I would use this project for a third grade class.
Students will need:
- access to computers, a printer, shoe boxes, and art supplies
- to know the elements of good writing
- to know how to identify characteristics of sharks
- knowledge of how to move through a website
- approximately one to two hours of computer time to gather information. However, it should take one to two weeks for everyone to complete the whole project.
All members of each group need to work cooperatively to find the information and develop the projects. Specifically, everyone gathers information on the description of the sharks and one person does the final write up for the group. The same thing happens for the habitat paper. All members create the diorama and one person writes the citation page. The story should be created with ideas from all members but only one member writes the final story and citation.
Goals:
- Develop writing skills
- Learn how to research using the web
- Group collaboration
- Be able to identify various sharks
- Learn about various ocean habitats
A rubric is provided for students to evaluate their own work and for the teacher to evaluate the students work.
