Endangered Animal Research

After learning about some locally endangered animals in the Great Lakes, we were inspired to learn about other endangered animals.  Students randomly selected an endangered animal and used their ipad or books from the Library to discover key facts about their animal.  They were to report on its appearance, habitat, diet and any other interesting facts.  Students gathered their information and recorded 'jot notes' on a planning template.  Later, they created a short report by writing sentences about their animal.  We decided to experiment with different ways to share our research and came across a fun app called Chatterpix which we used to take pictures of our animal and record our own voice reading the research we had written.  The students had a lot of fun using the app and we all learned more about some endangered animals by watching each ChatterPix video.