Hogwarts Wizards Visit Sable Island

Introduction

Good morning young wizards! Hagrid here. You are receiving this message because there is one howler of a winter storm going on right now. Care of magical creatures is cancelled today because all of my hippogriffs have flown off to get away from the storm. But all of you can stay nice and warm in front of your common room fireplaces. I have a quest that each of you can do sitting in your favourite chair via the magic of the internet! Three of our most famous magical creatures -  the unicorn, the phoenix, and the selkie - all have distant cousins from one island off the coast of Canada. Called Sable Island, it is a small and desolate place. In this quest you will gather information about the island and the 3 most famous animals that populate it. You will then create a scroll detailing your new knowledge. 

 

Task

Here is your task:

 

You may draw or print your answers to the following questions on the scrolls provided.

 Please answer the following questions about the island:

1.Tell me 2 ways that can you get to Sable Island (the muggle way)?

2.What are 3 interesting features of the island?

3.Why do people think it needs protection?

4.What is marine pollution (give one example)?

5.Describe each animal (wild horse, ipswich sparrow, grey seal) using the following 5 questions: 

a)What colour is it?

b)What does it eat? 

c)How does it move? 

d)Why is it on, or does it come to, Sable Island? 

e)Does it live there year round? 

6.Which is your favourite animal and why?

 

Process

Evaluation

Rubric for Evaluation

It needs more work young wizard

You have done a fair job young wizard, but I expect more

Good work young wizard, you have done what was asked

Great work young wizard, you have done more than what was asked

Not all the questions are answered

Not all the questions are answered

All questions are answered

All questions are answered

Answers to questions are incomplete

What is answered is lacking detail (for example list 3 features of the island and 2 features are listed)

Answers are complete (for example, list 3 features of the island and 3 features are listed)

Answers include more detail than asked for

I am unable to understand what you have drawn or written

I can understand what you have written or drawn

Everyone can understand what you have written or drawn

Everyone can understand easily what you have written or drawn

You have not taken care of your scroll - it is dirty or ripped

You have taken care of your scroll - it is not dirty or ripped

You have taken care of your scroll - it is not dirty or ripped

You have taken care of your scroll - it is not dirty or ripped

 

Conclusion

Congratulations young wizards! Each of you now have a scroll with quested knowledge about a magical place called Sable Island, Nova Scotia. You know where it is, how to get there, and what is special about the island and 3 of its famous inhabitants.