WebQuest
Water Conservation
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This Web Quest is designed for students in Grade 3/4.
In this Web Quest students will learn of ways that they can be better users of water in their homes. They will learn the importance of saving water and the role they can play in being sustainable citizens.
It is a Resource that can be used within a unit on Water Conservation.
Once students understand what Water Conservation is, teachers can use this Web Quest to allow students to deepen their understanding of how to save water in their home.
This Resource is created to develop childrens conceptual understanding of the importance of Water Conservation using a variety of modes to engage students including : Reading, Audio, Visual, Interactive and Creative. It is designed in a simple way that would allow students in Grade 3 or 4 to navigate through it independently, and develop their ICT skills as they learn to work through the activites.
Once they have completed the Web Quest, students are asked to design a poster to display around their school that gives members of the school community tips and ideas to save water at school and at home.This Web Quest and extension activity of creating a poster is designed to be completed in 1-2 lessons.
The following table shows how this Web Quest links to VELS Standards:
Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 3 (Years 3 and 4).
Strands | Domains | Dimensions | Standards | ||
Physical, Personal and Social Learning | Managing Personal Learning | The Individual learner | At Level 3, students set short-term, achievable goals in relation to specific tasks. They complete short tasks by planning and allocating appropriate time and resources. They undertake some multi-step, extended tasks independently. | ||
Discipline Based Learning | English
| Reading and Listening
Science knowledge and understanding.
| At Level 3, students read and respond to an increasing range of imaginative and informative texts with some unfamiliar ideas and information, vocabulary and textual features. They interpret the main ideas and purpose of texts. They listen attentively to spoken texts, including factual texts, and identify the topic, retell information accurately, ask clarifying questions, volunteer information and justify opinions. At Level 3, students create and present works in a range of arts forms that communicate experiences, ideas, concepts,observations and feelings.
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Inter Disciplinary Learning | ICT Thinking Processes |
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References:
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/waterconservation.html
http://www.savewater.com.au/how-to-save-water/in-the-home/bathroom
The Public URL for this WebQuest:
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=102284
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