Thirteen Ed Online - Hyperstudio Software Sample: Distant Neighbors

Distant Neighbors

In this geography and social studies unit, students will learn about Africa by creating an interactive map of the continent. Each student will be assigned a country in Africa. Their task will be to create a HyperStudio presentation on their assigned country. Student stacks will consist of a minimum of 5 cards. Each card will contain information on the country that the student is studying. Each student's work will be added to a central stack. The main card will contain a map of Africa. When the user clicks on a country, he/she will go to a specific student's work. Upon completion, students will present their finished projects to the class in the form of a multimedia presentation.

Grade Level:

5-8

Curricular Uses:

Social Studies, Geography

The learning objectives for Distant Neighbors are twofold: technical and curricular:

Technical:
- Students will learn to use HyperStudio as a tool for information presentation.

- Students will learn to incorporate images and sound into a multimedia research report.

Curricular:
- Students will be able to identify countries in Africa.

- Each student will become an expert on one African country.

- Students will improve their research skills by doing on and offline research.

- Students will be able to identify economic, social, and environmental issues in a specific African country.

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