Introduction
Description: In this web quest students will explore websites to learn facts about different kinds of dinosaurs, they will choose one and create an oral presentation on the dinosaur of their choice and present it at the end of the week.
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Curriculum: Science
Keywords: Dinosaurs, Carnivores, Omnivores
Author: Alaska Martinez
Task
After watching this video: https://www.pbs.org/video/dinosaur-basics-y4nkqk/
Students will understand basic information about dinosaurs, and the discovery of how they disappeared and became extinct. Your assignment is to choose one dinosaur to present an oral presentation on. You will include the name of the dinosaur, if it was a herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore. You will also include any information you learned in the video and article that you find most interesting.
Process
1. The student will follow the link
https://www.pbs.org/video/dinosaur-basics-y4nkqk/
and take notes on the video to look back on when working on their oral presentation.
2. The students will then click on this link
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric
which will lead them to a page that has a large selection of dinosaurs. The student will pick a dinosaur to learn about, which they will present their oral presentation on at the end of the week.
3. The student will then end the WebQuests with a fun interactive game to reiterate important information learned throughout the WebQuest that they can use during their presentation.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/personality-quizzes/article/what-dinosaur
4. Lastly, students can play this engaging game involving dinosaur related vocabulary.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/action-adventure/article/letter-predator
Evaluation
Rubric for oral presentation
| Category: | EXCELLENT (4) | MEETING (3) | BEGINNING TO MEET (2) | NOT YET MEETING (1) |
| Eye Contact | Establishes eye contact continuously throughout the presentation, and doesn't look at paper. | Makes eye contact for more than half the presentation with the audience. And occasionally glances at paper. | Sometimes makes eye contact OR looks toward audience but doesn't make eye contact. | Not making eye contact, nervous and covering face. |
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Voice |
Speaks clearly, is loud and confident. Enunciates clearly. |
Voice is easy to hear, for most of the presentation. |
Sometimes loud and clear, but at times hard to hear. Mispronounces a few words. |
Mumbles often, low tone, and doesn't enunciate words. |
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Body Language |
Stands up straight, and no fidgeting. |
Stands straight, faces audience and very little fidgeting. |
Faces audience for the majority of the presentation, sometimes turns side to side. |
Slouching, leaning on desk or wall and doesn't face the audience. Fidgets for majority of the presentation. |
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Preparedness
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Student is totally prepared and doesn't need to look at paper. |
Student seems prepared, little reference to paper. |
The student is somewhat prepared, and tends to read mostly from paper. |
Student does not seem to know the material, and reads from the paper during the entire presentation. |
Credits
Image found on the NY Times website: