1. By Connie Klaudt

2.  Essential Questions: What questions will lead student learning?  What animals live in the arctic regions?  How do animals survive harsh weather in the arctic regions?  How can I find and share information about arctic animals?

3.  http://weather.cnn.com http://weather.cnn.com  http://googleearth.com http://googleearth.com  Short video to introduce Arctic Animals. http://www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com  Identifying and Recognizing Arctic Animals SMART Notebook lesson Identifying and Recognizing Arctic Animals  Search Web sites to get information:  http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Awildlife.html http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/  http://kids.yahoo.com/ http://kids.yahoo.com/  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html  http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/animals.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/animals.htm

4.  http://edu.glogster.com http://edu.glogster.com Using the Glogster web site students will create a report with the information they found in their searches about the arctic animal and show case it to the class as their report. Print it for later.

5.  Present information gathered by using organization charts, graphs, or diagrams using http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/in teractives/venn/ http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources  Or Microsoft office or excel  Create postcards at http://www.readwritethink.org/files http://www.readwritethink.org/files /resources/interactives/postcard/  http://www.weeklyreader.com/SubscriberOnl y/login.aspxhose.

6.  http://todaysmeet.com http://todaysmeet.com Students will collaborate and share the information they have found on arctic animals.

7.  To enhance learning take any unit you teach and add these 21 st century skills.  There are so many ways information can be taught to students using these skills.  I believe kids learn more when they actively take part.