Second Graders take over the National Zoo!

The students went to the National Zoo (Yay!  No more government shut down, so the Zoo was open!), armed with their iPads.  They were put into very small groups of 2-3 students (Thanks to many chaperone volunteers!).  Their task was to visit their assigned animals (each student chose one animal from the Zoo website in advance as well as visit the Bird House (since we are partnered with the Zoo and are taking part in the Bridging the Americas Migratory Bird Project).






The students took photos and videos of their animals using Camera App.  They wrote notes in Popplet and using Sticky Notes.  Many students created drawings of animals and their habitats using DrawingPad.  Students worked on creating eBooks using BookWriter and created voice recordings in that App to record their thoughts and observations during the trip.

The students will be venturing into iStop Motion in the coming weeks to create claymation videos of the animals and their habitats.  The students had such a rich, meaningful experience at the Zoo, which we will build upon the next few months of school.

 

Here's a photo of Hannah taking photos and videos of the birds in the Bird House during the feeding with the zoo keepers and Isabelle sketching the birds on the iPad.