I Love Spiders

What I liked about this video and lesson was the hands on.  The students took pictures of different spiders, researched them to find out what kind they were, and then sent them to another classroom in a different state.  This lesson gets the students involved, and I think I will try and incorporate a similar idea in my classroom.  We do an unit on animals, plants, and the environment.  The students could do something similar and then either exchange with another class or find a wiki or an online learning area to do share with.  Since I teach older students, I'd really like it if we exchanged this information with another class in a different country.  They could do science or social studies with cultures.  They could take pictures of food, costumes, decorations, etc. and share and compare with another country.  The possibilities are endless.