A unit of work for the Primary Years Band Curriculum Standard 2 by  Jackie Miers Information for Teachers   Introduction Task Process & Resources Evaluation Conclusion What do you know about South Australia's birds? Do you know what they look like, where they live, what they eat and what their nests look like? In this assignment you will be finding out some interesting things about a few of our local birds by looking at some web sites and you will be presenting what you have learnt using Microsoft Publisher. In this assignment you will be able to  choose one of six South Australian birds to research on the web copy and paste notes about your bird into a data collection grid  use your notes to prepare an illustrated fact sheet about your bird that another student can read and understand.  complete a self-assessment sheet to help you reflect on what you have learnt. and Print the activities list and the evaluation rubric before you start so that you can tick the activities you complete and can understand how your teacher will mark your work.   Print the activities list Print the evaluation rubric   Activity 1 Selecting the topic Activity 2 Locating the information Activity 3 Organising your information Activity 4 Working with the text Activity 5 Working with the graphics The data collection sheet and the bird fact sheet will form part of your assessment. When you have finished these, visit the Evaluation Page, for the self-assessment activity.  The final task in your learning is to visit the Conclusion Page, where you'll find some suggestions for other learning activities you could do.   © 2001 Jackie Miers bobandco@health.on.net October,  2001