This lesson was developed as part of a MLTI/ eMINTS Project,
 to involve students with technology in the classroom.

Learners
This lesson is anchored in fifth gradeScience and involves social studies and math to a lesser extent. The lesson can easily be extended to additional grades and subjects.

Standards - Maine Larning Results
Science 
Write descriptions of investigations, using observations and other evidence as support for explanations.

English 
Present effective introductions and conclusions that guide and inform the listener’s understanding of important ideas and details.

English  
Use traditional structures for conveying information, including cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question.

English
Emphasize points in ways that help the listener or viewer follow important
ideas and concepts.

English 
Use details, examples, anecdotes or experiences to explain or clarify
information.

English
Engage the audience with appropriate words, facial expressions, and gestures.

English 
Make informational presentations that:
focus on one main topic.
include facts and details that help listeners focus. 
incorporate more than one source of information (including speakers, books, newspapers, television broadcasts, radio reports, or Web sites).