This document describes a National Park Project that allows students to research different national parks. Students select a park to research using safe search engines and websites. They find copyright-friendly images to include in their work. Students create online content about their park using Wikispaces. They also have options for differentiated instruction projects involving making drawings, comics, posters, trading cards, or commercials about their park. The project aims to teach students about national parks through collaboration and different learning activities.
8. Researching the Parks
Students selected
park to research
Google Safe Search
Discuss .gov, .org,
.com, Google ads
Bookmarked sites
used
9. Searching for Images
Safe unblocked
images
Copyright friendly
images sources
My National Park
Flickr group
Creative Commons
Search
10. Media Kits
Create files or CDs of
images for students to
use
Discovery Streaming
images and videos
Media Kit giveaway
11. Creating Online Content using Wikis
Wikispaces - free, easy,
no emails needed for
student accounts, no ads
Students learned to add
content, text format, add
images, cite sources via
links
Individual/Group
Projects
22. Using the Wiki Content
Fifth graders used
the completed wiki
to learn about a
National Park
Wrote a paragraph
and drew picture
Easy for them to
understand
23. Invitation to Participate
Fall 2009 - September and November
Upper Elementary/Middle School Classes to join
the project
Cover all the National Parks (and parks outside US)
Collaborate with partner in another school
Contact me via email if interested
