3.+Materials+and+Technology+Tools

__**Materials: **__

1. Student Page 2. Teacher generated materials:
 * Group Wikis
 * [[file:Graphic Organizer.docx]]
 * [[file:Rubric.docx]]

__**Technology tools: **__

__**Added value sites:**__ These websites are interactive and easy to use and provide detailed and specific information pertaining to the standard being taught.
 * Animal Adaptations Video
 *  Animal Adaptations Information

__**Photo Story 3:**__ Students will use Photo Story 3 to generate a short digital story explaining their animal's adaptation and its use to help it survive in its environment. This tool will allow students to creatively present their research findings to their class and others as it will be uploaded to YouTube.

__**Wikispaces:**__ Each group will add their information to their assigned Wiki page in order to organize their information in order to use it Photo Story and to share it with other members of the class. This tool will be used as an organizational tool for the student's research information, a teacher's checkpoint to evaluate student's progress on project, and a sharing site of information with classmates.

__**YouTube:**__ Students will upload their digital stories to a class YouTube channel. This tool will help students share their work to a broader audience and will encourage them to spend quality preparation time on their projects because it will be published for viewers to watch all over the world.