TOO WILD

Technology Opens Opportunities – We’re Interested when Learning Differently

Presented by:Hilton Central School District 1st Grade

Sarah Carlson, Erin Cavallaro, Krisann CraneyJanel Kierecki, Kathy Newton

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Instructional framework & connections

This project is inquiry based and yields itself naturally to self differentiation and includes student interest.

Students will use technology (blogging/wiki/skyping) to communicate with others in the community (parents, across schools, etc.).

Students will use non-fiction text features to enrich their inquiry about their natural environment.

Students will develop an appreciation and understanding of their local environment.

Students will increase their understanding of structures, functions, and adaptations of living things.

Students will become experts at their school environment. They will listen and speak for information and understanding. They will share data, facts, and ideas with participating students from the other school. Students from Village will travel to Northwood and vice versa.

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Inquiry & hands on learning

Mrs. Summers explores the lifecycle of a moth.

Magnifying the tiny eggs on a leaf.Showing small eggs on a leaf.

Students asking questions, making connections, and wondering about the nature around us.

Some of our sights and travels…..

1st graders exploring during their Micro hike………

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Nature connection

Students and Mrs. Summers discussing how things in nature are all tied together. This deceased field mouse will provide nourishment for other animals and also for the soil through the decomposition of its body.

Technology helps us understand nature

Students looking at the live camera boxes of the Falcon cams in Rochester. Mrs. Summers was explaining their wing span.

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Making Discoveries

Students taking a micro-hike in the grass…

and found an earthworm.

and found slugs.

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Using Tools

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Too Wild!

A raccoon skull.

A wild turkey.