Arctic Animals
Choose an arctic animal, learn about it, and put your favorite pictures on one slide.
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Step 1: Pick your animal and read about it
Choose an arctic animal. Open a website and read about it.
- National Geographic Kids: Polar Bear (opens in a new tab)Facts and photos.
- National Geographic Kids: Arctic Fox (opens in a new tab)Facts and photos.
- National Geographic Kids: All Animals (opens in a new tab)Look for other animals that live in the cold.
These pages are written for older kids. Ask a grown-up helper to read with you.
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Step 3: Put your pictures on one slide
Open the picture slide. Type your animal and your name. Then copy and paste your favorite pictures onto the slide.
- Arctic Animal Pictures (opens in a new tab)Google Slides copyPress "Make a copy" to get your own slide.
- PPTArctic Animal Pictures (PowerPoint)PowerPoint fileUse this one if you work in PowerPoint.
- Click at the end of My arctic animal: and type the name of your animal.
- Click at the end of By: and type your name.
- Copy a picture: on the website, right-click the picture and choose Copy image.
- Paste it: click on your slide, then right-click and choose Paste.
- Make it bigger or smaller: drag a corner of the picture.
- Move it: drag the middle of the picture.
Your slide opens in a new tab. Keep this page open too, so you can go back to the websites for more pictures.
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Step 4: Print your slide
When your slide is full of pictures, print it or share it with your teacher.
Your teacher may print your slide for you in color.
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For teachers
This is the first organized research project I do with First Grade students, usually in December or the first thing in January. The kids always want to print pictures, so I show them how to copy and paste lots of pictures into one slide and print those out. The full notes for teachers and parents have tips and ideas.