Students love animals. Use their natural excitement and enthusiasm to engage them in deep thinking about adaptations, ecosystems, human-environment interaction, requirements for life, and more.
These digital projects were created by students using Wixie. Creative use of technology can engage students, and help you integrate your iPads, PCs, or Chromebooks into the curriculum.
Start your primary students with a cluster diagram to organize research ideas and describe traits of the animal they are studying.
Students research an animal and create a riddle to showcase their knowledge and engage other students in the natural world.
Students write a diary or journal from an animal's perspective to show experiences and behaviors of the species.
Students interview animals to practice empathy and use a first-person approach to share their knowledge of animal characteristics, adaptations, and more.
Ask students to create public service announcements to educate people about an issue they are passionate about.
Use this choice board to put students in charge of how they will publish their animal research.
We used Wixie to create habitats for local animals. We made sure that they met all of their needs for survival! #firstgradescience @CubRunFCPS pic.twitter.com/RNt84lRj3B
— TACousino (@CubRunCousino) February 7, 2023
Our @BeechStem teacher had students do an animal classification exercise in Wixie templates. I showed her how to grade and add comments. @Tech4Learning makes it so easy. Students really ?? it. pic.twitter.com/lhEGSvEjCx
— Mike Meyer (@mikemeyeredu) December 13, 2022
While researching our animals for our nonfiction animal books, we’ve learned so many special #adaptations of our animals that help them to survive. Because we know so much, we also get to create diagrams that we will put in our books! #wixie #JungleClass @LittleRiverLCPS pic.twitter.com/FrjROsEWia
— ??????? ??????????? (@MissLizHarvey) November 11, 2022
Our fourth grade students are creating a new animal on Wixie based on research they’ve conducted with Mrs. Taylor our Media Specialist. @AACountySchools @aacpsoit pic.twitter.com/z84ohdDZND
— SolleyAACPS (@SolleyAACPS) March 29, 2022
We created new animals on Wixie based on the traits of their parents #Wixie #AACPSAwesome #FuninFirstGrade @RollingKnollsES @aacpsoit pic.twitter.com/nTLrGFGQ1a
— Lindsey Kramer (@LindseyWKramer) December 12, 2019
Interviewing Animals w/ Wixie! ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/jMhvOpcKhO
— Ted Beltz (@TedBeltz) February 21, 2020
1st graders are using Wixie to create a 6 page slide show on "what's My Animal?" riddle. pic.twitter.com/pG3HgVzyCB
— Janese Swanson Ed.D. (@grltec) May 23, 2019
I was so impressed by the quality of the animal trading cards these students created with #wixie. They combined their research from the media center with tech in the lab. @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/BXnxJbfEdP
— jonathon miller (@Miller_Teach) March 14, 2019
Ecosystem performance assessment using Wixie! Who says assessments have to be pencil & paper? #wixie @CoolSpring_ES pic.twitter.com/44eXSHnLFR
— Mrs. Noyd'sNest (@noydsnest) February 27, 2019
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