3rd Grade Animal Research
Third graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about animal adaptations in Science (SOL3.4) and place value for six-digit numbers in Math (SOL3.1a). Today students in Ms. Hufnell’s class used their research skills to find images and facts about an animal of their choice, including how many exist. This gave us the opportunity to review and read large numbers up to six digits. First, we made copies of a Google drawing template (you can make your own copy here). Then, students clicked the Image button and did a Google image search for their animal. When we added the picture, we noticed that it covered the speech bubble, so I showed them how to click Arrange > Order > Send to back. Next, they clicked the Image button and chose “Webcam.” Each student took a photo of their own face to put in place of the animal’s face. To make it more realistic-looking, we used the cropping tool to make the face into a circle shape. Students typed complete sentences in the speech bubble explaining their animal’s adaptations. Finally, they asked Google: “How many (of my animal) are there?” and they wrote the number in the scroll shape. They could change the color of the speech bubble and scroll with the paint bucket tool when they finished. We shared our projects with each other on Schoology, but you can see them all here.