Movie Maker Reflection

    Using the movie maker program, students can collaboratively research and create a movie based on different biomes. Each group will be assigned a biome to research and develop a movie to reflect their findings. This assignment will satisfy the following NETS standard:
   
1.Creativity and Innovation

2. Communication and Collaboration

Students will use their research skills to find photos of their assigned biome and create an original movie that incorporates the pictures and written characteristic of their biome. The five major biomes are: Aquatic, Desert, Grassland, Forest, and Tundra. Each group will be assigned a biome and collect pictures and information about the plants and animals indigenous to that area. Biomes are classified based on the climate and the plants and animals that can live there.
    The movie should include a title and credit page, 10-15 pictures, an appropriate song, and at least 5 slides with text on them. Once all the groups have completed their biome movies, they will  rotate to watch all the other biome movies. After watching all the movies, each student will compare their biome with another groups biome to answer why the plants and animals from their biome could not exist in the other and what adaptations have been made in each biome so that the plants and animals could exist. With this activity, students are using their creative thinking skills and creating original group expressions through the use of technology.  Collaboratively the students will use media to communicate their learned knowledge to exchange with the other groups, and individually use another group’s expressions to further their learning.