Grade: 4th grade
Subject: Science
Topic: Life Cycles
Description: Students will research a specific life cycle. Then they will create a google slides presentation to show that particular life cycle.
Science TEK: 4.10C Explore , illustrate, and compare life cycles in living organisms such as beetles, crickets, radishes, or lima beans.
Technology TEK: (2) Communication and collaboration (A) draft, edit, and publish products in different media individually and collaboratively; (B) use font attributes, color, white space, and graphics to ensure that products are appropriate for multiple communication media, including monitor display, web, and print; (C) collaborate effectively through personal learning communities and social environments; (D) select and use appropriate collaboration tools; (E) evaluate the product for relevance to the assignment or task; and (F) perform basic software application functions, including opening applications and creating, modifying, printing, and saving files.
(3) Research and information fluency (A) use various search strategies such as keyword(s); the Boolean identifiers and, or, and not; and other strategies appropriate to specific search engines; (B) collect and organize information from a variety of formats, including text, audio, video, and graphics; (C) validate and evaluate the relevance and appropriateness of information; and (D) acquire information appropriate to specific tasks.
4Cs: Collaboration, Creativity, Communication, Critical Thinking
Resources: Product example
Device Type: Laptop, Chromebook, IPAD (limited use of google slides on IPAD)