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Example

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Newfoundland & Labrador

Prince Edward Island

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Lesson Instructions for teacher:

Required Items to complete the project: Smart Notebook 10 Presentation Software (Microsoft PowerPoint) Word Processor (Microsoft Word) Canada MapComputer w/ Internet

Expected Outcomes:Puzzle (http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com)Directions: follow the link, select the style of puzzle you want to create, and follow the directions on the screen. Save your puzzle as a .jpg and insert into your PowerPoint slide.

Video (www.DiscoveryEducation.com) How to embed video: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/professionalDevelopment/trainersToolkit/pdf/Discovery%20Education%20streaming%20-%20Embedding.pdf) Follow the tutorial above and embed your selected video into your PPt slide.

Images (www.DiscoveryEducation.com)How to embed an image: See Slide 17. Just as the video, embed images you have selected into the PPt slide.

Timeline (Microsoft Word)Directions: http://www.microsoft.com/education/TimelinesWord.mspxCreate a timeline of your topic, from creation to today, and save as a doc. Create an additional PPt slide, titled Timeline, and embed your doc. Using any icon to represent your doc, create a hyperlink on your assigned PPt slide to link to your newly created slide. (Check PowerPoint tutorials for how to create hyperlinks, new slides, and other questions you may have.)

Graph/Chart (www.docs.google.com) Watch this 4 minute informational video on how to use Google Spreadsheets to create a population graph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-ysq1640QCreate a new PPt slide, insert a copy of your graph/chart. On the assigned PPt, create a hyperlink to the new slide.

Mind Map (www.mindmeister.com)Watch this 4 minute informational video on how to use Mind Meister: http://vimeo.com/7326217Save your mind map and insert into the assigned PPt slide.

Drawing (www.docs.google.com)Peruse the following website to find directions on how to use Google Drawing: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=29442&topic=29446&printable=1Save your drawing as a jpeg and insert into the assigned PPt slide.

For additional embedding information, go to the Professional Development section of http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com

Assignment

Each of the following items are to be researched and created into one of the above outcomes.

Overall Population (From beginning to today every 10 years) - GRAPH/CHART

Economy, Natural Resources, Industry (Export/Import) - MINDMAP

Timeline of History (that include major events or happenings up to today) - TIMELINE

Capitals and Cities - ANY

Major Body of Water, Landform, Landmark, and Parks - ANY

Flower/Bird/Flag - ANY

“Nickname” - ANY

Each section of this assignment will be attached to the province or territory assigned to your group.

Embedding an Image

What is embedding?When you embed a downloaded image, you are inserting it right into your document.

Embed an image in PowerPointStep 1 Download an image to a designated folder.Step 2 Create a new PowerPoint document and save it tothe same folder.Step 3 Go to “Insert” > “Picture” > “From File.”Step 4 Navigate to where you saved the downloaded image and select it.Step 5 Click “OK”Step 6 To resize your image:• Click once on the image• Position the cursor over one of the four corner handles of the image. Hold down the Shift key, left click the mouse button and drag to resize the image as needed

Florida

Timeline

Mind Map

DE Video

Puzzle

Florida Puzzle

Florida Rocks

Created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoveryEducation.com

Mind Map

1689-1763 1763 1764-1765 1765 1767-1770 1772 1773 1774

Who cares?

Somebody died

Florida TimelineWho

actually reads these?

Somebody or thing was born

Fill it in here

Do you even know?

Something important

What year were we on?

Somebody invented

something

Some conflict occured

Blah blah blah

Okay, here was the

example…