Mr. S's disastrous occurance

Introduction

Welcome to my webquest.

Today during class, a hugh train wreck occured at the Clarksville-Oakgrove city line. Several federal agents have come and asked for some help in identifying the material that spilled during the crash from some of the wrecked tankers on the train.

Task

Your job should you choose the mission will be to acquire the apparati needed to identify the materials leaking out of the tankers. And explain if the materials represent a hazard to the enviroment.

Process

You will need to divide into group of four. After doing so, all members will need to research what apparati would be best suited to find unknown chemicals. http://www.caslab.com/Laboratory-Instruments/

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-spectroscope.htm

One memember of the group will need to contact the railroad company to get manifest of all chemicals that were being transported. You will need to know what town the rails are on and what time the train was traveling through the town. Give the information to the fourth member. Then proceed to the wreckage. http://www.rjcorman.com/materialsales/index.html

The second member of the team will need to get the manifest and compare the chemicals to Material saftey sheets and research the toxicity levels to the enviroment. Give the information to the fourth member. The proceed to the site. http://www.msds.com/

The third member of the team will have to notify all the appropriate authorities of the emergency at hand. Relay any information that the emergency personel may have given to the procedure at hand. http://www.cityofclarksville.com/index.aspx?page=177

The fourth member of the team will need to gather all information to be successful at delivering the public address. http://time.com/89814/how-to-overcome-fear-of-public-speaking-and-give-a-great-presentation/

After the public address the four members will come back together to discuss the findings and how each piece was vital to overcoming the hardships of this emergency.

The presentation will cover two days of research and one 15min presentation...PPT, vine, prezi...originality will be judged.

Evaluation

Evaluation Rubric

	0 points	1 point	2 points	3 points	Score

Use of class time	Student needed 3 or more redirections daily.	Student needed no more than 2 redirections daily.	Student needed no more than 1 redirection daily.	Student needed no redirection and was on the job the whole time.

Demonstrates an understanding of systems	The project does not include all five parts of a system.	The project includes all five parts of a system for less than three systems.	The project includes all five parts of a system for at least three systems, but does not show how they interrelate.	The project includes all five parts of a system for at least three systems, and shows how they interrelate.

Creativity & attractiveness	Project has an overall unattractive appearance with more than four mess-ups. The project does not use a creative way to display the information, but just writes out words without a theme.	Project has an mostly attractive appearance with more than two mess-ups. The project also uses a creative way to display the information, not just writing out words, but with a theme.	Project has an overall attractive appearance with few mess-ups, no more than one or two. The project also uses a creative way to display the information, not just writing out words, but with a theme.	Project has an overall highly attractive appearance without any mess-ups. The project also uses a creative way to display the information, not just writing out words, but with a theme.

Accuracy	More than four pieces of information and analysis are incorrect or poorly-reasoned.	More than two pieces of information and analysis are incorrect or poorly-reasoned.	All but one or two pieces of information and analysis is correct and well-reasoned.	All information and analysis is correct and well-reasoned.

Total Score:

Conclusion

Now that the situation has been averted what can we do better if this occurrance should happen again. What went well and what did you think was totally screwed up. How would the management of all the information be considered overwhelming and could you feel that you knew the subject matter well enough to have peoples lives hanging on your words. What could you do better!!

Credits

APSU chemistry department

Dr. Sigears and her wonderful knowledge about the webquests

Jamie Mcgrath for showing me how to set up the webquest