This is my first webquest and was written as a school assignment for learning about animal's teeth for the California first grade standard. As first graders struggle with the internet and reading this webquest was built for teacher assistance since the students would not be reading the instructions on their own.
Introduction
Welcome to Mrs. Stuart's Webquest: Can you guess what these animal's eat?
Grade Level: 1
Subject: Science
Standard: California Life Science
2.Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a basis for understanding this concept:
d.Students know how to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their teeth (e.g., sharp teeth: eats meat; flat teeth: eats plants).
Mrs. Stuart is thinking about getting a new pet and doesn't know which one to get. She wants a pet that eats plants. She is thinking about getting either a Horse, Lion, or Zebra.
Your goal is to learn about different animal's teeth to determine which pet Mrs. Stuart should get.
Task
Students will get into groups of 3 and assign themselves a job for each animal.
1 student will be the Group Leader (Navigates Websites and Videos and Writes Key Words)
1 student will be the Artist (Draws Teeth and Animals)
1 student will be the Fact Finder (Writes down facts found in resources)
After learning about each animal the students will change jobs so that they have been in all three positions at least once.
Each group will complete a Animal Teeth Prediction Sheet, Animal Teeth Diary Sheet, and Journal Prompt to answer the question, Which Pet should Mrs. Stuart get?
Process
Task 1: Students will get into groups and know what their jobs are.
Task 2: Students will complete Animal Teeth Predictions on the Prediction Sheet. After they will turn it into the teacher.
Task 3: Students will view various resources on animal teeth and complete the Animal Teeth Diary Sheet.
Group Leader: Look out for these words: carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRszHiLVmUw
Website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_3830000/newsid_3830500/3830561.stm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/carnivore.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/omnivore.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/herbivore.htm
Task 4: After viewing the resources students will play a game to test their knowledge. Students can choose between two games:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animaldietgame.htm
http://switchzoo.com/games/pleasedofeedtheanimals.htm
Task 5: Students will work on their Animal Teeth Diary by completing the sheet about Horses, Lions, and Zebras.
Task 6:Once they have completed their Animal Teeth Diary they will complete the writing Prompt Individually by drawing a picture of the animal that Mrs. Stuart should get and respond to the writing prompt, "What pet should Mrs. Stuart pick?"
Evaluation
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Part 1 Prediction Sheet | All areas are complete and neat with correct punctuation and spelling. | All areas are complete. Some incorrect punctuation or spelling. | Missing or incomplete information. Many incorrect punctuation or spelling. | Incomplete worksheet with more than three boxes. Several punctuation and spelling mistakes. |
| Part 2 Animal Teeth Diary | All areas are complete with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Gives rationale for what animals eat. | All areas are complete. Mostly correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Gives rationale for what animals eat. | Missing or incomplete information. Many grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. Minimal rationale for what animals eat. | Incomplete worksheet with more than three boxes. Several grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. No rationale for what animals eat. |
| Part 3 Journal Prompt | All areas are complete with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Includes rational and picture of animal. | All areas are complete with mostly correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Gives rationale and picture of an animal. | Missing or incomplete information. Many grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. Missing rationale or picture. | Incomplete worksheet. Several grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. No rationale or picture. |
| Participation | Used time wisely. Works well with others. Stayed on task throughout the entire project. | Works well with others. Stayed on task most of the time throughout the project. | Off task and not working well with others throughout the project. | Refused to participate with others. Did not stay on task throughout the entire project. |
| Total | /12 |
Conclusion
After the students are done with their journals they will participate in Writer's Chair and share their choice of pet to the class.
Once everyone is done sharing as a class we will talk abou the prediction worksheet and share if anyone would change their answers based on what they learned.
Credits
Credit for images to google images and resources from various google searches.
This is a midterm assignment for Mrs. Stuart (Snyder) at NU MAT675.