Card 1: Title (animal name)
Author (your name)
Drawing/image
Card 2: Classification and characteristics
of that classification
Example: mammal, warm blooded, vertebrate, live birth, feeds its young milk
Card 3: One characteristic of my animal (1)
Card 4: One characteristic of my animal (2)
Card 5: One characteristic of my animal (3)
Card 6: One characteristic of my animal (4)
Card 7: Where in Florida is this animal found?
Card 8: Closing comment
HyperStudio Rubric
Notecards/Research
Identified animal living in Florida
Identified classification and characteristics of species
Found four specific characteristics of this particular animal
Identified where this animal is found in Florida.
Used Internet to locate information
Used encyclopedia to locate information
Used information books to locate information
HyperStudio presentation
Title Card includes:
Title
Author
Appropriate color scheme
Graphic image (drawing, picture, photograph)
Button to move forward
Information cards need to be similar in color scheme and type font, size,
and color.
Information cards need a "Button strip" to move forward, back, return
to home, and exit program.
Buttons need an appropriate graphic and sound.
Each card needs to present a small chunk of the basic information requested.
Each card needs a graphic in the form of a drawing, picture, or photograph
that is appropriate to the topic.
One card needs to have an animation that is appropriate to the topic.
Animal HyperStudio Project
The goal of this project is to learn some basic research skills
to gain information about one animal that lives in Florida, and to learn,
use, and practice basic computer skills to create a multi-media presentation.
Students need to do research to find information about their assigned animal
and then create 7 notecards that includes this data. Once the cards are handwritten,
students will enter the information into the HyperStudio program and add photographs,
drawings, sound, animation and other graphics.
Some students may want to complete portions of this project at home. You are
welcome to help your child find interesting information. Please remember,
though, that brief, interesting facts will display best.
We will be going to the Computer Lab and working on our classroom computers
to complete these projects. Students will have some class time to work on
their research (mostly gathering Internet information) but may need to complete
some of the notecards at home using either encyclopedias or research information
that has been copied from the Internet. The aim is to have all projects finished
by Friday, May 26, 2000.
When we have finished, we will have a day to share the projects with YOU!
It's a new experience for all of us. Have patience and have fun! We will all
learn together!
Parents, if you have the time and desire to learn more about the HyperStudio
Program, you are welcome to come in when we are learning how to use it! Let
me know if you are interested, and I will send home the dates and times when
I am going to introduce the basics to the class.