by Gary Paulsen

WebQuest by Deirdre Cronin

Task | Process & Resources | Evaluation | Reflection | Conclusion | Extension | Standards

Task You are about to embark on a journey across Canada. You will be assigned to a group of 5 members, where you will be an "expert" in a certain field. You will be dropped off in the middle of the wilderness and expected to survive the full 2 weeks. In order to successfully complete your mission, you must pick a role in your group. Roles: The Pilot is responsible for all of the research on airplanes and flight aviation. The Explorer is responsible for Canadian geography. The Wildlife Specialist is responsible for research of Canadian wildlife. The Survival Specialist is responsible for researching survival skills in the wilderness. The Reporter is responsible for interviewing the author of Hatchet and finding out important and interesting facts.   After being assigned your role, you are to use the links to answer the "Scavenger Hunt" questions. Each team member is responsible for their own section of the project. After all questions are answered, each group will collaborate to put together a Slide Show on Apple Works to share with the class.   Good luck on your upcoming traveling adventure!!

Process and Resources Survival Specialist: Rules of Survival: Find 5 Rules of Survival to live by. How to Build a Fire: Write out the steps to build a fire. First Aid Kit: What are the essentials? How do you treat a bite? How to use a Compass: Write the steps to using a compass. Draw a compass on white construction paper.   Reporter:   Click on Gary Paulsen's picture to learn more about him! Read an excerpt from the sequel...Brian's Winter Play the White Fox Survival Game   Pilot: Kid's Corner at the airport - Visit this cool website just for kids. Build a Paper Airplane - Choose one of 4 cool designs  Art Gallery: Visit student's drawings of airplanes.     Explorer: Click on the flag and find the provinces of Canada. Make a list describing the general landscape and climate of each one.   Live Camera of Victoria, B.C., Canada! View a live camera in the city that shows the real time scene in Canada. Canadian National Anthem - Read the words to Canada's National Anthem. How is different from America's? Test your knowledge on Canada! Take a short quiz and test what you already know about Canada. Roadside Attractions: View pictures from an American's vacation to Canada. Choose 5 pictures to take notes on.     Wildlife Specialist: Pick an Animal! Pick an animal, take notes, and write at least 3 paragraphs about that specific animal.   Canadian Animals: Read about the arctic animals. Take a QUIZ to check your understanding! Find out what happens with the bear and the porcupine! - Follow the online directions to do both activities. Everyone: Make a Slide Show! Print out these step-by-step directions on how to make an Apple Works Slide Show.

 

Evaluation Use this rubric to evaluate your group's efforts during the completion of this WebQuest: . Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score . 1 2 3 . Group Work Little or some contribution to the group Works cooperatively to design the final project Helps group members find information, answer any questions . Visual Presentation of Topic Inaccurate information, little or no graphics, poor design and hard to read Accurate information, well-organized, fair graphics, mostly easy to read Complete, additional interesting information and/or graphics related to the topic. Easy to read . Oral Presentation One main speaker, little particpation from others in group Most of the group presented. All group members presented. . Correct Grammar and Spelling Frequent grammar and/or spelling mistakes Less than five erros in spelling/grammar Less than two errors in grammar and spelling. Questions/Assignments Unable to determine correct answers or hard to understand Most questions answered in a well-organized, easy to read format Complete, interesting information related to the questions. Easy to follow - well organized. .

 

Reflection Self-evaluation: Write a short reflection, on paper, on each of the following questions: Did you use your class time effectively? Did you work well with members of your group? Was your part of your group's oral presentation well organized, informative, and interesting? If you were to do the same project over again, what would you do differently? Do you have any suggestions for other students trying this WebQuest?

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Conclusion You are finished with all assignments and therefore rescued from the wilderness! Due to all of your hard work and cooperation with group members, you are now "experts" in your field and have the knowledge to teach others. Have fun presenting and sharing with the other students!

 

Extension If you get finished with your presentation before others: 1. Present your slideshow to other classes. 2. Make a flip-book for the younger grades. 3. Choose a DIFFERENT role and look up those resources.

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Standards This WebQuest's objectives are aligned with the following Arizona Language Arts Standards:     This WebQuest's objectives are also aligned with the following National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS): Technology Standards * Standard 1: Demonstrates increasingly sophisticated operation of technology components. * Standard 3: 3T-E1-Uses formatting capabilities of technology tools for communication and illustration. 3T-E2-Uses a variety of technology tools for data collection and analysis. 3T-E3- Publishes and presents information using technology tools. * Standard 4: 4T-E2-Uses technology for independent and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create curricular related products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. 4T-E3-Collaboratively uses telecommunications and online resources.

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