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Below are activities that you
need to complete for this
Web Quest. Starting with Activity 1, work your way through
each exercise. make sure that you assign the following jobs
to members of your group. Remember, when you are finished with
the activities, you will be creating a Power Point presentation
to
share your information with the
class.
Job
Descriptions
Activity
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Job descriptions:1. Scribe - The scribe will record the information from each activity. This is an important role because all of the information you need for your Power Point presentation will come from here.2. Web Quest Master - This person will navigate through the Web Quest for each days activities.
3. Information Director - The information director will lead group discussions, make sure everyone is on task and monitor time.
*Jobs will change daily!
Activity 1:1. From the link below, read the information on "How the Grand Canyon was formed.
2. Based on what you just read:-List at least three ways you read as to how the Grand Canyon was formed.
-Then compare what you read to the experiments you did with the stream tables. How were the experiments with stream tables good models for how the Grand Canyon was formed? Discuss what things were missing from the stream table experiments, that led to the formation of the Grand Canyon. Can the missing pieces be added to to the stream table experiment? Do you think that by adding the missing elements that this would change the results of the stream table experiments?
-Prepare your answers as slides for your Power Point Presentation.
-Copy at least one image from the readings to use in your presentation.Link: Grand Canyon Geology1. From the link below re the section on " Why does the Grand Canyon look like it does?"
2. Based on what you read:-Option 1: Draw four frames that illustrate how the Grand Canyon has changed over time. Label the features that were described in your readings. Then scan the drawings and use them as part of your Power Point presentation.-Option 2: Study the information and illustration on the "Grand Staircase" Copy the image and create at least two slides that discuss why there are so many layers, and the significance of each.
Link: Grand Canyon Geology
1. From the link blow read the section on " When did all this happen?"
2. Based on what you just read, create a Timeline that describe the formation of the Grand Canyon. The timeline should include:- Name of the Layer
- When it was formed. (date)
- Tell why those types of rocks are unique to this layer.
- Have your timeline created in PowerPoint.Link: When the Grand Canyon was formed
1. Read the information on Erosion and the Colorado River . Watch the animation that illustrates how the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon over millions of years.
2. Describe in your journal how the animation was similar to the stream table experiments and how they were different. what conclusions can you you make about the fore of water and erosion?Link: Erosion and the Grand Canyon1. Enlarge each of the photos on the Grand Canyon photos link below.
2. Copy at least one picture for your presentation and describe all of the features of the picture. You should list the layers, what type of erosion, relevant vocabulary from class etc.Link: Grand Canyon Photos
1. Look at the photographs of Bryce Canyon on the following web page. think back to the photographs of the Grand Canyon. You should see some striking differences and similarities.
2. Both canyons have been created by erosion of one form or another. Using your knowledge of erosion and the Grand Canyon compare the features of Bryce Canyon to the Grand Canyon. What are the similarities? what are there differences? What might account for the differences in features of these two canyons?Link: Bryce Canyon Photos
Erosion is not just a problem that remote areas away from cities have to worry about. Erosion can be a problem at home as well as in remote areas. Read the information on erosion in the San Francisco Bay area. Then look at the pictures of erosion control that you can find around the Phoenix area.
Link #1 : Why worry about erosion?
Link #2: Comparing types of slopes.
Link #3: Photos of Erosion Control1. Your group is going to check out a disposable camera and go around your neighborhood looking for examples of erosion or erosion control. Take no more than 10 photographs. We will scan in the photographs and you will use them in your Power Point Presentation to describe examples of erosion and erosion control in your neighborhood.
1. Water is not the only way soil is eroded. Read the brief article on wind erosion and create a slide for your Power Point presentation that compares wind erosion to water erosion.
Link: Wind Erosion
The final project for this web Quest is to create a Power Point presentation from the information that you have gathered. For each activity you should create at least 1-2 slide that describe what you learned along with the completed assignment for that activity. Your presentation should include;
1. Title card with project name and group members
2. 1-2 slides for each activity. Create a title for the slide based on the topic of the activity.
3. Photo pages of your erosion pictures.
4. Bibliography of where you found your pictures.
5. Credits page: A fun page designed to give credit to group members or others who contributed to the projectNeed a quick lesson on Power Point? Use this Web Quest on Power Point to get help! - Using Power Point by Carter Davis.
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