{"id":3220,"date":"2017-03-14T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2017-04-14T20:45:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:45:18","slug":"4th-grade-animal-research-measurments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3220","title":{"rendered":"4th Grade Animal Research Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?attachment_id=3224\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3224\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pasted-image-0-1-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pasted-image-0-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pasted-image-0-1.png 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fourth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about animal ecosystems in Science (SOL4.5) and measuring length in Math (SOL4.6). Today students in Ms. Rivara&#8217;s class researched an animal and created a website about it. First the students chose their animals (we made sure that there weren&#8217;t too many duplicates by brainstorming a variety). Next, I gave them some guidelines for their research: they had to find out the animal&#8217;s (1) habitat, (2) predators, (3) prey or diet, (4) length, and (5) an interesting fact. I showed them how to do quick Google searches to find the information they needed, such as &#8220;animal name + predators,&#8221; for example. There are also several great sites for researching animals: <a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/\">National Geographic Kids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/gowild.wwf.org.uk\">Go Wild by WWF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/a-z-animals.com\">A-Z Animals<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkive.org\/species\/\">Arkive<\/a> (more advanced reading, but lots of photos and videos). To create the websites we used the new Google sites. Students went to their Google drive and selected &#8220;New > More > Google Sites.&#8221; They added a title and found a suitable background header image. Then they added a text box and typed the facts they found in their own words (we reviewed the problems with plagiarism). For images, the students used the built-in Google image search to find copyright-free pictures of their animals. I showed them how to add a caption by double clicking next to a picture  and choosing the text box option from the pop-up menu. Some students even added videos after class. Finally we published the websites and pasted the links to Google classroom. You can see them all <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1joVja44m_f0ni7_NzBbgpYqp6fB6nn6kZP7TEb0F7F0\/pub\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about animal ecosystems in Science (SOL4.5) and measuring length in Math (SOL4.6). Today students in Ms. Rivara&#8217;s class researched an animal and created a website about it. First the students chose their animals (we made sure that there weren&#8217;t too many duplicates by brainstorming a variety). 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