Puerto Rico Web Quest

 

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 Introduction  Task  Process Resources  Evaluation  Conclusion

 

Introduction

Today we will be taking a journey to another part of the world.  It is a place that is surrounded by water, which we call an island.  The bodies of water that surround this island are the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.  It is in a tropical region where the temperature stays warm year round.  One of the official languages is Spanish and the capital city is San Juan.  Have you figured out where I'm talking about?  If you haven't guessed yet, here is the answer.........It's Puerto Rico!!  Some of the topics we will be learning about relating to Puerto Rico are geography, history, and some recreational resources to make our trip a little more exciting.  Get ready for a fun journey through Puerto Rico. 

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Task

Instead of just doing the typical research paper on Puerto Rico, as a class we will create an informational guide about Puerto Rico.  Each student will research a specific city on the island and provide general facts about that city such as location, population, and history.  The students will also find information on a recreational activity that can be done in that city.  Students may use pictures from magazines or the internet to glue and paste into their brochure.  The final result will be a mini brochure on a particular city in Puerto Rico. 

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Process

Day 1 - Each student will select a city on Puerto Rico and find out information on that particular city.

Each student will provide the following information regarding the city of their choosing:

  1. City Government

  2. Population

  3. How long city has been in existence

All students will need to include a flag of Puerto Rico in the brochure.

Day 2 - Students will prepare a map of Puerto Rico with the bodies of water surrounding the island and city of their choice labeled correctly.

Students will search the internet and magazines for images that can be used to include in their brochure.  This will be information that is relevant to their city or to Puerto Rico.

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Resources and Materials

The following are a list of web sites that may be used in the search for information on Puerto Rico:

www.wlboricua.com/Bklessonplans.html                                                                        Construction Paper

www.welcome.topuertorico.org                                                                                    Markers

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq                                                          Colored Pencils

www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/carribbean/puerto_rico                                         Glue

www.puertoricowow.com/index.asp                                                                              Magazines

www.worldatlas.com/web www.image/countrys/namerica/caribb/lgcolor/prcolor.htm

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Evaluation

 
 
 
Criteria
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Introduction
 All questions were answered completely and rationales for the answers were clearly stated. All questions were answered completely, but rationales for the all the answers were not clearly stated. Not all questions were answered completely, or greater than 2 rationales for the all answers were not clearly stated. All questions were not answered completely.
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Task
All areas of the task were addressed and handled with a high degree of sophistication. The plan followed by the student demonstrated a great deal of thought. At least one area of the task was not addressed. The plan followed by the student demonstrated a great deal of thought. At least two areas of the task were not addressed. The plan followed by the student demonstrated a moderate level of thought. The task is incomplete and/or it is apparent that little effort went into the development of the task.
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Process: Originality The ideas expressed by the body of work demonstrate a high degree of originality. The ideas expressed by the body of work are mostly original. The student may have improved upon a previous idea. The ideas expressed by the body of work demonstrate a low degree of originality. There were no original ideas expressed in this project.  
Grammar, Format , and Spelling The final body of work was free of grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. The final body of work had 1 error related to either grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. The final body of work had 3-5 grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. The final body of work had major grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.  
       
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Conclusion

What an exciting trip to Puerto Rico.  I hope you enjoyed learning about the geography of the various cities, the history, as well as, the recreational resources of Puerto Rico.  Traveling to new places and learning new things can be exhausting, but a lot of fun.  My wish is that this new information on the island will be stored and used later on in the future.  Even better, would be to actually visit Puerto Rico and see first hand what was studied.  Now that's what active learning is all about. 

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