In Unit 8 of Imagine It! students are learning about plants - their parts, needs, life cycle, adaptations, and uses. This blog will include three different activities that allow students to present what they have learned about plants. Each activity encourages students to conduct their own research and work collaboratively to create a finished product using a variety of educational technologies.
Using Text Features with Thinglink
You can introduce Thinglink to your students in a variety of ways.
A fun activity is to have students take a picture of them and a partner and write one thing about them. (ie. My name is Johnny and I am 6 years old). Here is an example of a Thinglink activity to help them get comfortable identifying and labeling pictures using the app.
We all have early finishers who sit and wait patiently. Rather than give them MORE work, a great stretch activity for “high-flyers” could be students drawing their own plant to label and describe or have them research a plant we have not discussed. To complete this task, students would use their own blank piece of paper to draw their own plant. After drawing, they will upload their picture into Thinglink. The students will then label the plant, and add their videos to describe each of the purposes of the plants.
A good way to help struggling students would be allowing students to use a poster or the teacher could already have the name of the plant part on it.
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