Life on the Equator

Introduction

Welcome reserachers! You have been assigned by your travel agency to look up inoformation for the countires located on the equator of the earth. In order to do this, you will have to document your data by using your writing journal. This assignment will take you five days to complete. You will have to find infomration about great tour guides, hotels, food that the citizens of the country eat or cook with, they type of money that you will need on your trip, and the beautiful scenery of each country. When you are finisheed gathering your information you will need to create a brohuer with your fellow teammates. Ecah teammate is responsible for creating, organizing, and finding their information. Good luck with your findings!

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 6th

Author: Chetina McRavin

Task

You will need to make sure that you use your writing journal when collecting the information that you need to put into your brochuer. You will also need to take pictures of many different places to put in your brochuer. Remember that you will have fivev days to complete this assignment. You will need to do your research by using the encyclopedia, books, and the internet. Make sure that you read up on the weather around the equator, how to dress and what to look for! Along with making a brochuer, the students will have to write a paper about their country.

Process

Here are some virtual tours about the different countries. Look at the tour that is specifically for the country that you have been assigned to do! Enjoy your tour! Do not for get to put your inofmation in your writing journal. Make sure that you check in with the travel agency. Each day the students will have to take the time to find all of the information that they need for their brochuer. Here are the links that you can use to look at the tours of your country.

Ecuador:

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GblxUhma1As]

Indonesia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJyz8v3q25M

Kenya:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLG8VI0TqfQ

Brazil:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfUZ1LaGuo0

Singapore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nutcHHnqo

Evaluation

	Not Seen 0	Beginning 1	Excellent 2	Accomplished 3
The students covered all the standards in their brochure and paper.
There were no grammatical errors.
The students projected their voice when presenting their brochure.
Students utilized their resources when doing their research.
Students worked together with no complaints from other teammates.

Score:___________

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Conclusion

I hope that you enjoyed learning something new about the countries along the equator! Here are some other helpful websites that you might be able to use: