Subject+-+Science+(Project+4)

=** Subject: Science (Shelly Calabrese) ** =

Technology:

 * ===**SmartBoard**===

** Curriculum Standard: **

 * === Diversity and Interdependence of Life: Relate animal structures to their specific survival functions (e.g., obtaining food, escaping or hiding from enemies). ===

** Description: **
===**Students will discuss animals and their adaptations and then categorize them into groups of food, shelter, or defense. They will put them in groups depending on what they feel the adaptation helps the animal attain. The students will move the animal on the SmartBoard into the appropriate group.**===

Supporting Research:
=== Kratcoski, Bates, and Hopkins (2007) found the use of SmartBoards to benefit the learning and teaching that takes place in a primary classroom. In particular, Kratcoski, Bates, and Hopkins (2007) discovered that Smartboards were engaging and could be incorporated into any subject while addressing different learning styles and encouraging collaborative instruction and participation. ===

Tried & True or New & Innovative:
===**I think SmartBoards are tried and true for some and new and innovative for others. The school I am currently teaching at has had them for more than 10 years. They are an important part of our everyday routine. However, some nearby schools I know do not haven them at all or only have portable ones that get moved from classroom to classroom. I would say SmartBoards are slowly moving from new and innovative to tried and true.** ===