4th+Grade

**Goal:**
**Students will research the Pennsylvania State Symbols and create** **an educational comic strip for a cereal box about the symbols.**

**[|Tutorial on Comic Life]**
Charlene ||= Diamond ||= 3 ||= Animal || [|State Symbol Research Site #3] || Students will research 3 Facts about State Symbol and type them on word template above. They will cut out what they have typed and put it on the back of their hand out of symbols. Students will use 3 facts to teach the rest of the class what they learned via a comic strip.
 * = Partner A ||= Partner B ||= Computer # ||= State Symbol || Pathfinder ||
 * = Aaliyah ||= Camia ||= 1 ||= Flower || [|State Symbol Research Site #1] ||
 * = Abdul ||= Khalil ||= 2 ||= Bird || [|State Symbol Research Site #2] ||
 * = Latasia
 * = Nasir ||= Malik ||= 4 ||= Insect || [[file:IMC Resources on PA State Symbols.doc]] ||
 * = Allayjah Akilah ||= Siani ||= 5 ||= Beverage || [[file:pa symbol template.doc]] ||
 * = Sahmira ||= Dhani ||= 6 ||= Dog || [[file:PA Symbol rubric.xls]] ||
 * = Kasim Ziere ||= Navyeon ||= 7 ||= Tree || [|State Symbol Brochure] ||
 * = Sanaa ||= Iyinna ||= 8 ||= Seal || [[file:brooktrout.pdf]] ||
 * = Elizabeth ||= Janiyah ||= 10 ||= Flag || [|Extra Credit Quiz] ||
 * = Janae ||= Camryn ||=  ||= Flower ||=   ||
 * = Anthony ||= Marquis ||=  ||= Insect ||=   ||
 * The comic strip must include the following:
 * 1) At least three pictures of the Pa state symbol
 * 2) At least 3 facts about the Pa state symbol
 * 3) A Title
 * 4) The names of the partners
 * 5) A citation telling where you got the information*
 * = insect ||= flower ||= dog ||= animal ||= beverage ||= bird ||= tree ||= seal ||= flag || fish ||
 * = [[image:firefly.jpg width="67" height="84"]] ||= [[image:flower1.jpg width="76" height="60"]] ||= [[image:Great_Dane_1.jpg width="59" height="84"]] ||= [[image:whitetail_deer_1.jpg width="57" height="43"]] ||= [[image:milk_1.jpg width="55" height="42"]] ||= [[image:Grouse_1.jpg width="44" height="31"]] ||= [[image:hemlock_1.jpg width="44" height="33"]] ||= [[image:seal.gif width="53" height="53"]] ||= [[image:american-pennsylvania-flags.jpg width="40" height="74"]] || [[image:brook_trout_1.jpg width="68" height="40"]] ||
 * = [[image:firefly_2.jpg width="74" height="37"]] ||= [[image:flower2.jpg width="58" height="46"]] ||= [[image:great_dane_2.jpg width="65" height="47"]] ||= [[image:white_tail_deer_2.jpg width="53" height="45"]] ||= [[image:milk_3.jpg width="42" height="62"]] ||= [[image:Grouse_2.jpg width="48" height="38"]] ||= [[image:hemlock_2.jpg width="31" height="41"]] ||= [[image:pennsylvania_reverse.gif width="53" height="49"]] ||= [[image:PA_flag.gif width="66" height="28"]] || [[image:trout_2.jpg width="32" height="22"]]

|| = = ||  ||   ||   || Laurel ||  ||  ||  || Deer || ||  ||  || __U.S.__ __State Symbols__  __Research__
 * = [[image:firefly_3.jpg width="78" height="36"]] ||= [[image:flower_3.jpg width="64" height="51"]] ||= [[image:great_dane_3.jpg width="63" height="46"]] ||= [[image:white_tail_deer_3.jpg width="52" height="60"]] ||= [[image:milk_2.jpg width="55" height="39"]] ||= [[image:grouse_3.jpg width="46" height="52"]] ||= [[image:hemlock_3.jpg width="40" height="31"]] ||= [[image:pennsylvania_seal.gif width="48" height="49"]] ||= [[image:PA-coat-of-arms.jpg width="50" height="34"]] || [[image:trout_3.jpg width="59" height="32"]] ||
 * Insect || [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtVzQ2oyqFznu3gO-BVLaBnm3X8v-uJ4zCGIUvb1ZvYrbhHt880hS0aGE width="130" height="87"]]
 * Mountain
 * Great Dane || [[image:great_dane_2.jpg]] || [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-AhfCzqgGk1ruoPL5aao5Zwu_L1Mm2w6FGEkF1nN4P4IEvMLh width="225" height="224"]] || [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYQmQ9P5Swo84CAzU8NdaxntZhFnQYIUUVGf9TMzlF6JyjGbZV width="187" height="171"]] ||
 * White Tailed
 * Milk || [[image:milk_1.jpg width="231" height="154"]] || [[image:milk_2.jpg]] || [[image:milk_3.jpg]] ||
 * Ruffed Grouse || [[image:Grouse_1.jpg width="252" height="160"]] || [[image:Grouse_2.jpg]] || [[image:grouse_3.jpg width="185" height="219"]] ||
 * Eastern Hemlock || [[image:hemlock_1.jpg width="241" height="168"]] || [[image:hemlock_2.jpg]] || [[image:hemlock_3.jpg width="228" height="138"]] ||
 * State Seal || [[image:pennsylvania_reverse.gif]] || [[image:pennsylvania_seal.gif]] || [[image:seal.gif]] ||
 * State Flag || [[image:PA_flag.gif width="268" height="174"]] || [[image:PA-coat-of-arms.jpg width="288" height="142"]] || [[image:american-pennsylvania-flags.jpg width="204" height="345"]] ||

Your next project is to research your state's symbols, __bird__ , __animal__ , __flower__ ... There are a list of some in your research folder, but feel free to add, delete or replace any of them based on your research. You will be able research the symbols by using the four Internet websites in the table below. Remember, it is always a good idea to confirm your finding with more than one resource, especially when researching on the Internet.


 * __http://en.wikipedia.org__ || "Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project based on an openly editable model" ~Wikipedia ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__www.theUS50.com__ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The US50 has provided a world class website consisting of concise, important and meaningful information about each of the 50 states in our great country. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__www.worldbookonline.com__ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is an electronic version of the WorldBook Encyclopedia. See your teacher for username and password. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__www.50states.com__ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Lots of facts and useful information links arranged specific to each of the 50 United States of America." ~www.50states.com ||


 * [[image:http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/cms/lib01/NJ01001104/Centricity/Domain/96/AL_State_Symbols_Comic.jpg width="300" height="388" caption="AL State Symbols Comic"]] || [[image:http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/cms/lib01/NJ01001104/Centricity/Domain/96/Page_1.jpg width="300" height="388" caption="RI State Symbols Comic"]] ||