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Components Of A Single Study Unit

Each study unit has a wealth of both on- and off-computer materials to support both students and educators. Let's examine the components of a typical unit, "Exploring the Savanna", in detail.

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Exploring the Savanna
	Like all the study units, "Exploring the Savanna" opens with a menu giving the student access to the seven or eight books of the unit. Typically the student would begin with the anchor book, Savannas.
The anchor book explains that savannas are grasslands that cover large parts of Africa, as well as smaller areas of South America, Asia and Australia. The student then has the opportunity to read about the main characteristics of all savannas, how plants and animals have adapted to these environments, and how savannas differ around the world.
	High quality photographs and short videos are used throughout "Exploring the Savanna" and all the other anchor books to illustrate the subject. The bullhorn button on the page enables a student to have the text read aloud. A vocabulary button opens a pop-up with the words and definitions of the special vocabulary for the unit.
Next, the What Do You Know About Savannas? book provides students an opportunity to show their comprehension of the subject through a series of multiple choice questions.
	Each set of three questions is preceded by a photograph originally seen in the anchor book, to jog the students' memories and make this exercise more than a simple drill.
The African Savanna Adventure book gives the student a chance to explore by making choices as to which path he or she wants to take through the savanna. There are eight different paths available in the book and students are asked to take notes as they travel so that they can later document their adventure.
	The accompanying African Savanna Journal enables students to insert photos from a pop-up and then write about what they observed on the savanna. Varying story formats appear in each unit and are accompanied by journals and other writing opportunities.
In the third content book, entitled The River Horse, a guide by the name of John takes students to several waterholes and a river where they can observe hippopotamuses in the wild. As with all of the units and books, high quality photography and videos are used to vividly bring this environment alive for the student.
	A different journal format is used to support this book. River Horse Journal first uses a photo page to remind the students of the environment and their encounters with the hippopotamuses.
On the following page, they document their observations in Clicker Writer by answering a question related to the photo. They then save their essay as a Clicker Writer document. Both journal formats are used throughout the units.
	The final lesson in the unit asks students to sort vocabulary words that they have learned in this unit from words they have encountered in other units. In "Exploring the Savanna" , the student sorts savanna words and words from the tundra unit.
Students choose items from a pop-up and insert them into two cells, representing Savanna and Tundra. Responses are then captured and available for review. Word sort exercises appear in many of the study units.