Dinosaur Land

A Web Quest for 2nd Grade (Science)

Designed by

Mrs. Braden

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion
Introduction

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The Task

You will learn about your favorite dinosaur by doing a diorama and presenting an oral report to the class.

 

The Process

v1. Pick a dinosaur of your choice from the Dinosaur Alphabet Book.  Print out that page from the book.

·         http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dinoalphabet

v2.You will need to locate information from the Dinosaur Alphabet Book to answer the following questions:

·       A. Where did the dinosaur live?   On land, in the air, or water?

·       B. What did the dinosaur eat? Was it a plant eater or a meat eater?

·       C. How much did it weigh?

v3.Write all of your facts on the dinosaur shaped paper provided.

v4. Make a diorama of that dinosaur using clay.  You may use whatever nature items to fill in the shoebox that describes that dinosaur’s habitat.

v5.Be able to present your dinosaur diorama orally to the class using the questions that I assigned. 

 

Resources

Harcourt Brace Second Grade Science Book

Dinosaur Times by Peggy Parrish

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com

 

Evaluation

Students will be graded on their oral presentation using a rubric.

 

CATEGORY

4

3

2

1

Content

Shows a full understanding of the topic.

Shows a good understanding of the topic.

Shows a good understanding of parts of the topic.

Does not seem to understand the topic very well.

Uses Complete Sentences

Always (99-100% of time) speaks in complete sentences.

Mostly (80-98%) speaks in complete sentences.

Sometimes (70-80%) speaks in complete sentences.

Rarely speaks in complete sentences.

Volume

Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members throughout the presentation.

Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 90% of the time.

Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 80% of the time.

Volume often too soft to be heard by all audience members.

Listens to Other Presentations

Listens intently. Does not make distracting noises or movements.

Listens intently but has one distracting noise or movement.

Sometimes does not appear to be listening but is not distracting.

Sometimes does not appear to be listening and has distracting noises or movements.

Date Created: 2001-08-17

 

Copyright 2001, High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium

 

Conclusion

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