webquest about the solar system
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Webquest about The Solar SystemWebquest about The Solar System
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You will be working in groups to design a city or town on another planet. Your goal is to come up with a plan so that we may be able to live and survive on a different planet from earth. You need to make it a place people will not want to leave and include various activities for the people who live there to do.
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• Find and research planets to see which one will best support human life.• Design a city that human will be able to breath in.• Find out what that planets weather is like and see if
you would need to create a device or something to control the weather• Design activities for the people to keep them
entertained• Come up with a way to keep the people alive (where
will the food come from, water, how will the animals get there.• Present to the class by using PowerPoint and create
a discussion post using Voice Thread for the class to come up with more ideas
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• You will be divided in to groups of 4 or 5• Within your group, decide who is doing what part and come up
with a planet to live on• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm•
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/
• Brainstorm what everyone wants to have on this planet what activities will be offered? What will the people do on their free time? What jobs are offered?
• How would you design a weather manager? What weather would you mainly have on this planet? Any seasons?
• Draw or make a picture of the city with key places marked showing a clear picture of what the city is like
• Come up with a unique discussion to have with the class on Voice Thread and try to incorporate some of the classes ideas in your project http://voicethread.com
• MAKE SURE YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!! Anything that is not your own idea must be cited!! Use your own ideas and give credit where it is due. Be creative!
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Mechanics No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
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Internet Use Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.
Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.
Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.
Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites.
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You have now successfully created a city and life on another planet!Now present this to the class and show them what your group came up withWhat was your favorite part about the project and why?Would you have rather worked individually on this project instead of in groups?
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http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/http:rubistar.4teachers.orghttp://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfmhttp://voicethread.comThe WebQuest Page and The WebQuest Slideshare Group
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