Marine Animals WebQuest

 

Introduction Hey fourth grade! Today we are going to transform into Marine Biologists! Marine Biologists are people who study the animals in the ocean. The ocean is full of amazing creatures that are able to swim in the darkest and deepest waters. It also has animals who are very intelligent and those who are fierce and vicious. Through this WebQuest we will be choosing a marine animal to study and figuring out what makes it special. When you choose your animal it is your job to become the expert on that animal! So lets get started on our aquatic adventure! The Task You can decide to study one of these four animals: The Great White Shark The Blue Whale The Bottlenose Dolphin The Sea Turtle The Giant Octopus As a Marine Biologist you will need to answer these about questions your animals: What is their scientific name? What do they eat? How do they reproduce? How do they breathe? Where do they live? What makes them interesting? What is a danger to them(other animals as well as humans)? How can we help their environment? Each of you will create a final presentation on a Podcast with the other Marine Biologist who studied that animal. The Podcast will be posted on this website for everyone to enjoy! The Process First you will decide which animal you want to be an expert on. Once you have chosen a marine animal you will need to get your research journal to collect information in. Title the first page the animal you are studying and draw a colored picture of it. Then, in your journal create a page for each of your research questions. Finally you will explore these websites to find out information on your animal: The Great White Sharks: Video of Great White Sharks: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Great_white_shark#p0036vd6 National Geographic: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/great-white-shark/ Marine Bio: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=38 Live Science: http://www.livescience.com/27338-great-white-sharks.html Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Greatwhite.shtml The Blue Whale: Video of Blue Whales: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Blue_Whale#p004t035 National Geographic: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale/ The Marine Mammal Center: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/education/marine-mammal-information/cetaceans/blue-whale.html American Cetacean Society: http://acsonline.org/fact-sheets/blue-whale-2/ Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Bluewhale.shtml The Bottlenose Dolphin: Video of Bottlenose Dolphins: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Common_Bottlenose_Dolphin#p00dhkpf National Geographic: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bottlenose-dolphin/ Defenders of Wildlife: http://www.defenders.org/dolphin/basic-facts American Cetacean Society: http://acsonline.org/fact-sheets/bottlenose-dolphin/ Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Bottledolphin.shtml The Sea Turtle: Video of Sea Turtles: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lessons/which-came-first-the-turtle-or-the-egg/enhanced-video-resource/7398/ National Geographic: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green-turtle/ Sea Turtle World: http://www.seaturtle-world.com/ Defenders of Wildlife: http://www.defenders.org/sea-turtles/basic-facts Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/turtle/Seaturtlecoloring.shtml The Giant Octopus: Video of an Octopus: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/octopus_giant_kills_shark National Geographic: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/common-octopus/ Smithsonian: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-curious-facts-about-octopuses-7625828/?no-ist A-Z Animals: http://a-z-animals.com/animals/octopus/ Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/octopus/Octopuscoloring.shtml After you have collected all of the information on your marine animal you will write out a short essay detailing what you have found. It will be written as an informational text, as if you are writing in a science journal because you are an expert on this animal! You will include all of the answers to the questions above and write to entice the readers. After you have written your article you will use www.google.com to do an image search of the animal you are studying. Lastly, you will be using a recording device to create a podcast. The podcast will be a reading of you informational essay and using moviemaker will we combine the pictures you have found and add them to the recording of your voice. Resulting in an awesome set of podcasts on marine animals! Evaluation Alright Marine Biologists we will be evaluated individually on the the depth of information and the validity of the facts you state in the two final projects. Those being the informational article and the podcast. Here is how it will be grade: Conclusion Look at how much we have learned! You are all expert Marine Biologists on the animal you studied! By learning about marine animals we now have a responsibility to help keep their home clean, the ocean! The ocean gets covered in lots of trash everyday because people throw away things that can be recycled. So everyday we need to be aware of our actions and we working to recycle, keep the ocean clean, and protect marine life! Credits & References Thank you students for you hard hard work! Thank you Mark Bailey for this WebQuest Template! Photos: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/predators-paradise/ http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Great-white-shark-1000-miles-off-Irish-coast-could-arrive-within-days.html http://wildlifeanimalz.blogspot.com/2013/08/Blue-Whale-Facts.html http://capecharleswave.com/2013/08/letter-save-the-bottlenose-dolphins/ http://friendsoflajollashores.com/marinelife/greenseaturtle/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyne-politanoff/mark-laita-sea-serpentine_b_1341818.html http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/take-action/10-things-you-can-do-to-save-the-ocean/ Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ktkgeib6l8 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