I am going to do a topic on pollution and recycling. Here are some ideas for incorporating technology into the lesson plans:
1. I could have the students make a podcast about how pollution hurts the environment. They could pretend to do an interview with an animal that is affected by pollution. For example, the students could interview a duck who has to swim around all the trash in the water, or they could be a bird that can't breath in the smoke!
2. The students could make a project using FRAMES about the different ways to recycle- glass, paper, plastic. They could take pictures of different recyclable items and add text to say where they should be recycled. They could add music or their own audio to say why recycling helps clean up the environment.
3. The students could use Kidspiration to make a brainstorming web about the different types of pollution- land, air, and water. Then they could make webs of each type, showing some of the causes (factory smoke, trash, oil spills, etc) and some of the animals that it may affect. I might use this in my unit, but not as the final project.
4. The students could post blogs about things they see in their everyday lives that have to do with the environment. Perhaps they saw someone litter on the way to school, maybe they saw trash floating in a lake, or they could have seen someone pick trash off the ground and throw it away properly. The students could describe how each action made them feel.
5. The students could make a book as a class, using Pixie, to describe why pollution is bad for the environment and what they can do to help. Each student can create their own drawing and add text. Then the pages will be compiled into the “Classroom’s Environment Book”. I will do this for my unit.
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L- good ideas, and each would help build understanding - your focus on the environment book sounds great- you might also want to think about blending in a service learning (planting bulbs around the school for instance, raising money to buy trees) to make the project even more meaningful. What grade level were you thinking?
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