NPS Curriculum

NPS Technology
Scope & Sequence Objectives
(2nd and 3rd Grade)

Use a scanner or digital camera

Collaborate in the creation of a multimedia slide show containing text and graphics

Use the shape tools, change the size or shape of an object, and change the object's pattern or color in a draw program

Use search engines

Use a word processing program

Students open and save files to their own network drive

Lesson:
1. Create a K-W-L chart (what we know, what we want to learn, what we've learned)
2. Read the book Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
3. Show Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on bats.
4. Create a bat journal that will be used throughout the unit.
5. Have the students select a bat they would like to study.
6. In the computer lab, students will use the Internet to find information on a specific bat. They can also use the following link: http://trackstar.hprtec.org
7. Students will use Microsoft Word to create short, descriptive paragraphs about their bats. A MS Word tutorial can be found at http://microsoft.com/Education/DOWNLOADS/Tutorials/IOC/Word97/start.doc
8. In the computer lab, students will draw a bat using the Microsoft Paint program. A Paint tutorial can be found at http://www.lkwdpl.org/classes/MSPaint/paint.html .
9. Students will use their previous bat picture to insert into a new paint document for an art lesson based on perspective.
10. Have students construct an Oklahoma Bat Map that shows cave locations using the Microsoft Paint program.
11. Review measurement concepts. (inches, feet)
12. Discuss wingspan of bats with students.
13. Students will find the wingspan of five different bats and create a graph using the "Create A Graph" website. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/ Ask students to make up a question about their graph. They can trade questions with a partner to check understanding.
14. Students will find the location of their bat using maps, atlases, and globes.
15. Students will create a multimedia presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint to display the knowledge they have gathered about bats. http://aitt.acadiau.ca/tutorials/PowerPoint97/index.htm
16. Students will present their Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to the class.
17. Bring the class back together and complete the "L" portion of the K-W-L chart.
18. Evaluate student work by using the Bat Project Assessment Rubric.

Additional Resources

Books:
Amazing Bats, Greenway, Frank, Eyewitness Juniors, 1991
Bats, Creatures of the Night, Milton, Joyce, Grosset and Dunlap, 1993
Stellaluna, Cannon, Janell, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1993
Vampire Bats and Other Creatures of the Night, Steele, Phillip, Kingfisher, 1995
Bat Websites:
www.members.aol.com/bats4kids
www.nps.gov/cave/galleries.htm
http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/
http://www.batcon.org/
http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/mammals/
http://www.42explore.com/bats.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/chiroptera.html
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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