Introduction
Throughout this webquest, you will explore and learn more about what a habitat is and you will identify diferent types of habitats and their characteristics. You will recognize different animals and plants that live in these specific habitats. You will be able to make your own poster explaining and sharing information about the different habitats you have been exploring. After fnishing your poster presentation, you will be able to choose an animal or plant from one of the habitats that you want to write about. I can't wait for you to learn about all of these interesting places and habitats all over the world!
Task
In this webquest, you will research using articles, books, videos, and online websites to help you complete these assignments.
Part 1: Choosing and Researching Your Habitat
1. You will decide which habitat to study. You can choose from: a desert, a forest, the arctic, or the ocean.
2. You will need to do research to learn interesting facts about that habitat.
3. You will make a poster to show what that habitat looks like. Your poster should include the interesting facts you learned about that habitat.
Part 2: Researching a Plant and an Animal from your Habitat
1. You will pick one plant and one animal that lives in the habitat you researched.
2. You will research 3 interesting facts about how this plant lives and survives in their habitat. Include a picture of this plant on your poster.
3. You will research 3 interesting facts about how this animal lives and survives in their habitat. Include a picture of this animal on your poster.
Part 3: Writing About Your Habitat
1. For your final product, you will write a short summary using pictures and words to write about the plant or animal that you researched.
2. Your writing should include all of the interesting facts that you learned when doing your research.
Part 4: Sharing You Work
1. At the end of this webquest, you will have a chance to share your poster with the class and see everyone else's posters as well! We will hang everyone's posters around our classroom and have the chance to walk around our room looking at everyone's hard work!
Process
These are websites for you to use to research your chosen habitat.
1. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
- This website if by National Geographic Kids! This website offers information about habitats and animals. It includes pictures and interesting facts.
2. http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/about/habitat_types/habitats
- This website is by the World Wildlife Fund. This website offers information about habitats and animals. It includes pictures and interesting facts.
3. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/index.html
- This website is by National Geographic. This site contains links to lots of great resources for researching habitats, plants, and animals.
4. http://www.defenders.org/animal-habitat-factsheets
- This website is offered by Defender of Wildlife. It includes an extensive list of animals and habitats. The pages are arranged as fact-sheets.
5. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
- This website is by Kids Planet. It offers a huge list of animals to research and a list of habitats.
These are videos you can watch to research your chosen habitat.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2BKd5e15Jc
- This is a video about the ocean habitat.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWM0hYyHDvQ
- This is a video about the desert habitat.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAAtr-fGivk
- This is a video about the forest habitat.
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAH-80rHWKY
- This is a video about the arctic habitat.
These are online books and articles for you to use to research your chosen habitat.
1. https://www.getepic.com/app/
- This website allows you to search online books about habitats. There are books to read online and "read to me" books too!
2. https://www.readinga-z.com/
- This website has a lot of great online books and articles for you to explore.
These are the classroom books that you can use to research your chosen habitat.
- National Geographic Kids
- "Who Would Win?"
- Habitat and animal books from our non-fiction library bin
Evaluation
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4 Points Accomplished |
3 Points Proficient |
2 Points Developing |
1 Point Emerging |
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| Part 1- Habitat Poster Research | Poster displays habitat accurately. Includes 5 or more interesting facts about the habitiat. |
Poster displays habitat accurately. Includes 5 interesting facts about the habitiat. |
Poster displays habitat somewhat accurately. Includes less than 5 interesting facts about the habitiat. | Poster does not display habitat accurately. Includes no interesting facts about the habitiat. |
| Part 2- Plant and Animal Research | The animal and plant are included in the poster. An interesting fact is included with the plant or animal. Facts are accurate. | The animal and plant are included in the poster. An interesting fact is included with the plant or animal. Facts are accurate. | One of the animals or plants are not included in the poster. An interesting fact is not included with the plant or animal or the facts are not accurate. | No animals or plants are included in the poster. Not facts are listed. |
| Part 3- Short Story with Facts | Summary has a beginning, middle, and end. The writing includes at least one or more interesting fact about the plant or animal. | Summary has a beginning, middle, and end. The writing includes at least one interesting fact about the plant or animal. | Summary lacks a beginning, middle, or end. The writing does not include at least one interesting fact about the plant or animal. | Summary is not complete. |
| Presentation | Students are able to present what they learned to the class using research from assignment. | Students are able to present what they learned to the class using research from assignment. | Students are able to present what they learned to the class but do not use research from the assignment. | Students are unable to present any information about what they learned. |
Conclusion
Wow! You have become a great researcher! You have now finished your reaserch, created and presented your poster, and written a summary about what you have learned. I hope you learned a lot of new and interesting facts about your habitat.