The National
Park Project
Karen Bosch - K - 8 Technology Instruction/Southfield Christian School
Discovery Star Educator

Welcome to:

Resources posted at the Apple Learning Interchange:
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=17857

Why National Parks?
Inspired by my
travels
Interesting topic
w/safe searching
& copyright free
images
Upcoming PBS
documentary

Project Purposes
Researching topic
with Google Earth
and search engines
Creating online
content
Collaborating
Differentiated
instructional projects

Prior Knowledge - Inspiration

Exploring - Google Earth
National
Park
Layer

Researching the Parks
Students selected
park to research
Google Safe Search
Discuss .gov, .org,
.com, Google ads
Bookmarked sites
used

Searching for Images
Safe unblocked
images
Copyright friendly
images sources
My National Park
Flickr group
Creative Commons
Search

Media Kits
Create files or CDs of
images for students to
use
Discovery Streaming
images and videos
Media Kit giveaway

Creating Online Content using Wikis
Wikispaces - free, easy,
no emails needed for
student accounts, no ads
Students learned to add
content, text format, add
images, cite sources via
links
Individual/Group
Projects

Example Wiki Page

Differentiated Instruction
6 different projects -
familiar programs
Activity cards
First person to finish a
project was “expert” to
help others.

National Park Drawings using Kidpix

Comic Book using Comic Life

Travel Poster using Print Shop

National Park Trading Cards
http://bighugelabs.com/
flickr/deck.php

National Park Trading Cards

GarageBand National Park Commercials
Click to Listen

Postcards made with Keynote

Using the Wiki Content
Fifth graders used
the completed wiki
to learn about a
National Park
Wrote a paragraph
and drew picture
Easy for them to
understand

Invitation to Participate
Fall 2009 - September and November
Upper Elementary/Middle School Classes to join
the project
Cover all the National Parks (and parks outside US)
Collaborate with partner in another school
Contact me via email if interested

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

Questions?
kbosch@southfieldchristian.org
Resources at:
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?
itemID=17857