Keystone third graders just completed a unit on the Texas Missions. As part of the unit, students visited a local mission and studied how and why missions were built. They also researched how missionaries and Native America Indians lived in the missions.
As a culimating activity, the students planned and built their own Texas mission using Minecraft software. They then created a video walkthrough of their Mission. Please check them out. They had a great time crafting.
Students in Mrs. Cook’s and Mrs. Gonzalez’s classes recently read and studied different fairytales. As a final project, students worked in groups to create the setting of their fairytale in a Minecraft World. Students first planned on a piece of paper and then came to the computer lab. Using their plan, students then brought to life their fairytale by creating it in the 3-D minecraft world. To demonstrate their knowledge of the fairytale, students placed signs around their world explaining the setting and plot of their fairytale. When finished, we had a complete fairytale world that all of the kids can access and explore.
During their last science unit, third grade students researched the different types of biomes. Each student then created a model of their biome and wrote a narrative script explaining their biome.
Using a small figurine as a tour guide, each student used the app iMotion on the iPad to film a tour of their biome. After creating the stop motion animation tour, the students then imported the movies into iMove and using their written script, narrated on top of the movie. The kids had a lot of fun creating these movies and we hope you enjoy watching them.