Year Level: Grade 3/4 VELS Level: 3 Strands: Interdisciplinary Learning

Domains: Information & Communications Technology

Dimensions: ICT for Visualising Thinking, ICT for Creating, ITC for Communicating

Webquest

By Vanessa Keenan-Boldt and Janet Troy

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It’s hot outside, you can feel the beads of perspiration running down your face. You’re hungry and thirsty all at the same time. The sun glares into your face and you squint to see; are you experiencing a mirage? Mr Whippy music twinkles inside your head, if only you can make it across the quadrangle before the sun melts you!!!

Set out on a quest to become expert ice cream producers Amongst other exciting challenges, you will discover the mysteries of how ice cream was first made, favourite flavours of your friends and how to make the most scrumptious ice cream in the world.

So, jump on board the Mr Whippy van and polish up your scoops. It’s time to create, shape and TASTE TEST the best.

I C E C R E A M !

I scream, you scream, we all scream for…

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Set out on a quest to become expert ice cream producers

You will achieve this by breaking into groups and completing the following tasks. Click on the TASKS below for details of how to perform your task.

TASK 4Letter Scramble, Scavenger Hunt

& Poem

TASK 3The Journey of Flavours

TASK 2What’s in an Ice cream?

TASK 1Ice cream Facts Quiz

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TASK 5Survey yourclassmates

on their favourite flavours

TASK 6Create a poster

for Ice cream Day

TASK 7Organise an

Ice cream makingDay for your class

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Process - Task 1

It’s Quiz time… discover the mysteries of how ice cream was first made & take part in an experiment!

TASK 1Ice cream Facts Quiz

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Firstly, you will go to Quia to check out your Quiz questions, then you will find the information you need to answer them on Wikipedia. Finally, you will perform an ice cream experiment and graph your findings in Powerpoint. Students will work in pairs for this activity.

Step 1 - Click on the following linkhttp://www.quia.com/quiz/1362982.htmlStep 2 - Enter your name and read over the questions in the History of Ice cream Facts QuizStep 3 - Keeping the Quia window open, create a new Browser window by clicking on File > New WindowStep 4 - Copy and paste the following link into the address area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_creamStep 5 - Read through the text and answer the Quiz questions.Step 6 - Now for the experiment… this should be performed outside! You will need a plastic bowl, a metal tin, a glass dish, a tub of neopolitan ice cream and a teaspoon. Put one spoonful of vanilla ice cream in each container. What will melt first, second, third? Why do you think you got the results that you did? Do the same test with chocolate and then strawberry – will the colors make a difference? Step 7 - Open Powerpoint and go to insert menu and scroll down to chart. Type your results into the datasheet to graph your findings.

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In your group of 4 decide on the following roles: Student 1 will be Recipe Locator, Student 2 will be Measurement Convertor, Student 3 will be Shopping List Maker, Student 4 will be Recipe Publisher.

Step 1 - Find a recipe for ice cream Student 1: Log on to the computer and proceed to this website:

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/science/icecream051999.html You are going to copy and paste the ingredients and recipe for making ice cream in freezer bags. Paste the text into a Word document and save it.

Step 2 - Convert Imperial measurements to metric Student 2: Click on the following link to convert imperial measurements to metric www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/volumeunits.html

Step 3 - Make a shopping list Student 3 (with the help of the other 3) must decide what ingredients will need to be purchased for the whole class. Make a shopping list of everything you will need to buy for the ice cream making day, including the quantities for each ingredient. If you need to use of a calculator you can visit www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator

Step 4 - Publish the page Student 4: Using the Word document prepared by Student 1, use your artistic skills to turn the recipe into a professional looking page for a recipe book. Experiment with font, spacing, colour, bullet points and photos. For photos, go to http://images.google.com.au

TASK 2What’s in an Ice cream?

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Yum!

What’s in an ice cream? Firstly, you will locate the ingredients and a recipe for making ice cream. You will have to consider quantities of ingredients required for our class size. Get bonus points for converting imperial measurements to metric! Finally, use your artistic skills to get the recipe ready for printing. Each person in the class will be given a copy to take home.

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Let’s go on the Journey of Flavours…Task 3 will require you to use a search engine to find the most popular flavours. Next, you will make a Mind Map which will list these, as well as some of your own creations. In a group of 4, choose the following roles: Student 1 will be Flavour Detective, Students 2 & 3 will be Mind Map Creators, Student 4 will be Graphic Designer.

Student 1 - Find out the 15 most popular flavours: 1. Key in the search engine ‘Ask.com’ and type in the phrase, most popular ice cream flavours. 2. Scroll to the site that is headed 15 most popular flavours and click on it. 3. Copy the flavours into a Word Document and return to the desktop.

Student 2 - Set up the Mind Map structure: 1. Open the program Kidspiration* 2. Click on the square titled Picture, then on Mind Map. 3. Set up the basic structure of the Mind Map without any text. Create the shapes for the flavours. Draw the lines to join the flavours to the words “ice cream flavours” in the centre.

