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- Contributed By: kerry hickey
Introduction:
What is the place called that a lot of people go to in the summer, that's on the coast line, that has a lot of sand you can build castles with, can lay out and soak up the rays, can play volleyball, or go swimming in the big ocean when it gets hot? THE BEACH! That favorite spot to go to in the summer needs YOUR help this year, otherwise there might not be too much of it left to go to anymore. With all of the new types of pollution and litter in the world, the beaches are suffering. Water is now becoming contaminated with oils and trash, the beaches are filled with everyone's waste, there is more beach erosion and less beach space, and many other reasons why within the ocean itself. The beach and the ocean cannot do all of this work alone, so this year, they are looking for a helping hand!
Group Size: Small groups
Learning Objectives:
Using the Internet, you will be exploring and identifying why the oceans and beaches are in trouble. There will be two end products. One of the final tasks is to design a poster in order to increase awareness for the beaches. This poster must include things such as what beach needs help and why, at least two things someone can personally do to help, an image of that beach. All of the words should be spelled correctly, the font should be at least size 18, and you must also use at least two different fonts, sizes, and colors. Your group will then need to come up with a persuasive message to the town in a proposal. You should be telling the town what beach needs help and why, a plan of action including at least three different ideas/events of what you could do to help as well as asking for their support, how many people will need to help to make it successful, along with asking for any funding you estimate that you will need. During both of these tasks, the group will split up the work equally to combine each section to make one final project.
Materials:
The students will need access to a few things in order to complete this web quest to the best of their ability. To begin with, each group will need its own computer (or multiple if available), Internet, and the address for the web quest. A folder for each student on the computers would be a good idea so they can save any work they need to go back to on there. Once they are in the web quest assignment, they will need the links provided in order to look up information to not only use in their project but to stimulate higher order thinking. The links provided are: Hyperlinks: Dangerous Debris Ocean Planet - Threats 10 Things You Can Do to Save Our Oceans Bad Sports & Tourist Traps Hawaii - Preserve Our Beaches America's Most Polluted Beaches (Forbes)
or you can go to the sites using their URLs: seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_marine_debris.html
seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_threats.html
dusk.geo.orst.edu/oceans/yoto.html
seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_tourism.html
www.kauaiexplorer.com/guides/beach/beach_preservation.php
www.forbes.com/2007/06/06/health-beach-polluted-forbeslife-cx_avd_0607health.html
In addition to the websites, the students will also need different materials. For the poster, they will need a printer to print out images or words, markers, a posterboard, and glue or tape to put it all together. For the proposal, they will also need a printer to print out the letter and pens to sign it at the end. This lesson can be done with one teacher in the room, but if there is more it might be more beneficial, depending how many groups are in the room. The more teachers, the more support a group can receive, but it is not impossible for one teacher to handle the whole project. This is an in-class assignment, so none of it should be brought home unless a student wants to continue to work on it at night on their own time. Since it is a group project, the group will have to make final decisions about the final product about both the proposal and the poster. Each student will have equal amounts of work to do and the project will be a result of it coming together as a whole.
Procedures:
Assessment:
Attached are the rubrics for both the poster and the proposal. Your work will be evaluated based on a "2,1,0" point scale. If the information is there and completed to the optimal level, then your group will receive the most amount of points for it. If part of a piece is missing or not fully completed, partial credit will be given. If the information is missing or is not relevant to the information, no points will be assigned. There is also a section of "yes or no"- which is simply how it sounds. If the information is there, there will be credit awarded, 2 points. If not, there will be no points assigned. This is a group grade so make sure everyone is okay with the final product before turning it in. Help each other out as much as you can, help each other's weaknesses by pulling out their strengths. If there is a serious problem with equal parts within the group that is to be turned in to me at that exact time and I will handle it based on the situation. See me if you need any help. Good luck!
Benchmark or Standards:
PA.ENV.4.3.4.B Identify how human actions affect environmental health. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.1 >--- Identify pollutants. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.2 >--- Identify sources of pollution. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.3 >--- Identify litter and its effect on the environment. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.4 >--- Describe how people can reduce pollution.
