Overview 
- This year in first
grade children are required to learn about birds, fish, and mammals.
We thought that using technology would be very beneficial for enhancing
their learning about this subject in science. Our goal was for the
children to be able to tell us names of bird, fish, and mammals as well
as being able to tell us why it is a bird, fish, or mammal. For example,
a lion is a mammal because is has fur, live babies, and a backbone.
- Using digital cameras on a field trip to the Detroit Zoo.
- Using Microsoft Word on the computer to type stories about their pictures from the zoo.
- Using Kidspiraton software to produce story webs about a bird, fish, or mammal.
- Using Kid Pix to draw a picture based on their story webs.
- Using Microsoft Word on the computer to type stories from the story web.
- Using Kidspiraton software to place animal stamps in categories labeled bird, fish, and mammal.
- Navigating a power point presentation of a classroom book called "First Graders, First Graders, What Do You See?"
So we began our journey
of learning about birds, fish, and mammals. One of the vehicles we
used on this journey was technology. We incorporated various types
of technology into each of the lessons for this unit. Below is a
list of the lessons and technology involved for each lesson. For
specific details of each lesson visit the "Exhibits".
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