Introduction
Created
Take a look around.
The world looks flat, but science tells us its round.
The world looks still, but science tells us its spinning rapidly in space.
The world looks stable, but science tells us that the continents are actually drifting apart further every day.
WHY?
Task
We are going to investigate the reason why things do not always appear as they are.
How did scientists reach a conclusion that the world was more dynamic than what we see?
Why don’t we see it?
The class will create a slideshow presentation on our findings to present to the school at the end of the unit.
Each team is responsible for (6) slides in the slideshow presentation, covering the Who-What-When-Where-Why-and How of their area of focus.
Process
Process – There are (3) number of groups in this assignment.
Team one will investigate the composition of the earth.
Team two will investigate the composition of the atmosphere.
Team three will investigate the impact of magnetism and gravity.
At the end of the assigned time, each team will have created 6 slides detailing their findings as to the who-what-when-where-why-and-how of their investigations.
The teams will elect a representative to the “synthesis” stage, where each will participate with other team representatives to create the entire class presentation, which will be presented at the next class presentation gathering.
Resources:
Earth composition by CC:
https://youtu.be/w-9gDALvMF4 (time 10min
Material properties, chemical composition by MooMooMath:
https://youtu.be/6RKoLleyDJ4 (Time 10min)
Gravity by CC:
Tides by CC:
Magnetism by CC:
Evaluation
The content of your slides must cover at least (2) different aspects of the who-what-when-where-and-how based upon the resource material presented to you. Your participation in the small Group WIKI as well as the content and quality of the slideshow presentation slides. Each student is expected to contribute and reply to each other member over the class period.
Rubric:
Conclusion
By completion of this webquest, we will have examined how scientists have built upon theories and preexisting notions, confirming or failing their hypotheses and the implications of their current thinking.
The opportunity here is to realize that science is a verb, a process of which we discover and reduce uncertainty about natural phenomena that is observable through a variety of means. Science is a method, not just a textbook.
How do you think that future scientists might benefit from advances in technology, machinery, tools and equipment?
Fill out a KWL report as your exit interview.
Credits
Ideas were from the Information processing pages of the FUS website.
Vectors from Vecteesy.com
Teacher Page
This webquest will take (1) block period to execute the learning phase, 1/2 block to execute the building of slideshows, and 1/2 block to complete the synthesis of the slideshow presentation. The KWL is expected to take 5 minutes.
This webquest is the first one I built, therefore the estimations of time and effort may be wildly off.