Student 3 - Enter the text in the Mind Map:1. Using the Word Document that Student 1 prepared, copy and paste the text for the flavours into the shapes created by Student 2. 2. Consult with the rest of the group on any flavours they would like to create and add them to the Mind Map, making them look different to the others.

Student 4 - Add your creative flair to the Mind Map:1. Be creative with colour and add some images http://images.google.com.au 2. When the Mind Map is finished, open a new file, save changes, name your file and save it.

*30 day free trial is available if Kidspiration is not installed at your school www.kidspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm?fuseaction=kid

TASK 3The Journey of Flavours

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It’s time to play. See if you can decipher some of the great mysteries surrounding ice cream. Unjumble the ice cream words then find out some amazing facts.Use the words and facts that you’ve found to create your own poem. Four students will form a group to set out on this quest.

Students 1 and 2 - Letter scramble: work together to unjumble the twenty mixed up words before you. Go to URL link http://www.quia.com/jw/214125.html You will find a space for your answers underneath each word. See how many you can get correct.

Students 3 and 4 - Scavenger Hunt: Go to URL link http://www.quia.com/sh/66232.html Work together to answer the ten questions. Each magnifying glass represents the web site you will need to enter to receive the information for your answer. See what your score will be out of ten.

Individual Student Activity - Poem: Now that you’re forming your own ice cream vocabulary, write a poem on the subject. It can be funny, sad, make-believe, factual – anything you like!

TASK 4Letter Scramble,Scavenger Hunt

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Your mission will be to send out an email survey to your classmates using Quia to find out the most popular flavour of ice cream, then create a bar graph of the final results. You will choose a partner and work as a team on this task.

Step 1 - Click on the following link http://www.quia.com/sv/181138.html You will find a Class Survey on Ice cream flavours. Step 2 - Click on the ‘Email Survey’ button and email it to everyone in the class. Step 3 - As students complete the survey, you will view the results on Quia. This will show you all the flavours, ranked by each person in order of preference. Step 4 - When the whole class has completed the survey, create a bar graph in Powerpoint, reflecting the overall class result. Print it out and show the class.

Become detectives for a day… conduct a flavour survey!

TASK 5Survey your

classmates on their favourite flavours

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Get creative… design a poster to advertise your class ‘Ice Cream Day’Think shapes, colour, excitement. Think outside the square! As a team, you will decide on a design direction, then use Word to create your poster. You will use Google images to find appropriate graphics and print out the final poster for display.

In your group of 4, decide on the following roles:Student 1 will be Information WriterStudents 2 & 3 will be the Graphic Design TeamStudent 4 will be Image Collector

As a team, discuss and agree on a design direction and create a folder on your computer to contain all the relevant files.Student 1 - Compose the text and type it into Word.Students 2 & 3 - Sketch some layout ideas using pen and paper.Student 4 - Click on the following link http://images.google.com.au and type the appropriate wording in the search box to locate suitable images.When you see an image you like, click on it until it islarge as possible (for best printing results), then clickand drag it to your desktop folder.Students 2 & 3 - In consultation with the group, choose the best layout and create the final poster in Word.

< Here’s some ideas for inspiration!

TASK 6Create a poster

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Now that you’re experts, it’s time to organise Ice Cream Making Day for your class!

enjoy!

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General resourceshttp://www.quia.com/quiz/1362982.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_creamhttp://www.quia.com/sh/66232.htmlwww.quia.com/jw/214125.htmlhttp://www.quia.com/sv/181138.htmlwww.kidspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm?fuseaction=kidwww.ask.com/www.makeicecream.com/15mospopicec.htmlwww.google.com/help/features.html#calculatorwww.teachnet.com/lesson/science/icecream051999.htmlwww.ilpi.com/msds/ref/volumeunits.htmlwww.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/ice_cream/www.icecreamrecipes.comwww.google.com.auhttp://images.google.com.auhttp://www.dairyaustralia.com.au/content/view/91/210/: Dairy Australia http://www.sendicecream.com/makicecreamf.html: Making Ice creamhttp://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/icecream.htmhttp://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/interdisciplinary/ict/index.html

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Resources - Scavenger Hunthttp://makeicecream.com/top10icecrea.htmlhttp://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5941+++,00.htmlhttp://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/8245icecream.html

http://www.everybodylovesicecream.com/funfacts.htm

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Ice Cream Webquest Beginning (1 point) Developing (2 points) Achieving (4 points) Score

Task 1 – History of Ice Cream Facts Quiz and Experiment

Access websites and correctly answer some Quiz questions. Experiment attempted but incomplete. Some incorrect spelling.

Access websites and correctly answer the majority of Quiz questions. Experiment completed, but results graphed incorrectly in Powerpoint. Majority of spelling correct.

Access websites and correctly answer all Quiz questions. Experiment completed and results graphed correctly in Powerpoint. All spelling correct.

Task 2 – What’s in an Ice Cream?

