WATER: Short Term Web Quest
 
 

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INTRODUCTION

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We all need water!
          Our bodies are between 50 and 70 percent water!
Water is very important! Water is a "finite" resource!
We must take care of it so we will always have water to drink and use!
 Each Team will look up information about one topic about water.
All Teams will Share
     their information by creating an Information Poster
to be presented to the class and displayed in the Library Display Case.
 
 

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TOPICS

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             We will need information about these topics
        so we will understand how important WATER is to our world!
                          Your teacher will assign one topic
                                              OR
            direct you and your team to select one  information topic
                           that you will use for this project!

1. Water Cycle
2. How water comes into our homes AND How water leaves our homes
3. Water Purification
4. Water Conservation
5. Water Evaporation
6.  Water Condensation
7. Ice and Icebergs
8. Water Runoff AND Erosion
9. "Hard" Water (water with lots of minerals) AND "Soft" water
 
 

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THE TASK

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                               (HINT...Make sure you do the Tasks in 1,2,3 order!)
TASK 1: Learn about Dictionaries (week one): See Your Librarian to be taught or reminded HOW
TO USE these great INFORMATION Resources...
TASK 2: Learn about Encyclopedias (week one): See Your Librarian to be taught or reminded
HOW TO USE these great INFORMATION Resources...
TASK 3: Learn about the Two Internet Sites (week one): See Your Librarian or Teacher if you do
not know about the World Wide Web or Internet!
TASK 4: Gather Information from the Three different resources!
(week two/three): Remember to
WRITE DOWN where you got your INFORMATION!
TASK 5: CREATE! (week three/four): Need Poster or Chart Paper, Crayons and Markers, rulers,
INFORMATION!, and TEAM work time!
TASK 6: Presentation and Posting Day...Get ready to share 3 Things that you put on your poster
that you and your TEAM thought were really cool! ... Into the Display case the projects go!!!!
Extra credit Task
                              To Double your team score...
        Create a 3-D Project or Diorama or an Experiment
having to do with Your Team's Water Topic.....

Warning... Experiment can not be one that has already been done in class!!!

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THE PROCESS

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      The steps to completing this project are as follows:

1. You will be assigned to teams of two or three.
Work together! You will be evaluated as a team!
2. Check with your teacher, do you select your own topic or are you assigned the topic?
3. Do the 6 Tasks in order.... 1 to 6!
 Do the extra credit project AFTER you do your information poster.
4. Make sure you include a resource list on your poster so we know where you gathered
your information!  Author or Editor name (Last name first!), then the Name of book or web site,
then the web site address (http://) or copyright date.

5. You have FOUR (4) Weeks to finish this project.
FOUR (4) weeks ONLY!!!!
Hint... Week One (1): Learn about How to Use the Information Resources (use your librarian)
Week Two (2): Gather All Your Information
Week Three (3):Finish gathering information AND Start your Project(s)
Week Four (4): Create your Project(s)!
 
 

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LEARNING ADVICE

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1. PRINT this web quest!  Sometimes, it is easier for a team
to follow directions and work, if they have a paper copy
AND the copy on the computer screen....

2.. READ !!! and READ some more!!!
Please Do NOT expect the information to JUMP off the
computer screen or the book pages into your brain
and then on to your paper!!!!;-)

3.  Take notes or make flow charts or maps or draw
reminders to yourself...USE ONE SHEET OF PAPER FOR EACH AND EVERY "BOOK" or
"SITE"  or "Interview" that you use!!!!

You MUST INCLUDE A RESOURCE LIST ON YOUR PROJECT!!!!!...
Where did you get your information?... Write it on the top or bottom of every note paper!

4. Remember...
The Internet is only ONE source of Information!
Books are information too.

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CONCLUSION 

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                            WOW!  Wonderful Outstanding Work!!!

                   You are experts on WATER!
We bet you will never look at a glass of water the same way again!

            Your projects will be on display in the Library Media Center for all to see! Congratulations!

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EVALUATION

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EARN DROPS IN THE BUCKET for Your Project...

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INFORMATION RESOURCES 

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http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/watercycle/bob.weml

Experiment With Bob Water Cycle

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