Resources on Various Means of Expression on Life Cycle of the Frog

Collect pictures off the web in google image on the different stages of the frog’s life cycle and place them appropriately in a Pic Collage on the iPad using Pic Collage App Draw pictures of the different stages of the frog’s life cycle and capture those digitally using the iPad and camera App, place in Pic Collage .  Arrange in Pic Collage according to the cycle.   Camera App: capture images of real frogs at various stages in the life cycle to incorporate into Pic Collage or Book Creator.   Capture video of various stages of the frog lifestyle or of other students describing each stage of the life cycle and important features of the frog at each stage.   Tie the video to images and make the movie in iMovie with credits, text, transitions, voice over etc.   Use pictures from drawings or digital online and develop an iBook in Book Creator. Capture video, images and images of drawings, voice recordings for students who have difficulties writing (they would verbally explain the different stages of the frog’s life cycle). Export to iBooks bookshelf.  Share with class using Airserver software.  Develop a webmap of captured images in google or those you have collected on the web and develop a webmap of the life cycle of the frog.  Add audio recording, enlarge text, voice to text where /when required Develop a podcast on the life cycle of the frog.  Tell a story or complete an interview with a scientist (peer scientist).   Utilize PlayDoh and Wikki Stix to develop a 3D model of the life cycle of the frog.  Enrichment activity: Capture each step using Claymation or incorporate into iMovie and produce a movie using the capture video and images. Offer students option to use computer or write with pen and paper about what they know about the life cycle of the frog.  Tell a story about a frog or write a journal about a day in the life of a frog.  Use alternate access Apps and Assistive Technology as needed to enhance performance with written output i.e.  iWordQ on the iPad (word prediction), Dictation on the iPad (voice to text), CoWriter on the computer,  Apps like Clicker Writer to support and enhance performance of student with emergent literacy skills and global delays.