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Weather - End of Unit Tech Project


Here is a technology project that I did with a fourth grade science class at the end of their weather unit. This was my sample project I showed children. I had done a project similar to it at the end of last year and wrote about it HERE.

I had actually helped a teacher do this paper piece project in Social Studies (they were researching explorers) so I felt pretty confident introducing it in science (we had worked out the kinks and problems in the social studies class :)

The project took four days.

Day 1 - Students were introduced to the project, grouped, picked their topic (they could choose between layers of the atmosphere, weather tools and their uses, severe weather and related saftey tips, the water cycle, and clouds and cloud formation), and started working on their graphic organizer.

Day 2 - Students worked on their graphic organizer, script, and paper pieces

Day 3 - Students were at various stages of completion. They were either still working on their paper pieces or ready to film (we sent groups to the library to film where it was quiet - filming took at most 15 minutes. The prep work and dry runs took the majority of time).

Day 4 - All student filming had to finish. Students who were done created a poster of their topic.

They turned out adorably (I'll get a student project posted soon). Some were better then others but it was a fun way for students to demonstrate their knowledge while working with technology.

We used Flip Cameras, Flip Camera tripods, and Windows Live Movie Maker.

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Rebecca Reas said…
What did the graphic organizer that students used look like? I want to do this with my 8th grade science students and have an organizer for them to work with but not sure what all I should include! Awesome project by the way!
January 8, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Eve Heaton said…
I just made a plain eight panel graphic organizer. I found it easier if the kids drew the pictures they wanted first in the panels and then wrote the script. I had one group write the script first and then draw the pictures and it was a much longer process.
January 9, 2012 at 6:33 PM
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