Introduction: Welcome children to an exciting Webquest where you will have your first country researching experience. You will have the opportunity to research a country with partners that have been selected especially for you. You will be creating your own country travel brochure. You must be able to answer the following question.
Why would you want to visit this country? You should convince your reader to visit your country. You will give examples of why it is a fun to visit this country. This project will take many weeks to complete, so relax, have fun, learn a lot, and enjoy your first researching experience. It will be wonderful!
The Task: You will be typing your information using Microsoft Office 10 which will be copied into a brochure using Microsoft Publishing. You will be creating a bibliography, finding your country’s flag and so much more. We will have an amazing time with this project. It will be a blast!
Process: You will be working with your partners to prepare and present your brochure to the class. You will be choosing your own 3-5 topics to research, as well as choosing your own font, font color , font size and any graphics you may want to include. 1. You must create a brochure cover. Your names must appear on the cover as well as your country's flag. How you create this cover is entirely up to you and your partners. 2. Your report must include at least 3 topics. Topics can include climate, geography, topography, culture, religion, food and population. 3. Each paragraph must have an underlined title that is centered above each paragraph. 4. You and your partner (s)will create a color brochure which will include beautiful graphics of your choice. 5. Each group must also find a country flag that is copied and pasted to your brochure. 6. A bibliography of all sources used must be included in your brochure. Each country must use a minimum of 3 sources.
Resources: In order to create your travel brochure you will learn how to find information from books, KidsInfobits, online encyclopedias, reference books and the internet. Some internet websites are listed below. I'm sure that you will have fun finding many more.
Evaluation: Your report will be evaluated using a scoring rubric.
CATEGORY
4 - Above Standards
3 - Meets Standards
2 - Approaching Standards
1 - Below Standards
Score
All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.
Most sentences are well-constructed and there is some varied sentence structure in the essay.
Most sentences are well constructed, but there is no variation is structure.
Most sentences are not well-constructed or varied.
Author makes no errors in capitalization or punctuation, so the essay is exceptionally easy to read.
Author makes 1-2 errors in capitalization or punctuation, but the essay is still easy to read.
Author makes a few errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader\\\'s attention and interrupt the flow.
Author makes several errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader\\\'s attention and interrupt the flow.
All sources used for quotes, statistics and facts are credible and cited correctly.
All sources used for quotes, statistics and facts are credible and most are cited correctly.
Most sources used for quotes, statistics and facts are credible and cited correctly.
Many sources are suspect (not credible) AND/OR are not cited correctly.
All supportive facts and statistics are reported accurately.
Almost all supportive facts and statistics are reported accurately.
Most supportive facts and statistics are reported accurately.
Most supportive facts and statistics were inaccurately reported.
Conclusion: To celebrate this project's completion we will have a World Expo. On this special day and we will invite your parents in to view your magnificent work. We will also have each country group bring in one food for everyone to taste. What fun we will have!
WebQuest for 3rd Grade
Introduction:
Welcome children to an exciting Webquest where you will have your first country researching experience. You will have the opportunity to research a country with partners that have been selected especially for you. You will be creating your own country travel brochure.
You must be able to answer the following question.
Why would you want to visit this country?
You should convince your reader to visit your country. You will give examples of why it is a fun to visit this country.
This project will take many weeks to complete, so relax, have fun, learn a lot, and enjoy your first researching experience. It will be wonderful!
The Task:
You will be typing your information using Microsoft Office 10 which will be copied into a brochure using Microsoft Publishing. You will be creating a bibliography, finding your country’s flag and so much more. We will have an amazing time with this project. It will be a blast!
Process:
You will be working with your partners to prepare and present your brochure to the class. You will be choosing your own 3-5 topics to research, as well as choosing your own font, font color , font size and any graphics you may want to include.
1. You must create a brochure cover. Your names must appear on the cover as well as your country's flag. How you create this cover is entirely up to you and your partners.
2. Your report must include at least 3 topics. Topics can include climate, geography, topography, culture, religion, food and population.
3. Each paragraph must have an underlined title that is centered above each paragraph.
4. You and your partner (s)will create a color brochure which will include beautiful graphics of your choice.
5. Each group must also find a country flag that is copied and pasted to your brochure.
6. A bibliography of all sources used must be included in your brochure. Each country must use a minimum of 3 sources.
Resources:
In order to create your travel brochure you will learn how to find information from books, KidsInfobits, online encyclopedias, reference books and the internet. Some internet websites are listed below. I'm sure that you will have fun finding many more.
CIA FACTBOOK
FACTMONSTER
National Geographic
Flags of the World
Evaluation:
Your report will be evaluated using a scoring rubric.
Conclusion:
To celebrate this project's completion we will have a World Expo. On this special day and we will invite your parents in to view your magnificent work. We will also have each country group bring in one food for everyone to taste. What fun we will have!