Third graders have been busy this week preparing for their Wax Museum projects. In this exciting project students select a "change-maker" in our world (past or present) and research this person in order to learn about his/her life and act as that person at the Wax Museum.
Students visited the Media Center to learn about biographies and what characteristics make a book a biography. Each group received a different biography to explore and had to write down what they noticed. Below are samples from 2 group's notes:
As each group shared their observations, we noticed that biographies have many things in common:
- table of contents
- timeline
- real photographs or drawings
- glossary
- author's note
- index
- chapters or sections organized chronologically
We also brainstormed all the words that popped in our heads when we heard the word "biography." You can see the common suggested words in our
Wordle below. We thought it was really cool that the words "
Biography,
Person,
Change-Maker, and
Learning" showed up the most often :) Those words must be pretty important to our research!
(mouse over the Wordle to enlarge it)
On day two we learned about 3 quality resources available in the
Online Fun! section of the Media Center website:
NC WiseOwl;
PebbleGo; and
Webpath Express. These websites have kid-friendly and reliable information on a variety of levels. We also learned that research might be frustrating at times because we have to keep "searching" to find the answers we need. We will probably have to use multiple websites and books before our quest is complete!
Here are a few pictures from Ms. Whaley's class visit to the Media Center today:
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| We learned the Dewey number for biographies is 921 |
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| Listening to an article on the PebbleGo database |
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| We learned that it will be necessary to use a variety of resources |
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| Working hard on Part 1 of our research |
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| Excited about my choice! |
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