Landforms+with+Kerpoof!+(Kindergarten)

by Emily Fisher and Chris Pugh

=Standards=
 * Social Studies** **ACC K.3.3.** - the concept of physical features as in mountains, plains, hills, oceans, and islands.


 * ISTE NETS** **1b.** **Creativity and Innovation** - create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

=Lesson= Kerpoof is a website that allows for creative work to be created. There are 6 different tools available; "Spell a Picture", "Doodle Pad"(best for PreK-1), "Make a Drawing"(best for Grade 1 and up), "Make a Picture", "Make a Card", "Make a Story"*, and "Make a Movie"*. All activities except the story and movie can be done a printed in a single setting. *"Make a Story" and "Make a Movie" are tools that require more time to be effective and the ability to save work, which cannot be done without a free account. Teachers can create a Teacher account, and then use [|Teacher Tools] to quickly generate a group of student accounts for their class.

Prior to class, the teacher can download this ZIP file containing a desktop icon for Kerpoof to the student machines. KerpoofStudio.zip

The teacher will also need to download this Google Earth file with the landforms marked. The file is a teacher tool to illustrate the different landforms.

TSW...
 * 1) Double-click the icon for Kerpoof to launch the website in their browser.
 * 2) Close the laptop to put it to sleep to maintain student focus.
 * 3) Study the Google Earth map for "Landforms" displayed by their teacher. This KMZ file contains placemarks for the 5 main landforms introduced in Kindergarten - mountains, hills, plains, oceans, and islands.
 * 4) Open the laptops to wake the machines.
 * 5) Click on the "Make a Picture" choose a background.
 * 6) Click on the yellow arrow to go to the 3rd page of backgrounds and find the background with mountains, hills, and an ocean.