A
WebQuest About Lake Champlain
Introduction || Standards || Tasks || Process || Resources || Learning Advice || Assessment || Conclusion
Introduction
Lake Champlain is in
trouble! Your help is desperately needed to save the lake
from becoming a large body of polluted water! In this
project, you will be exploring various aspects of the
lake from several perspectives. You will learn about the
lake's past, its present and you will be discussing its
future. Just what would you like to see happen with Lake
Champlain? Its future is in your hands!
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Standards
(As they relate to Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning
Opportunities)
 1.15 - Students
use verbal and nonverbal skills to express themselves
effectively.
1.19e - Synthesize
and organize information.
1.19f - Present
information in appropriate formats.
6.4d - Identify
and sequence patterns of change and compare historical
data from Vermont.
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Tasks
You and your team members are on a
committee that will be discussing the future of Lake
Champlain. You each are representing different groups
with a variety of interests in the lake - historians,
sports enthusiasts, naturalists, geologists and
waterfront developers. Your main task will be to gather,
and then present information to the public on your topic
of interest. You will take part in a videotaped
production, expressing your point of view regarding the
future of Lake Champlain.
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Process
You will be assigned to one of the
following roles:
The Historian
The Sports Enthusiast
The Naturalist
The Geologist
The Waterfront Developer
Working in a team of four members with
the same role, you will use the links to the World Wide
Web, provided in the Resource section to collect information that would be of
interest to your assigned role. Students will take notes,
and organize the information found at the web sites.
(Standard 1.19e)
Teams will decide on how topics will be
divided between members. Each team member will then
create a display for their information that they will
share with the whole class. Each topic for the display
should be different, and yet in keeping with the
interests of the assigned role. (Standard 1.19f)
Each team will then orally present
their information to the entire class. Each individual's
display will accompany their presentation. (Standard
1.15)
These groups, with their displays, will
then gather together to discuss the future of Lake
Champlain, with each team stressing the interests of
their assigned roles. This final production will be
videotaped to present to another class. (Standard 6.4d)
Some
questions for each group to consider before the
debate:
How might we best
share information about the lake's past with
future generations?
Can there be a
balance created between environmental and
recreational concerns regarding Lake Champlain?
What can we learn
from the past to help prepare for the future?
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Learning Advice
Your "display"
may take any format that would fit your topic - a mobile,
poster, clay model, map, etc. You may choose the best way
to present your information.
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Resources
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Assessment
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Not
Yet |
Almost |
Meets
Standard |
Exceeds
Standard |
Vermont
Standard 1.15
Students use
verbal and nonverbal skills to express themselves
effectively.
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Speaks too softly or not
distinctly. Uses inappropriate body posture or
no eye contact.
Seldom mentions topic.
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Speaks clearly and distinctly
some of the time. Uses appropriate body
posture and eye contact some of the time.
Often wanders from the topic.
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Speaks clearly and distinctly. Uses
appropriate body posture and eye contact.
Stays on topic.
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Always speaks clearly and
distinctly, using voice intonation and body
language to actively engage the audience. Uses
appropriate body posture and eye contact.
Always stays on topic.
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Vermont
Standard 1.19e
Synthesize and organize
information.
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Project is incomplete, missing
details or isn't completely accurate. Information
is unorganized and contains many grammatical
errors.
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Project is complete, but doesn't
completely cover topic. Information is somewhat
organized, but contains several grammatical
errors.
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Project reflects learning using
detail and accuracy Information is organized,
containing less than three grammatical errors.
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Information is used in a
meaningful way to create an original project that
demonstrates accuracy, detail and understanding. Information
is thoroughly organized with no grammatical
errors.
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Vermont
Standard 1.19f
Present information in
appropriate formats.
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Presentation is confusing to the audience. Project
does not relate to topic.
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Presentation understandable, but sometimes
confusing and lacking details. Project show
some relationship to topic.
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Presentation is well planned and coherent. Project
is appropriate to topic and adequately covers
topic.
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Presentation is well planned and coherent,
including many details. Project is appropriate
to topic and demonstrates depth in coverage of
topic.
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Vermont
Standard 6.4d
Identify and sequence
patterns of change and compare historical data
from Vermont.
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No relationship to Vermont identified in
individual's display or presentation. |
Student demonstrates some understanding of
the changes related to Lake Champlain through
time. |
Student demonstrates understanding of the
changes related to Lake Champlain through time. |
Student demonstrates thorough understanding
of the changes related to Lake Champlain through
time. |
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Conclusion
Through the course of this
WebQuest you have learned some interesting and important
information about Lake Champlain. You now have a chance
to act. What will be the future of Lake Champlain? The
choice is yours.
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This WebQuest was created by:
Donna Macdonald - Library/Media Specialist
Orchard School
So. Burlington, VT 05403
This page last updated: 12/17/04
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