I've taught 2nd - 5th grade. My last 2 years of teaching were in 4th grade and involved a TRC (Technology Rich Classroom) grant. This blog started out as a journal through that process. Now the blog is my way of easing out of teaching. If you try one of the ideas and tweak it, let me know! Most of my ideas are based on fourth grade, however, I believe most can be adapted to other grade levels.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Butterfly Research
Since we have butterfly larva and are getting to witness the life cycle of a painted lady butterfly firsthand, we are researching butterflies. We've already read one short book, currently reading Butterfly Battle, a Magic School Bus book, and have read a couple of web sites. The students will compile all their notes into a paper complete with bibliography. They will also create a glog about butterflies. We were lucky enough to catch some larva turning into chrysalis today with the time elapse camera set at 30 seconds. We have some fabulous pictures to use. The bibliography is being compiled as we research and the bibliography is easy thanks to www.easybib.com.
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