Locate internet site and create rudimentary Word Doc. Incomplete attempt at shopping list and measurement conversion. Some incorrect spelling. Final presentation of Word Document lacking creativity.

Locate internet site and create reasonable standard Word Doc. Make an effort with shopping list and measurement conversion. Majority of spelling correct. Final presentation of Word Document includes some creative ideas.

Locate internet site and create high standard Word Doc. Accurately complete shopping list and measurement conversion. All spelling correct. Final presentation of vibrant Word Document.

Task 3 – The Journey of Flavours

Difficulty with navigation around Search Engine and Kidspiration. Mind Map structured incorrectly and lacking content. Some incorrect spelling.

Reasonable navigation around Search Engine and Kidspiration. Mind Map structured correctly, includes appropriate content and an attempt at personal flavour creations. Majority of spelling correct.

Confident navigation around Search Engine and Kidspiration. Mind Map structured correctly, includes appropriate content, several personal flavour creations and is presented with creative flair. All spelling correct.

Task 4 – Letter Scramble, Scavenger Hunt and Poem

Difficulty with navigation around Quia. Low scores on Letter Scramble and Scavenger Hunt. Some incorrect spelling. Little or no effort on poem.

Reasonable navigation around Quia. Average scores on Letter Scramble and Scavenger Hunt. Majority of spelling correct. Some effort on poem.

Confident navigation around Quia. High scores on Letter Scramble and Scavenger Hunt. All spelling correct. Creative poem written with enthusiasm.

Task 5 – Class Survey on Favourite Flavours

Difficulty with navigation around Quia. Survey incomplete. Incorrect correlation of results into graph.

Reasonble navigation around Quia. Survey complete. Successful use of graph format in Powerpoint, but incorrect correlation of results between survey and graph.

Confident navigation around Quia. Survey complete. Successful use of graph format in Powerpoint, with correct correlation of results between survey and graph.

Task 6 – Create a Poster to advertise Ice Cream Day

Folder not created to keep all relevant files together. Inappropriate text for an advertising poster. Some incorrect spelling. Layout ideas lacking creativity. Low resolution images which do not relate to the text and are inappropriate for the purpose.

Folder created to keep all relevant files together. Appropriate text for an advertising poster. Majority of spelling correct. Attempt at creativity in layout ideas. Resolution of images is sufficient and appropriate for the purpose.

Folder created to keep all relevant files together. Imaginative text for an advertising poster. All spelling correct. High level of creativity in layout ideas. Images are of sufficient resolution, appropriate for the purpose and link meaningfully with the text.

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Conclusion

Congratulations on becoming an ice cream expert!

< Print out this certificate and

get it signedby the teacher

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Thanks to Lachie Boldt (aged 9) for his great work on the certificate

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Teacher Notes - VELS

VELS (Victorian Essential Learning Standards)This webquest was created for a grade 3/4 class. Dimensions in the technology domain concentrate on ICT for visualising thinking, ICT for creating and ICT for communicating. The Victorian VELS website (referenced in bibliography) tells us that: “Learning in this domain enables students to focus on the task to be accomplished rather than on the technology they are using.”

ICT for creating – Progression point 2.5 Creation of an information product to inform a specific audience, following a collaboratively determined design.

CT for visualising thinking – Progression point 2.75 – 3 Use of ICT tools to list ideas in logical sequence. Students retrieve saved thinking strategies and edit them for use in similar situations. Use of familiar software and editing techniques to create graphic organizers. Organization and analysis of data using familiar software.

ICT for creating – Progression point 2.75 – 3 Creating folders and saving data. Creation of informative material aimed at specific audience. Identifying and correcting spelling manually and with spellchecker techniques. The purpose of passwords. Creation of information products to assist in problem solving. Use of ICT tools to capture and save images. An understanding of formatting features such as font styles and sizes.

ICT for communicating – Progression point 2.75 – 3 Location of websites using a nominated search engine. Creation of collaboratively defined folders in their mailbox. Initiation of composition of email messages to known and unknown audiences. Develop and apply simple criteria to evaluate located information.

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Students are divided into 6 groups.

Activities are appropriate for Grade 3/4.

VELS Level 3.

Some tasks require groups of 4; others require groups of 2 due to varying levels of involvement and difficulty.

Webquest should be spread over six weeks as theme of ‘ice cream’ can be enhanced through other subjects. Eg. Art – design a logo for a Mr Whippy van; English – book: Knight, B. (1977) From Cow to Icecream; General: Watching recording of television show on ABC2 This is Daniel Cook – Making Ice Cream.

Learning Outcomes: Students should improve confidence in the use of Word and navigating through a search engine. They will practice their quiz and research skills through the use of Quia and Kidspiration. They will access images for creative activities from the internet. They will create MindMaps, conduct an email survey and experiment and finally; create their own product to eat.

It is recommended to trial run the making of ice cream ‘bag method’ so you become familiar with the process and can guide students when they produce their ice cream.

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