Gary's+Science--

At the end of the project and upon students completion of watching the video, the will be able to understand the difference between producers and consumers and also the difference between herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. The students will also better uderstand the relationships between each of these and how they interact in an ecosystem and how they acquire the energy needed for survival (food webs)
 * @Gary's Science--Stories that Teach **
 * What do you want the students to know at the end of the project?**

That each animal plays a vital role in the communty/ecosystem in which they live. Also they will understand that just as people sometimes depend on other individuals for survival, so do some animals. Also students will know the sun provides energy to all of the green plants which are usually at the beginning of each food chain/web
 * What do the students need to know before they start on the story?**

The story will be introduce through a short lecture and or video and pictures. Then students will be able to see the story created through zimmertwins.com(place where created).
 * How will you introduce the story?**

I used the technology available through zimmertwins.com and also wikispaces.com.
 * What kind of technology tool(s) did you use?**

The students will be required to either write a written response or illustration to demonstarte understanding and also take a brainpop quiz following a similar video teaching the same content.
 * How will you assess the the students' understanding of what you have taught using your story?

How does your story reflect Mayer's Principles?

This story uses Multiple Representation rinciple by showing illustrations/pictures/actions along with words at the zimmertwins.com site. This llows for the students to see a visual of what the text is saying and trying to convey to them. Also it follows the Contiguity Principle by presenting these actions and pictures long with the text at the same time. also to help simplify the video it is under the Coherence Principle in that the words are not found in abundance. The story simply states the words and gets to the point without containing too many non-important words thatcould otherwise serve as a distraction to students.

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