Ocean Research and Scuba Divers

As I blogged about before, our fantastic Instructional Media Specialist worked with all of the first grade students in small groups to research various ocean animals. After conducitng the research, the students wrote research papers based on their findings. They had to include a "hook" at the beginning and then write how their animal looks, where they live, what they eat, and any special adaptations they have. They then labeled a diagram of their animal using PebbleGo as a resource. The students put their final draft of their research paper and the diagram in a stage-fold foldable which they decorated to look like an ocean. A previous librarian had come up with an idea a while back to have scuba divers hold their final research projects. The students created faces to go on the scuba diver bodies and then we added their research and coral reef art to the display.