ETC > NSA Home > Social Studies 3-5 > Tracking Armadillo's Journey Students will use technology to track a character's journey. Objectives Students will use the World Book Atlas program on the laptop computers to track the characters journey from the story, The Armadillo from Amarillo in our Reading Basal. Students will recognize the distance in miles traveled throughout the story. Students will identify placement of cities on the map traveled. Students will record direction he traveled using the compass rose. Students will create a slideshow with the information titled Armadillos Adventure using KEYNOTE program. Students will choose one of the cities traveled and research facts about it on the Internet to incorporate in the slideshow. Students will present their slideshow to the class using the projector. Procedure Together we will look through the story, The Armadillo from Amarillo, and find the sequence of cities he visited in Texas on his journey. Using the Promethean Board, we will make a list of these places. Next, the students will use the World Book Atlas to track the miles that he traveled from Amarillo to each location. On a paper map of the state of Texas, they will highlight each city to view direction he traveled using the compass rose. After all the cities have been mapped, they will use the program KEYNOTE to create a slideshow of ArmadilloÕs journey. Once they have documented the mileage traveled, they will research each city for a few facts to include on slides. After all the cities have been mapped, they will use the program KEYNOTE to create a slideshow of Armadillos journey. Finally, we will share the presentations using the projector. Sunshine State Standards SS.B.1.2.1 LA.B.2.2.4 LA.C.3.2.3 LA.D.2.2.4 LA.A.2.2.5 NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works. Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks. Materials Laptop computers Projector Promethean Board Basal Reading Book Map of Texas Highlighter Pencils Paper Alternatives/Extensions Use World Book to track miles of a family vacation. Using KEYNOTE, create a slideshow of the adventure. Create a brochure of a researched city using the program PAGES. Make a spreadsheet in EXCEL using information of mileage. Create a bar graph with EXCEL information to view differences traveled. Return to top of page Return to lesson plans menu

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