WebQuest
Is it a Solid, Liquid, or a Gas?
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Each group is going to have 3 people in them. The roles for each group are going to be as followed:
1.Detective
2.Writer
3.Reporter
The students in each group are allowed to pick which role they want to be. The detective will be the head person doing most of the research. The writer will be writing down the clues that the detective finds and adding it to the concept map. The reporter will then present to the class what the group has discovered.
The first thing that the group is going to do is all of you are going to go to the informational websites provided for you and learn about the different states and characteristics of matter. Remember a good detective/writer/reporter knows the facts and records them.The following websites should be explored and investigated:
To summarize what you have just learned about click the link below to watch a short video to help you better understand what your concept map will be about.
Team members: Now that you have become familiar with your lesson for the day, it time for the detective to do some activities online that will help you gain more knowledge of items that can go on your concept map. While the detective is doing this activities, the writer must be taking notes of what they are observing, and then the reporter transferring to the concept map. Do the activity on each website provided below:
Explain
Now that you are finished with your exploring and gathering of evidence, it is time for you to share what you have learned with eachother as well as the class. Your group will put a concept map together with the main idea being "matter" It is your job to create a detailed concept map that will include solids, liquids, and gases. You should state in a short statement each of their characteristics as well as different items that you can come up with that are each one of them. Your concept map should be creative and have at least 4 different liquids, solids, and gases on it as well and 2 charactistics of each.
Elaborate
After learning what matter is and detailed explanations of what solids, liquids, and gases are, you are ready to be quizzed on what you have learned. Do the activity from the website below and take the short quiz to see how you do!
Evaluate
Once you are done with all of the online activities and your concept map. Do this last short online activity that will show if you understand the difference between solids, liquids, and gases:
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