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Technology - Pile of Leaves

Science
Yes

Technology
Yes

Description
Student will practice using the Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste functions while at the same time creating a pile of leaves.

LessonPlan
Yes

Tech Skills
Edit/Copy  Edit/Paste

Software
Kid Works 2 or Windows Paintbrush/ Windows 95 Paint

EarlyYears
Yes

SubmittedBy
Leslie Gentes

Collaborators
Oriole Veldhuis

Acknowledgments
"leaf" picture file is from Student Writing Centre

E-mail
lgentes@wsd1.org

Details

Students can either draw their own leaf or use the sample provided  leaf.bmp
If students are drawing their own leaf instruct the students to make the leaf small enough that there will be room on the screen to make a pile of leaves.  When demonstrating the lesson at the beginning of class show a sample appropriate size.
If you are using the leaf.bmp file you will need to save it to the 2 Student Read Only Drive.  Students can then go to File/Open and go to the 2 Student Drive and retrieve the file leaf.bmp. With young students I (or older students) preload the leaf.bmp file and with Windows 95 either minimize the file to the task bar or  have students later go to the Documents folder and open up the leaf.bmp in Windows Paint directly.

Once the sample leaf  is done, students are shown how to use the Cutting tools to draw a box around the leaf .  Students are then shown how to go to Edit/Copy to take a "picture" of the leaf to store on the computer's clipboard. Students are told they only need to take the picture once because the computer will store it in its memory.  Students then use Edit/Paste to make more leaves.  As they make each leaf,  students are instructed to move the leaves to the bottom of the screen to make a pile of leaves.

This file is done as a computer activity and we do not print it.

Extensions:  You can choose other pictures to practice this concept of Edit Copy/ Edit Paste.  Using two pictures students are instructed to go again to Edit Copy to take a copy of the second picture.  Students can also flip and rotate the leaves.