I can't take credit for this idea,
but it is too cool not to share!
Students completed an Animal Research Project as an extension to their Birthday Research Projects. In my class, it was not for a grade and not required! However, most of my students worked on it and completed a project on at least one animal.Our Digital Learning Coach approached me with an activity that some other teachers had used to extend on Animal Research. Students created a Scratch Project that showed their animal, its habitat, and facts about that animal.
Since we have just completed two days of Unit Tests (put off for STAAR Prep), some students were completing their Branching and corrections. One of the options when finished was this Scratch project. I created a Google Doc with directions for the students and let them run with it.
Mr. Chavez (our digital learning coach) made a Google Site to share with the students to help them in getting started with Scratch. He also made an example with a Great White Shark to show them what a finished product looked like. I linked all of this to the Google Doc for the students to see.I was also extremely excited to see that so many students already knew what Scratch was and how to use it. These kiddos were my "experts" and helped other students as needed. I now see that I need to go home and re-learn Scratch. I haven't used it since I was in my Master's Program. I'm seeing a thousand possibilities of how to implement this in the classroom.
First Step: Reteach Myself!! 😃
Here are some links to student projects (they are still works in progress according to my rockin' students):
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