Cape
Cod Web Quest
Get ready Third Graders..... You are about to start a
quest....
Your Teacher has decided that you are going to move your class
to a different town on Cape Cod.
BUT your teacher has not decided which town.....
You need to find out the facts about a Cape Cod town
so all of you will be able to pick the best Cape Cod Town!!!...
Here's how you need
to start....
PRINT this quest.... the PRINT BUTTON is on the tool bar
on your screen!
It will be easier for you to read along if you have a paper copy...
Decide if you need
one copy for your team or one copy for each team member....
THEN follow the Quest....
There are spaces on the web quest paper for you to take notes...
and fill in the blanks....
This paper is going to be very important to your class! It
is going to have the INFORMATION you will need to convince your teacher
what town should be your new home!
There are 15 towns on Cape Cod.
Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth,
Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet and
Yarmouth!
Write the name of
the town, on the line,
you are going to gather Information about
(town name) _______________________________
Great! That is a start. Now, let's go visit these towns
on the World Wide Web of the Internet
AND
gather the facts!...
First place, we are
going is called
Cape
Cod On Line
http://www.capecodonline.com/oncape/
click on the name and you'll go there....
(This is the site that this great map came from!)
then... pick your town on the map or on the list and click on it...
Time to start gathering information!
Read the information on the page....
1. Write a description of your town ____________________________________________________________
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2. How many people does this web site say live in your town? _______________________________
3. How big is the land area of your town? ___________________ sq. mi.
(square miles)
4. When was your town Incorporated as a town?
_______________ (what year?)
While you are here at Cape Cod On Line...... Take a Photo Tour......
(when you are done...use
your BACK button to Return to THIS Web Quest)....
Let's go get more information....
click on...
The
Cape Cod Travel Guide
http://www.capecodtravelguide.com/index.htm
when your mouse pointer touches the map... you'll see the names
of the towns appear to the right of the screen....
pick your area of the cape... click on it!
Write 3 things (facts) that you think is interesting about your
town... any famous places? any funny nick-names? any big events happen
there? or ??????
Fact 1_____________________________________________________________________
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Fact 2_____________________________________________________________________
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Fact 3_____________________________________________________________________
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(when you are done...
use your BACK button to Return to THIS Web Quest)....
Good Job!
But, we need more Information.
Let's go to
Cape Cod
USA
http://www.capecodusa.com/
When you get there.... look at the top of the page...
see Town Info???? ... Pick it! Click it!!
TAHDAH!!!
A list of the Cape Cod towns!
Click on your town....
and...
you'll get the choices of Official Information, Town Profile,
Chamber of Commerce,
Town Phone Numbers, Beach Information, School Information and
Town History.
You are going to pick and click on ...
Town Profile
when you pick "Town Profile" you are going to travel
to another computer.... like magic you will leave Cape Cod USA ....and
end up in a Commonwealth of Massachusetts State computer!!!
look at the URL.... it starts
http://www.state.ma.us/
Isn't the Internet great!
Okay ... now that you are here...
PRINT this information!!! (just click the Print Button)
(warning... you will get lots of information... maybe 18 or 19
or 20 pages!)
Pick up your papers at the printer... MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR
INFORMATION! Look at the lower left hand corner ... make sure you
have the number of pages it says!!
( 1 of 19 ...2 of 19 ...3 of 19 ..4 of 19 ...etc.)
By the way.... if you look on your papers under the word "Demographics"
you will find
the population of your town....
Does the number match with the number of people you found
at Cape Cod On Line?
(when you are done...
use your BACK button to Return to THIS Web Quest)....
Just a little more Information...
Let's go to
All Cape Cod
http://www.allcapecod.com/
pick "Town Directories" at the top of the site ...Look
for your town...
pick anything listed under your town name....
Write one last fact that you think will impress you teacher about
your town ...
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(when you are done...
use your BACK button to Return to THIS Web Quest)....
Fantastic Job!!!
You are finished collecting information about your town.
You are now an expert fact finder.
Good Luck!!!
Hope your town is the special town that gets chosen by your teacher!
last updated, April 15, 1999... maa