The Way Animals Move:  Fly, Crawl, or Swim?
Sondra Kinney
Subjects included in this Lesson Plan:  Technology, Math, Science
Bogue Sound Elementary School
May 2001

Brief Description:  Students will use "Kid Pix"  to stamp and sort animals in groups to show the way animals move:  fly, walk-slither-slide-crawl, or swim.

Approximate time required:  10 - 15 minutes 

Standard Course of Study Goals and Objectives:
Technology
1.1:  Identify the computer as a machine that helps people work and play. (SI)
3.1:  Group items by different attributes using manipulatives and/or software. (SS) 
Math
3.02:  Sort by a given attribute
Science
3.03:  Describe motion when an animal goes from one place to another.

Teacher's Lesson Goals/Objectives:  The student will group animals according to the way they move from one place to another.

Materials/Resources:
"Kid Pix" software

Pre Activities:
1.  Students will need to have knowledge of a variety of animals and how they move from one place to another.  Since students learn about animals throughout the year, their knowledge should be strong.
2.  Students should be familiar with "tools" on "Kid Pix": Paint a Picture  or "Claris Works": Paint and Write.

Activities: 
1.  The teacher will introduce the activity by telling the student  what is mentioned above in the "Brief Description".
2.  The teacher will present a paper entitled ìThe Way Animals Moveî. The paper will be divided into 3 sections:
        1. "Fly"  2.  "Walk, Slither, Slide, Crawl"  3.  "Swim"
3.  The teacher  will  give instructions to the student for making the 3 sections using "Kid Pix":  Paint a Picture. 
   a.  Students click on "Kid Pix".
   b.  Student will select "Kid Pix"  Paint a Picture.
   c.  Student will click on the pencil in the tool section and choose a color.
   d.  Student will draw 2 lines from top to bottom to make 3 sections/columns similar to the teacher's model (Sample B).
   e.  The student will click on "the stamp" tool and look at the objects at the bottom of the screen.  Click the blue arrows/triangles to view a variety of  objects below.
   f.  The teacher will ask the student to find  the butterfly, click on the butterfly, and stamp it at the top of the first section for animals that "Fly". 
   g.   The teacher will ask the student to find the monkey, click on the monkey, and stamp it at the top of the second section for animals that  "Walk, Slither, Slide, Crawl". 
    h.  The teacher will ask the student  to find the fish, click on the fish, and  stamp it at the top of the third section for animals that  "Swim".
  4.  The teacher  will ask the student to explain how animals move in each section.  If the student understands, the teacher will ask the student to work independently and find animals and stamp them in the correct sections with other animals that move the same way.  Students should stamp at  least 3 animals in each section.

Closure:  Review the way animals move from one place to another.  Ask the  student to tell why she/he stamped each animal in each section.

Assessment:
Level 4:  Student found 3 or more animals for each way an animal moves and could explain why she/he placed each animal in the section.  Student  could explain how some animals might be in more than one section since some animals walk and fly or walk and swim.

Level 3:  Student found at least 3   animals for each way an animal moves and could explain why s/he placed each animal in the section.

Level 2:  Student found at least 2  animals for each way an animal moves and could  explain why s/he placed each animal in the section.

Level 1:  Student found less than 2 animals for each way an animal moves and could explain why s/he placed each animal in the section.