1. IMPACT SAMR Cover Sheet
Teacher: Baldwin
Endangered Species - Using technology when appropriate to enhance investigations and presentations of findings
Task Overview
Learning Objective(s)
Suggested Technology
All groups will play the part of a charitable foundation with funds to distribute to organizations.
Each group will present their proposals to the foundations.
The foundations will distribute their funds as they see fit.
SI-H-A5 & SI-H-A3
Internet-accessible device PowerPoint
Promethean board
Excel
Using the internet, find the cost of your proposals. Construct a spreadsheet using Excel. Compare findings with another group.
Internet- accessible device
Excel spreadsheet
Select several environmental charities that are helping endangered species and decide who should receive support.
I-H-B1 & SI-H-A3
Using technology to enhance lab investigations and presentations of findings
Internet-accessible device
Presentation software
Word processing to create flyer
Choose an endangered animal and research how they are being helped.
SI-H-B1 & SI-H-A3
Computer School database (Gale)
REDEFINITION
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks that were previously not conceivable.
transformation
MODIFICATION
Technology allows for significant task redesign..
AUGMENTATION
Technology acts as a direct tool for substitution with some functional improvement.
enhancement
SUBSTITUTION
Technology acts as a direct tool for substitution with no real change.

2. Are all endangered species equal?
Choose an endangered animal and research how they are being helped.
SUBSTITUTION
Technology acts a direct substitute,
with no functional improvement
Go to the Barbe High School resources site and click on the Ecology section
Click on a-z-animals.com. Choose endangered animals.
3. Read several articles about different animals and decide if they are being treated and helped equally.
4. Create a list of animals that you think are getting the least amount of help.
This task uses:
Computer , school data base.
Learning Objective(s):
SI-H-B1
SI-H-A3
Using technology when appropriate to enhance investigations and presentations of findings
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s
School: Barbe High School
Louisiana State Standard: SH-1-A3
Grade Level/Subject: High School Environmental science
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation:
Prerequisites for students:

3. What foundations should be funded?
Select several environmental charities that are helping endangered species and decide who should receive support.
AUGMENTATION
Technology acts as a direct tool
for substitution with some
functional improvement.
When you have studied several support groups select one that you think should get financial support.
Create a presentation identifying the needs of the organization to solicit financial support.
Create a flyer to distribute to possible contributors.
This task uses:
Internet
presentation software
Word processing to create flyer
Learning Objective(s):
SI-H-B1
SI-H-A3.
Using technology to enhance lab investigations and presentations of findings
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s
School:Barbe High School
Louisiana State Standard:SH-1-A3
Grade Level/Subject:High School Environmental science
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation:
Prerequisites for students:

4. significant task redesign.M
Cost analysis.
Using the internet find the cost of your proposals.
Construct a spreadsheet using excel
Compare findings with another group
MODIFICATION
Technology allows for
significant task redesign.
Each group will use the research the approved sites to do a cost analysis of what they believe it will cost to help their organization achieve their goals.
The groups will enter their data on a spreadsheet to compare their results and discuss their findings
Groups will present their findings to another group to compare their findings.
This task uses:
Internet ,
Excel spreadsheet
Learning Objective(s SI-H-A5 SI-H-A3 Using technology when appropriate to enhance lab investigations and presentations of findings
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s
School:Barbe High School
Louisiana State Standard: SH-1-A3
Grade Level/Subject:High School Environmental science
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation:
Prerequisites for students:

5. R Making a donation Internet, PowerPoint Promethean board Excel
All groups will play the part of a charitable foundation with funds to distribute to organizations.
Each group will present their proposals to the foundations.
The foundations will distribute their funds as they see fit.
REDEFINITION
Technology allows for the
creation of new tasks that were
previously not conceivable.
Each group will make a PowerPoint containing slides of links to their site to present to the board.
The charitable foundations will have $20K to distribute to the organizations. They will construct an Excel spreadsheet to show how they are distributing the funds.
After all groups have presented the charitable foundations, they will display their spreadsheet on the Promethean board so each charity will see what funding they have received.
This task uses
Internet, PowerPoint
Promethean board
Excel
Learning Objective(s):
SI-H-A5
SI-H-A3
Using technology when appropriate to enhance
Investigations and presentation of findings.
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s
School:Barbe High School
Louisiana State Standard: SH-1-A3
Grade Level/Subject:High School Environmental science
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation:
Prerequisites for students: