iLessons

1. States of Matter Collage

 * Grade level**: 2nd
 * Objective**: Students create a collage of photos that illustrates the three states of matter.
 * Apps/tools**: iPad (with camera), [|Pic Collage]

After reviewing the three states of matter, students will use the Pic Collage app to illustrate examples of a solid, liquid, and gas. Students may take photos using the built in camera or search for images online. There should be two photos for each category. Once the photos are added, students add a title, labels, and their name. They may also change the background. Save the finished collages to the camera roll and upload to DropBox to share with other classmates. Click [|here] for a sample collage.


 * Submitted by**: Joe Ahern

** 2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar **

 * Grade Level:** 1st
 * Objective**: Students illustrate and narrate Eric Carle’s book, __The Very Hungry Caterpillar.__
 * __Apps/tools__**__:__ iPad (with camera), Feltboard, and Explain Everything

After reading __The Very Hungry Caterpillar,__ students will use the camera app to take pictures of the words on each page and save them to the camera roll. Students use “Feltboard” and pictures from online to illustrate Eric Carle’s story. Once the illustrations are added, students narrate the story using “Explain Everything”.


 * Submitted by**: Carol Vallely

3. Put Said to Bed

 * Grade Level:** 3 - 5
 * Objective:** Students will be able to provide synonyms for over used words.
 * Apps/tools:** iPad (with camera), WordFoto

Modeled after "Put Said to Bed!", students will select or be given an overused word such as "said" or "good". Then, students will either draw the letters and color them or create them using a publishing software, and take a picture of their word using the iPad. This could also be done with a drawing app on the iPad and a screenshot can be taken and used. They will then create a list of synonyms for their word, and using WordFoto, students will access their picture and create a customized list with their specific synonyms. Click here for an example for "said".


 * Submitted by**: Rebecca Fuller

4. Simple Machines

 * Grade Level:** 4-5
 * Objective:** Students create comics and captions to define the six types of simple machines and depict four examples of each machine.
 * Apps/tools:** iPad (with camera), Comic Life

After reviewing simple machines, students will use the Comic Life app to depict examples of wedges, levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, and wheels and axles. Students will be divided into 6 groups of 4 students, and each group will be assigned a simple machine. Students will have the option of using the built in iPad camera to take photos of examples of simple machines or they may find sample images of simple machines online. The groups may work together to enter the simple machine title and definition, but each student will be responsible for one picture, one label, and one caption. Once the photos have been uploaded, students will label the example of their simple machine and create a caption that explains how it makes work simple. For example, within the comic for an inclined plane, students could upload a photo of a ramp with a caption reading, "I make it easier to push a wheelchair into your school," or a photo of a staircase reading, "It's a farther distance to use me, but could you imagine climbing a ladder to the 2nd floor each day?" The 6 groups will rotate and teach each other about their simple machines in mini workshops. (Students who aren't using the iPad within their group could be reading up on their simple machine and taking notes to help them share and field questions in preparation for these workshops.) Comic Life could also be used to explore compound machines for early finishers or as an extension activity, and these examples could be shared and discussed with the whole class.


 * Submitted by:** Kara Burr

**Grade Level:** 2 **Objective**: Students create a collage that illustrates living and nonliving things.
 * 5. Living vs. Nonliving Collage **

After reviewing the criteria of living creatures, students (in groups of 3 or 4) will use the Pic Collage app to illustrate examples of living and nonliving things. Students will take pictures, both inside the classroom and outside on the playground. They will select 4 pictures for each category. Once they have made their selections they will include a label and one of the criteria which shows it’s living or nonliving. (ex. A butterfly moves on its own.) They will share their collages at the end of the lesson. Since there will only be 6 or 7 collages, they could be printed and displayed for the remainder of the science unit.

**Submitted by**: Linda Fowler

6. Landforms and Water forms
Grade Level: 4 Objective: After research of various landforms and water forms students create a graphic display of them both Apps/Tools: Popplet

==== After researching and reviewing various landforms and water forms, students will work individually to create a Popplet on both. They will select 6 to 8 landforms and water forms to illustrate. Once on Popplet the students can search for photographs of all their examples using Flickr. The students will label each picture and include a short description (optional). The students will share their graphic organizers with each other and the teacher. The students would save their work and refer to it again to review for a quiz or test. See example that has has been started: [|Popplet]====