questions regarding the sites visited.
i.e. Students will use the site: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7770/preview/
which provides videos of a mama and papa eagle taking care of eggs and then baby chicks to answer the questions:
How do mama and papa protect the eggs/babies?
How do the mama and papa feed the babies?
What do you think the babies learn from the mama and papa?
What was most interesting to you?
I plan for students to have 2 weeks to work on the webquest. Some activities will be completed whole group, while some will be completed during center time.
I like your idea and think the students will have fun exploring different animals and their habitats. Check out Pebble Go as it has some great information and texts on different levels as well as the ability to listen. I think Cobb County has a subscription to this site. How are your students going to present the information they gather? I think it will be great that we can share our web-quests with one another since we both teach 1st grade!
ReplyDeleteYour webquest sounds like the kids are going to have a blast completing it. I really like how you found a way to use video to help the children learn the information.will you be able to have the kids go home and work on it also? Or will it be done all at school? What site are you using to build the webquest? How do you plan to have the children present the information? Voicethread i have found has been very easy for my children to work on. Also are the children picking one animal or are they doing all the same animals? Sounds like it will be a great project.
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