Using the Internet for Instruction Project
The Painted Lady Butterfly
Students will be learning about the Painted Lady butterfly and sharing their knowledge by creating a Popplet and a digital story on Little Bird Tales.
Teacher lesson plan can be found at the bottom of the page.
Learning Activity
1. Open your email and click the link to open this Blendspace lesson. If you cannot find the lesson, you may click 'Open in Blendspace' below.
2. Click through each numbered square to learn information about the Painted Lady.
3. Take notes in each section using your note taking form.
4. When you finish looking through each section and your note taking form is complete, please take the quiz in box 9.
1. Open your email and click the link to open this Blendspace lesson. If you cannot find the lesson, you may click 'Open in Blendspace' below.
2. Click through each numbered square to learn information about the Painted Lady.
3. Take notes in each section using your note taking form.
4. When you finish looking through each section and your note taking form is complete, please take the quiz in box 9.
Show What You Know!
Create a Popplet with a partner
1. Log in to Popplet.
2. Create a new Popplet.
3. You must have 6 Popples.
- One must be the main Popple. It may include the words 'Painted Lady' or a picture of a Painted Lady.
- The other 5 must be labeled with each heading from your note taking form.
- You must include at least two facts in each of these Popples.
- You may use the example below to see an example of how you could arrange your Popplet.
5. Print when done.
6. Turn in to me.
Create an individual video on Little Bird Tales
You are going to create a video using your Popplet graphic organizer.
1. Log in to Little Bird Tales.
2. Click 'Create a New Tale'.
3. Type in a title for your new tale.
4. Design your cover page. You must include a title, picture, and your name. You may draw a picture or find one online. Save.
5. Create one page for each section on your note taking form and Popplet. (You should make 5 new pages.) You must have one fact and one picture on each page. Save each page.
6. You may record your voice on each slide only AFTER every page is complete with a fact and a picture.
7. When you are done, save your work before closing the program. I will be putting your video on the class website.
8. If you forget how to use Little Bird Tales, you may view this video to remind you.
This is an incomplete example. :-)