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This wiki was created as part of an interdisciplinary lesson with 7th Grade students at Baird Middle School (Blue Hornets) to collaborate, gather information and share ideas on the theme: **How Do Humans Impact the Earth? ** The opportunity for Baird teachers to participate in this collaborative effort was a result of a partnership grant with the Springfield Public Schools and funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Students on the Blue Hornet Team were exposed to lessons directly relating to this theme in **Science (Mrs. Taggart), Social Studies (Mr. Weiss), Math (Mrs. Roy), Spanish (Mrs. Kriebel), Library-Reading and Research (Mrs. Dvorchak) and ELA (Ms. Keeton).** Additionally, these lessons directly correlated with the Massachusetts Frameworks and integrated technology by using various applications including Big Huge Labs Trading Cards, SMART Notebook lessons, PhotoPeach slideshows, WallWisher, Animoto, Microsoft Word to create animals poems, design political cartoons, carbon footprint pledges, etc. We welcome you to visit the individual pages to view the lessons and student work.
 * Please scroll to the bottom of the page to view our Animoto Video created with pictures from the IMPACT Grant Share Fair that was held in the Library Media Center at Paul R. Baird Middle School on June 9, 2010. This was a celebration of the hard work done by all of the Ludlow and Springfield teachers for this grant. We gathered to share our lesson plans and lessons learned during the implementation of this grant.**

Below is our chart indicating how the various teachers addressed this theme within their classrooms. Mrs. Taggart || Changes of Ecosystems over time || SMARTBoard Lesson Laptops WallWisher Animoto || Mrs. Roy || Tabular and Graphical Representation of Data || Graphing Calculators Excel (graphing) MicroSoft Word || Mrs. Kriebel || Learn and Review Vocabulary || SMARTBoard Lesson Big Huge Labs Trading Cards || Ms. Keeton || Poetry- write an original poem based on concepts learned in Geography and Science || Wordle Picture Poetry online Photo Peach Slide Show Microsfot Word || Mr. Weiss || Changes in cultural and political climates and how they impact us || Laptops SMARTBoard Lesson Online Survey Microsoft Word || Mrs. Dvorchak || Global Warming Carbon Footprints || Library Media Center Computer Lab SMARTBoard Lessons Online Research Microsfot Word PhotoPeach Slide Show Fottobabble || media type="custom" key="6356651"
 * To view the SMART Notebook lessons you will need to download the SMARTViewer, if you do not already have the SMART Notebook software on your computer. That link can be found on the General Resources page.
 * **Discipline** || T**opic to be Addressed** || **Use of Technology** ||
 * **Science**
 * **Math**
 * **Spanish**
 * **ELA**
 * **Social Studies**
 * **Library-Reading and Research**

**The Ludlow Public School District is not responsible for any information that may be accessed once the user has left this wiki, including external web page content as well as material accessed via links from external web pages.