Attached Files:
What is the place called that a lot of people go to in the summer, that's on the coast line, that has a lot of sand you can build castles with, can lay out and soak up the rays, can play volleyball, or go swimming in the big ocean when it gets hot? THE BEACH! That favorite spot to go to in the summer needs YOUR help this year, otherwise there might not be too much of it left to go to anymore. With all of the new types of pollution and litter in the world, the beaches are suffering. Water is now becoming contaminated with oils and trash, the beaches are filled with everyone's waste, there is more beach erosion and less beach space, and many other reasons why within the ocean itself. The beach and the ocean cannot do all of this work alone, so this year, they are looking for a helping hand!
Group Size: Small groups
Learning Objectives:
Using the Internet, you will be exploring and identifying why the oceans and beaches are in trouble. There will be two end products. One of the final tasks is to design a poster in order to increase awareness for the beaches. This poster must include things such as what beach needs help and why, at least two things someone can personally do to help, an image of that beach. All of the words should be spelled correctly, the font should be at least size 18, and you must also use at least two different fonts, sizes, and colors. Your group will then need to come up with a persuasive message to the town in a proposal. You should be telling the town what beach needs help and why, a plan of action including at least three different ideas/events of what you could do to help as well as asking for their support, how many people will need to help to make it successful, along with asking for any funding you estimate that you will need. During both of these tasks, the group will split up the work equally to combine each section to make one final project.
Materials:
The students will need access to a few things in order to complete this web quest to the best of their ability. To begin with, each group will need its own computer (or multiple if available), Internet, and the address for the web quest. A folder for each student on the computers would be a good idea so they can save any work they need to go back to on there. Once they are in the web quest assignment, they will need the links provided in order to look up information to not only use in their project but to stimulate higher order thinking. The links provided are: Hyperlinks: Dangerous Debris Ocean Planet - Threats 10 Things You Can Do to Save Our Oceans Bad Sports & Tourist Traps Hawaii - Preserve Our Beaches America's Most Polluted Beaches (Forbes)
or you can go to the sites using their URLs: seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_marine_debris.html
seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_threats.html
dusk.geo.orst.edu/oceans/yoto.html
seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_tourism.html
www.kauaiexplorer.com/guides/beach/beach_preservation.php
www.forbes.com/2007/06/06/health-beach-polluted-forbeslife-cx_avd_0607health.html
In addition to the websites, the students will also need different materials. For the poster, they will need a printer to print out images or words, markers, a posterboard, and glue or tape to put it all together. For the proposal, they will also need a printer to print out the letter and pens to sign it at the end. This lesson can be done with one teacher in the room, but if there is more it might be more beneficial, depending how many groups are in the room. The more teachers, the more support a group can receive, but it is not impossible for one teacher to handle the whole project. This is an in-class assignment, so none of it should be brought home unless a student wants to continue to work on it at night on their own time. Since it is a group project, the group will have to make final decisions about the final product about both the proposal and the poster. Each student will have equal amounts of work to do and the project will be a result of it coming together as a whole.
Procedures:
- Chose a group of four people that you will work well with. Everyone is responsible for helping each other throughout the project.
- When your group is content with the final products hand in the two parts of the project on the date assigned. If you finish early and would like to hand it in then, that is fine as well.
Assessment:
Attached are the rubrics for both the poster and the proposal. Your work will be evaluated based on a "2,1,0" point scale. If the information is there and completed to the optimal level, then your group will receive the most amount of points for it. If part of a piece is missing or not fully completed, partial credit will be given. If the information is missing or is not relevant to the information, no points will be assigned. There is also a section of "yes or no"- which is simply how it sounds. If the information is there, there will be credit awarded, 2 points. If not, there will be no points assigned. This is a group grade so make sure everyone is okay with the final product before turning it in. Help each other out as much as you can, help each other's weaknesses by pulling out their strengths. If there is a serious problem with equal parts within the group that is to be turned in to me at that exact time and I will handle it based on the situation. See me if you need any help. Good luck!
Benchmark or Standards:
PA.ENV.4.3.4.B Identify how human actions affect environmental health. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.1 >--- Identify pollutants. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.2 >--- Identify sources of pollution. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.3 >--- Identify litter and its effect on the environment. PA.ENV.4.3.4.B.4 >--- Describe how people can reduce pollution.
Attached Files:
| rubricforwebquest.pptx |
