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Globetrotting with Duck

Globetrotting with Duck. Created by Cheryl Phillips Prince William County Schools. Introduction.

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Globetrotting with Duck

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  1. Globetrotting with Duck Created by Cheryl Phillips Prince William County Schools

  2. Introduction This project was created to assist students with Geography while integrating Technology. It’s an engaging project that teaches more than just history and geography. By integrating technology skills, students get a meaningful and authentic learning experience that will carry over to other disciplines. There are many activities included and while I was able to initiate the following, I couldn’t have done it without the classroom teachers, specialists, parent support and enthusiastic students. It did take a bit of commitment on the part of the student, but most agreed, it was worth it and the end results were fabulous!

  3. We started with our Librarian who Read Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey to the students. You are never to old to read this classic! They took notes on the various places the ducks flew and walked through Boston. She included a Literary lesson, on inference, vocabulary, characters, main idea, plot, setting and more.

  4. Places from the book, “Make Way for Ducklings” Boston Public Garden – Island – Balloon A Swan Boats Beacon Hill State House Louisburg Square Charles River, Boston – nested Took the ducklings for a walk on Mt. Vernon Street Charles Street Beacon Street Public Garden

  5. Yes, you do need to play with this before you tackle it with your Students. Here is a link to an easy tutorial: Creating a Simple Tour Practice with the students before you begin.

  6. After a bit of practice, students found the places the ducks had traveled in Boston. They used their notes, found the location and pinpointed each location and inserted a information about each place.

  7. We even uploaded our own placemark!

  8. They were creating their own tour!

  9. Now we were ready to explore ! Using the website as a guide, ‘Ducks Unlimited Migration Report’students see how Google Earth is used to locate the regions the ducks migration paths.

  10. Once the students were comfortable with ‘Global Travel” They started with our own adventure. Each student was given a rubber duck of their own.

  11. We needed a letter to explain our project and we made business cards for our duck.

  12. To be successful, each students needed:Access to Internet Students will need a basic concept of a photo editing program, like Pixie 3, Sumopaint.com or Photoshop Digital camera / phone camera…(if they are doing this at home) Movie Maker or Photo Story– both are free downloads Thumb drive or some external drive to save your documents and pictures. Time Frame:Should begin in October/November and have a due date after your Spring Break (April).

  13. The Process: Students were asked to:Put together a Photo Story using Pixie 3, Microsoft Photo Editor or any program that will allow you to edit pictures. • Collect pictures using personal pictures and Google Images. This year we changed the requirements: • Students will be required to collect pictures from regions of the United States by using Google Images or personal pictures. Students must collect at least 2 pictures from 2 states for each region. • Each picture must represent a different theme of Geography. • All 5 themes must be represented in the final project. • Each picture must have a caption explaining the theme and location. • Personal photos to include a rubber duck will be collected throughout the project. Place Region Location Movement Human-Environmental Interaction

  14. Now it’s time to look at some pictures and have fun with them. It’s time to see some pictures!

  15. Hi! These pictures were created by using a Google Advance Search, then ‘photo-shopped in Pixie 4.

  16. In addition to their regional pictures, students were taught how to ‘photoshop’ their ducks into various images. Using this knowledge, they were asked to ‘photoshop’ their duck into a sport picture

  17. Students used Google Images to find a sport picture. Using Pixie 4, they removed the basketball and replaced it with a picture of a rubber duck.

  18. Students had to create a postcard from their duck. We used Pixie 3, but you can use Microsoft or BigHugeLabs.com and Google Advance Image Search.

  19. While this was on-going throughout the year, we also were Duck deep in many other quacktastic activities! Morning Announcements:Quacker of the Week – Pod cast or live broadcast of a duck ‘event’. Oral Language, Geography, Technology

  20. PE – To support the wellness initiative, Students ran a Boston Marathon. They put in 26 miles of activity between October and April.

  21. Art – Our fabulous Art Teacher had the students create a 3D replica of a famous painting and the 3D part had to be a paper Mache rubber duck that was part of the picture. Keep in mind that a research project can stem from any of these topics, from The History of Marathons, to Mallard Duck Migration.

  22. Using GPS with Students High Tech Hide & Seek! When the snow finally melted…. To meet the new GPS Sol standard, our students were taken to task with an emerging GPS-based activity by using the technology tool, GPS receivers, and , geocaching with rubber ducks.

  23. Let’s Go Geocaching • Students had a quick lesson on how to use the GPS units. They knew about absolute location from the 5 Themes of Geography. • Students were placed in groups of 5. • Each group had 3 GPS units. • There were 6 hidden duck-caches along our soccer field • When they found their duck, they had to replace it exactly where they found it.

  24. Clues

  25. Miscellaneous Big Huge Lab Projects Information Management System with cards No Water off a Duck’s Back

  26. No Water off a Duck’s Back We have all seen pictures and videos of wildlife covered in black, sticky oil, especially after the BP oil spill in the Gulf. To give students a better understanding of Human Environment Interaction, students created their own oil spill (in a pan)then given a bird feather. They took their feather for a swim in their oil spill then set out to clean up their mess using Dawn Dish Detergent.  

  27. State Cards were created to help students learn to narrow down research on the internet. Name(s)________________________ Help! I’m Stuck! Can you find my DUCK? QUACK! I’m swimming with the swans here in this state since it has the largest breeding population of trumpeter swans in the nation. It also has the largest herd of migratory elk and population of grizzly bears. It’s called “The Treasure State” because of the importance of mining state, but I think it’s because of the wealth of animals in this state. It has more different species of mammals than any other state. Did you know that the first inhabitants of this state were the Plains Indians? Can you name this state and its capital? What region of the U.S. am I in?

  28. Cheryl Phillips ITRT Philip Michael Pennington Traditional School phillicx@pwcs.edu Technololgy Projects 4 Kids http://technologyprojects4kids.com Pennington Technology Page (teacher resources) http://tinyurl.com/blg86ju

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