Save Lucy Project Based Learning activities

This page highlights many of the activities in my class that connected science to other content areas. I hope viewing this Blog paints a picture of the exciting learning taking place in third grade!

Live Skype:  This video highlights key information from our Skype with Leslie Sturgis on White Nose Syndrome in Bats.  She was a wealth of knowledge!

Navigating Nonfiction Students linked to kid friendly websites and utilized nonfiction informational brochures (Battle of the Bats) to locate information on White Nose Syndrome, loss of habitat, the importance of bats to the environment, and how we can help them.  ELA indicators were interwoven into small group instruction to meet nonfiction reading and writing standards. Students are working on Persuasion paragraphs in these pictures.  We are locating reasons and examples to convince our community to help save Little Brown Bats.

Students also used technology during independent work time to link to kid friendly websites that are at their independent reading level.  This student locates information for his brochure on bats.

Bat Posters-Mythbusters-Children use factual evidence to bust the myths that surround bats.

Nearpod: Students participated in a Nearpod lesson to learn the Engineering and Design process.

This lesson was a springboard for students to design and build their own prototype of a bat  house. Problem solving and critical thinking skills are employed as they build and then find a location for their house.  Students in the video discuss their design.

Students building bat house prototypes

Cause/Effect- If students build a house and place it in a prime location, the effect will be safe roosting areas for bats to care for their pups over the summer.  Increased population will hopefully help with the loss of bats due to White Nose Syndrome. Habitat loss from housing and business' has a direct impact on our environment.  We will put up a bat house in the Spring that was donated by The Ohio Division of Wildlife.


TOUCHCAST VIDEOS

Touchcast presentations:  Students worked on speaking and listening skills using the Touchcast App. The read their persuasive paragraphs to SPREAD the word about White Nose Syndrome and how we can help using Social Media to our community.  Students are educating others about the importance of bats and the implications of White Nose Syndrome on this species.  Here are some of our videos.