Web Quest

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Mountain Lion, or even an Eagle? Well here’s your chance. In this assignment you will be choosing groups to discover what your animal eats, looks like, and who they play with.

As you get in to your groups, you will surf your way through the provided websites and gather information about your animal.

Each person will be responsible for contributing information for the presentation.

Write a group story about your animal and include such things as: eating habits, type of skin/coat, who they are friendly with, type of animal they are, ect.

1. The class will be divided into five groups, one group per animal. Each group will choose any animal that lives in the Mountains.

2. Within the group, each person will choose a required part of information, for their paper, by using the given websites in the resource section.

3. The group will be given daily class time to access the information on the computer and gather daily to discuss what information the group has found for one week.

4. Everyday for two weeks each person in the group will have journal time to write about their chosen animal.

5. The following week the group will meet daily to discuss and work on their creative presentation. Make sure to include the required information about your animal in your presentation.

6. The next week the groups will present to the entire class their creative poster about their chosen animal

7. After all presentations you will need to hand in all your findings, journals, and group papers.

Each individual of the group will be evaluated by their journal, participation, and presentation. The teacher will use a rubric to evaluate each student.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
I wrote in my daily journal about my ocean animal.	Wrote in journal once.	Wrote in journal for at least two days.	Wrote in journal for at least five days.	Wrote in journal everyday for two weeks.
I used the website to find out information about my animal.	I used one of the resources to find information.	I used more than one resource to find information.	I used more than three resources to find information.	I used all of the resources to find information
I worked cooperatively with my group and discussed information about our animal.	I didn’t participate with my group.	I gathered information and talked a little with my group.	I gathered and discussed information with my group and made some decisions.	I gathered, discussed information and made decisions with my group everyday
I participated in presenting required information about our animal.	I had only a small part in our presentation.	I presented some of the information for our presentation.	I presented most of the required information for our presentation.	I presented all of the required information for our presentation

As you worked in your group you learned how to share and sort important information with your fellow group members. You also learned how to organize information, and thoughts of your group members for your presentation. Now that you have obtained information through your presentation and from the other groups, you will be able to recognize some characteristics about Mountain Animals.