Jurassic WebQuest A WebQuest for 3rd 5th Grade Science Designed by Peter DePaola Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Credits Teacher Page Introduction Dinosaurs have always excited us In fact do you know that many people do not believe that dinosaurs even existed Granted we have found their bones teeth eggs and discovered what type of environment most came from that s still not enough proof for some other people Nevertheless we all have our favorites Many movies have been made about dinosaurs Can you think of some Do you have a favorite I want you to discover your inner dinosaur The Task Your discovery is to find your inner dinosaur What dinosaur best represents you To discover this you will need 1 An individual chart on what you eat omnivore carnivore vegetarian and what kind of environment do you like to live in constantly swimming strictly land like to fly etc 2 Pictures of the dinosaur you have chosen 3 A description of the dinosaur you have chosen 4 An imagination The Process To begin your journey into discovering your inner dinosaur 1 Start on your own to chart your sleeping eating social and environmental habits 2 When your chart is complete determine with other classmates whether you are a solitaire dinosaur or you move in a herd flock school or even a pod 3 Divide yourself with others like you 4 When you are with other dinosaurs of the same kind discuss where you come from and create a map of the earth as it would have been seen then and plot your location 5 As a group make one chart based on your sleeping eating social and environmental habits 6 Plan and produce your groups project to the class 7 Use the following websites to help you discover your inner self www enchantedlearning com subjects dinosaurs www dinosauria com www pubs usgs gov gip dinosaurs www sedl org scimath pasopartners dinosaurs welcome html www oink demon co uk topics dinosaur html www eleves ens fr 8080 home olliver dinosaurs html www cbv ns ca marigold history dinosaurs dinosaurs html www stement nf ca CITE dinosaur html www4 tpgi com au users amcgann dinosaurs html www nationalgeographic com explorer sereno www kidsconnect com dinosaurs DinoHome html www calacademy org casnews oct96 feature html www dinosaurweb com plateau html www dinodata net www pblcoc org dinosaur html Evaluation You will be graded individually and within your group Everyone will receive a copy of his or her evaluation This project is not hard You do your work you get graded well If you throw something together for this then you will be graded accordingly You all know as my students that I do not make life hard Your scale of grading will be from 1 lowest to 4 highest of excellence This activity is meant to be fun and done on your own and cooperatively Your individual chart process 1 Sorting yourself out properly by cooperative learning process 2 Successfully sorting yourself out process 3 Your groups map and your location process 4 Your groups chart on habits process 5 Presentation to class process 6 Poor Rushed Very Good 1 2 3 Excellent Score 4 Conclusion While you have researched this project you have hopefully discovered that you share some interesting qualities with dinosaurs Did you find the best dinosaur that represents you Credits References 1 For all the great websites posted for research www google com 2 Microsoft On line clipart 3 The Template at http edweb sdsu edu webquest matrix html
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