Learning with Ulead DVD PictureShow™

Useful Internet Resources

• Animal Classifications - Vertebrates for K-12
• Vertebrates- Animals with Backbones
• Google™ (Type in animal name)

Materials

• Materials for various teacher lessons as necessary
• Ulead DVD PictureShow™ 2
• Print, and electronic media, and computer with Internet access
• Storyboard template
• Paper, Pencils, etc.
• Word processing program
• Blank CDs/DVDs
• Presentation equipment

McREL National Content Standards Addressed

Language Arts-Writing

• Std. 1 - Uses the general skills and strategies
  Level II Benchmarks 1-3, 8
• Std. 2 - Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing
  Level II Benchmarks 1, 3
• Std. 4 - Gathers and uses information for research purposes
  Level II Benchmarks 1-4

Science-Life Science

• Std. 6 - Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment
  Level II Benchmarks 1, 3, 4
• Std. 7 - Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life
  Level II Benchmark 2

Procedures and Approximate Times for Completion

1. The teacher will show/discuss videos, read stories, or use other print or electronic media to raise student’s awareness of the various vertebrate groups in the animal kingdom. (2-3 hours)
2. The students will be divided into teams of 2 and pick their vertebrate group. (30 minutes)
3. Student teams will use Internet, print and electronic media resources to gather pictures and information about their vertebrate group. (2-3 hours)
4. Student teams will write a storyboard/script for their presentation. (2 hours)
5. Students on each team will incorporate their pictures, and storyboard/script into a Ulead DVD PictureShow™ 2 presentation, and author it onto a VCD or DVD. (4 hours)
6. Student teams will present their finished lesson to the class and then discuss with the class any comments from other students. (15-20 minutes).

• Assessment
  The following site has a wide variety of rubrics that you can look at in order to help you design a rubric that will meet your needs.
• Select from a Variety of Rubrics from MidLink Magazine
• Easily Create Your Own Project-Based Learning Rubric
• You may also want to have your students reflect upon their projects and address in writing the following:
  • What I already knew about the vertebrate group we selected
  • What I learned about our vertebrate group based on our team’s research
  • What I learned from other student presentations