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A WebQuest For Ecology Students (6-8 grade) Designed By Jill Van Riesen Jill
Van Riesen
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page Have
you ever wondered where your favorite animal lives or even how your favorite
animal survives in the wild? Well this is your chance to find out all the
information you ever wanted to know about your favorite animal. Your
"challenge" is to search the internet to find information on your favorite
animal and to create a Power Point presentation to show the entire class.
Have fun with this. You will want to find information along with pictures
to illustrate all the unique qualities about your animal of choice.
The Task Your task will be for this assignment to:  discover
where your animal lives and what your animal eats to survive;
The
final presentation will be done on Power Point and
presented to the class on the due date.
The Process To accomplish the task you will have to follow these simple steps. 1. Choose your favorite animal 2. Go to the internet and search for information on you animal. This information can be anything that you think is important for the class to know about your animal. Remember to include not only information about your animal but also include pictures to show what your animal looks like and what kind of habitat your animal lives in. Some helpful search sites include:
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After you find all the information and pictures you need to complete the
project you will need to save it on a disk so you can get started on your
Power Point presentation. The Power Point presentation should contain
at the least four slides each with a picture and some text about our animal.
Evaluation Click
on the Wizard hat to look at the grade evaluation for this project.
Conclusion Now that you have done your research what have you learned about your animal? Did you learn any thing new? Did you already know a lot and are refreshed your memory about your animal? You may want to learn about another animal and what kind of life that animal leads. Now that all of your data has been collected and put into a presentation you will be able inform your classmates about your "favorite animal" and what makes them unique and why you like that particular animal.
Credits & References
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