Past student book rappers created a digital slideshow on Photo Peach to accompany our work on the Aboriginal Dreaming story, How the whale got a hole in his head:
How the whale got a hole in his head
Humpback whale shows amazing appreciation after being freed from nets
Additional audiovisual resources on whales, starfish and barnacles, used in previous years of the cycle, are HERE.
The student book rappers of 1G have created a digital slideshow on Photo Peach to accompany the Aboriginal Dreaming story, “How the whale got a hole in his head”, which we learned last term, but had no book version available in the library:
How the whale got a hole in his head
Stage 1 and Early Stage 1 used the factual book, “Big blue whale” by Nicola Davies & Nick Maland, to investigate attributes of whales. They followed up by watching some Youtube clips about blue whales, and how marine researchers are collecting new information about them.
Sounds of the blue whale – California
Blue whale song
As part of our literacy cycle, students in Stage 1 and Early Stage 1 investigate Aboriginal dreaming stories in Term Three.
To accompany this week’s dreaming story, “How the whale got a hole in his head”, here is a useful website that shows an old Aboriginal rock shelf engraving of a large sea creature at Tamarama in Sydney.
A closeup of a humpback whale spouting is here:
Humpback whale footage: extreme close up blowhole
Star fish walking, you can actually see his legs.
Zombie starfish – Nature’s weirdest events: series 4 episode 3 preview – BBC Two
In the version of the Dreaming story we use, Whale’s friend, Starfish, offers to help remove “mulas” from Whale’s skin. Here is a Youtube clip explaining about barnacles:
SeaTalk – Barnacles
STOP PRESS:
The student book rappers of 1G created a digital slideshow on Photo Peach to accompany this Aboriginal Dreaming story:
How the whale got a hole in his head
The final five groups of students have completed their persuasive slideshows from storyboards created during Term 2: Guided Inquiry Endangered animals (Stage 3 science & technology).
by Caitlyn & Arona
by Jazmin, Seth, Matt A., Rachael & Jared
by Tom, Matt J. & John
Compare the above slideshow with the students’ original storyboard.
by Skye, Emma T., Mitch, Kyle & Natalee
Vijay, Talita, Toni & Lachlan
Enjoy! Share! And please feel free to comment.
As mentioned previously, just a few points to consider with Photo Peach: Use it as judiciously as you would a series of Youtube clips. Don’t permit students to do open browsing; Photo Peach is a Web 2.0 facility that is open to anyone, and the slideshows are “unrated”. Also, if you notice that new comments have been added to a slideshow you’ve made, please preview the slideshow again before using it with students so you can monitor (and moderate/remove) unwanted comments. (Or close off comments altogether.) Consider a subscription to Photo Peach, which enables you to add your own or Creative Commons music, a wider range of transitions, and the capacity to download slideshows to your hard drive, web space or a CD.
Well, we are finally on the downhill stretch for our Guided Inquiry Endangered animals (Stage 3 science & technology). After weeks of being immersed in the concepts – and being exposed to, and evaluating, any number of professional, persuasive texts and images – and then several more weeks of individual research, and then the designing of group-negotiated storyboards, the first three of the students’ digital slideshows have now been uploaded to the world:
by Trent, Michelle & Latisha
Compare the above slideshow with the students’ original storyboard.
by Tamara, Nandita & Riley
Compare the above slideshow with the students’ original storyboard.
by Jeremy, Lisa, Kayla, Emily & Phoebe
Compare the above slideshow with the students’ original storyboard.
Enjoy! Share! And please feel free to comment. More slideshows will appear as the term comes to a close.
By the way, just a few points to consider with Photo Peach: Use it as judiciously as you would a series of Youtube clips. Don’t permit students to do open browsing; Photo Peach is a Web 2.0 facility that is open to anyone, and the slideshows are “unrated”. Also, if you notice that new comments have been added to a slideshow you’ve made, please preview the slideshow again before using it with students so you can monitor (and moderate/remove) unwanted comments. (Or close off comments altogether.) Consider a subscription to Photo Peach, which enables you to add your own or Creative Commons music, a wider range of transitions, and the capacity to download slideshows to your hard drive, web space or a CD.
