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**Introduction**
For our technology integrated unit plan we have chosen to focus on the science curriculum in grade four. The unit we decided to address is life science: habitats. As a group we thought it would be really fun and interesting to integrate technology into this unit. Studying habitats has the potential to be a very hands on unit, therefor by incorporating technology into this particular unit it has the ability to enhance teacher and student learning. By allowing students to participate in hands-on technological activities this allows them to be able to step outside the "typical" classroom environment. For our four activities we concentrated on office applications, video applications, multimedia applications and finally web applications. Throughout these activity based lessons we also integrated other components of the language arts, social studies, and health curriculum's. We truly believe that integrating these other subjects areas will result in a deeper learning experience. Below is a brief explanation of each one of our activity based lessons:

Each activity has a link to the page.

Activity #1.
-Food Web  This activity will involve students to create a concept map to illustrate the different stages of a food chain.  This will cover outcome 302-3 in the Grade 4 Science curriculum.

Activity #2.
-Time Lapse  This activity will involve students planting a seed and taking pictures of it each day for 14 days to record the process.  Students will be in groups of 2-3.  Once the plants sprout above the soil, students will measure and make a line graph using google docs. (Incorporating Math)  Students can make predictions on Fridays of how much their plants will grow over the weekend.

Activity #3.
-Photo Essay of Fluvarium Walk (Incorporates Language Arts.)  Students will walk around the Fluvarium trail and take different photos of the different habitats they see. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Students can also take videos. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The final product will be put together using Windows Movie Marker, and a Word Document. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once the walk is complete and students are back in class, they will discuss the different things they saw and heard and then they will make a video clip of all the different pictures they took. Once this is complete, students will chose their favorite picture and write a 150-200 word essay. This essay will need to include why they took the picture, what habitat is involved, and talk briefly about the animals which live in the habitat.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Activity #4.
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Radio news report using Audacity (Incorporates Language Arts) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will prepare a script in the form of a radio talk show concerning environmental concerns. After this script has been completed, the students will record their voices using Audacity. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This activity covers outcomes 108-1 and 108-3 in the Grade 4 Science curriculum.