:TECHBRARIAN

Oceans, grasslands, and rain forests aren’t the only place with wildlife, New York City has it too!

1. Watch the slideshow below to see some of New York City’s wildlife:

2. Now, pick a habitat below and watch the slideshow.




3. Next, use Kidspiration to draw the habitat you chose for its animals. Click HERE to see how to use Kidspiration for this project.

4. Finally, put your Kidspiration on your blog and explain why you chose to create it the way you did. Click HERE to see how to put your Kidspiration on your blog.

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1. Get ready to see some incredible videos of nature.  Choose 3:

2. Now answer the following questions in your blog:

a) Describe the environments shown in the videos you chose. What plants or animals lived there?
b) How are the places you saw different from the nature we have in New York City?  How, if at all, are they similar?
c) Of the environments you saw, which were the most interesting?  If you could travel to one, which would it be and why?

–> Click HERE to see an example

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1.  Watch Garbage Part 5 by clicking HERE.

2. Go to your bubbl.us and continue to brainstorm about what you’ve learned and questions you still have.

3.    Next, look over everything you’ve written in bubbl.us, your blog, and in Inspiration about garbage.  Write out at least 5 interview questions you could answer as an expert in garbage.  Now, using IMovie, have a partner interview you using your questions. Publish your movie on your blog (ask Mr. Lahana how).

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1.  Watch Garbage Part 4 by clicking HERE.

2. Go to your bubbl.us and continue to brainstorm about what you’ve learned and questions you still have.

3.  Click HERE to open up my page full of garbage photos.  Next, open up Inspiration on your computer and make a diagram of one of the following:

a) Follow garbage from when it is picked up on the street until it reaches the landfill.

b) Show what happens to garbage when it reaches the landfill all the way until it becomes power to homes.

c) Show how a garbage recycling facility works (how it sorts the recyclables).

d) Follow recycled paper from garbage to pizza box.

–>  Watch this Inspiration tutorial to see how to make these diagrams by clicking HERE.

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1. Watch Part 3 of Garbage by clicking HERE

2. Go to your bubbl.us and continue to brainstorm about what you’ve learned and questions you still have.

** BONUS **

3. Click HERE to learn more about the North Pacific Gyre.  Write a post about what you’ve learned.

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