My Virtual Tour

I chose to do my virtual tour on the different habitats of different animals.

The content for this lesson is to learn about different animals and their habitats. This addresses 2nd grade core content, standard 3, objective 1. Specifically, I would like the children to break up into small groups, investigate the four animals highlighted in the Google Earth tour, use the placemarks and links to learn about different animals and their habitats, and then to choose one of those animals or another one featured in National Geographic's Creature Feature to look in-depth at one animal, its habitat, and how this animal is adapted to survive in their particular habitat. The group will then decide how they want to present their learnings to the class. They can use art, drama, technology, discussion, etc.

The pedagogy of this lesson is engaging because the National Geographic website is interesting, they have the freedom to choose their own animal and to decide what they want to learn about it, and they also get to choose how they would like to present their findings to the class.

The technology in this lesson mainly comes from the internet, specifically National Geographic's Creature Feature. Google Earth is used to introduce the project to the children, with four animals highlighted and links to their information included. They will then have the opportunity to use links to learn more about a specific animal on the web.