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THE VERTEBRATES
WebQuest para 5º de
Primaria
Conocimiento del Medio
Designed by
Mª Nieves Sáez Salguero
Introduction
| Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Guía para el profesor
Introduction
Do
you remember the two big groups in which animals are divided? Well, if you
don’t remember I will tell you, the
groups are vertebrates and invertebrates.
 In
this unit we are going to concentrate on the vertebrates animals.
You
are going to become in different animals for a couple of days, in order to
know how every group of vertebrates animals live and what their main
characteristics are.
All of
you have to investigate and look for information about the different groups
in which vertebrates are divided, and their main characteristics.
Task
The class is
going to be divided in 5 different groups, and each group has to use the webs
provided, or if they want to, they can use books and everything they have to
find out the information needed.
First,
they have to prepare a colourful, eye-catching mural with more photos than
long texts. The idea is to hang up all the murals in the walls of the class,
so they can review this topic with a simple quick look.
Second,
they have to create a short performance in order to show the rest of the
class what they have found about their topic, explaining clearly the main
characteristics of their animal group.
If
some groups want to present their murals in projectors, they can.
Process
I
will provide you this diagram so you have the general view of how vertebrates
are divided
     
To do this work you have to follow the
following steps:
- You will be divided
into 5 groups with 4 persons in each group.
- These five groups
will be: MAMMALS, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISH AND AMPHIBIANS.
- In each group, they
will acquire 4 different roles:
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One student will look for information about the
group of animal in general and its characteristics.
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The rest of students in the group (three) will
take the role of three different animals which belong to the group, for
example the three students in the mammals group could be a cat, a monkey and
a dog.
- Up to this point,
you will have to start preparing your mural. As it was mentioned before,
it has to be colourful and eye-watching.
- Finally, each group
has to prepare a short performance in which you show in a clear way what
you have found out about your group of animals.
The idea is that
one of you introduces your group of animal with its main characteristics.
Then, each one
from the group has to perform an example of animal, saying its particular
characteristics.
It would be very
funny if you can disguise like the animal you represent or you cover your
face with a mask.
These
are WebPages where you can get information from to prepare your task. They
are clearly divided into groups, so each group can go directly to its page,
there are pages in Spanish and in English for each group. You can look for
more information in other pages, encyclopaedias or books if you want to.
FOR
ALL THE GROUPS
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/AnimalIndexV.htm
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/animals.html
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vertebrates.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/vertebrates.shtml
MAMMALS
http://www.damisela.com/zoo/mam/index.htm
http://www.earthlife.net/mammals/mammal.html
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Mammals.htm
BIRDS
http://www.damisela.com/zoo/ave/index.htm
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aves.html
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Birds.htm
REPTILES
 http://www.damisela.com/zoo/rep/index.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/printouts.shtml
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Reptiles.htm
FISH
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/6092/peces.html
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/
 http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Fish.htm
AMPHIBIANS
http://www.damisela.com/zoo/anfi/index.htm
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Amphibia.html
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Amphibians.htm
You
have to use the following questions as a guide, but you can add more
information if you can. (Where there is a _________, you have to think in the
group you have to work in, for example, fish).
1.
How are ___________?
2.
Where do ___________ live?
3.
Special characteristics.
4.
How do __________ reproduce?
5.
Examples with their characteristics.
Evaluación
Students will
get a final mark for the whole group work for the mural and the performance.
And as they are asked to look for specific information individually, they
will get an individual mark for the work done.
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Incomplete
1
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Not so good
2
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Good
3
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Excellent
4
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Mark
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Mural
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The
mural isn’t colourful, it doesn’t have any photographs. And the information
isn’t enough and clear
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The
mural isn’t colourful enough. It has a few photographs, and there is a few
information.
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The
mural is quite colourful. It has some photographs and provides some
information about the topic.
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The
mural is very colourful and eye-watching. It contains many photographs and
drawings, and the main information about the topic.
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Performance
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The
performance is inanimate. The group is not perceived as a whole and there
is not enough information presented.
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The
performance is made by the whole group, but only a few important
information is presented.
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The
performance is quite animate. Main aspects are nearly covered and all the
group performs the act quite well.
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The
performance is very lively. The group acts as a whole and is perceived as a
group. The information is clear and it covers everything.
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Individual presentations
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The
student makes his / her performance with a indifferent attitude. There is
not enough information
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The
student makes his/ her performance. There is a few information performed.
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The
student shows a quite positive attitude. He or she has found out enough
information and make his / her speech quite well.
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The
student shows a positive attitude and enthusiasm during the performance. He
or she has found out the information required and make his / her speech
clear.
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Conclusion
Students have
to hand in the work the same day, soy they can’t modify anything after seeing
other groups’ work.
We
hope that students learn the groups in which vertebrates are divided into,
and their main characteristics. To make sure they can have a quick look
everyday, we are going to hang all the murals in the walls of the class.
Créditos & Referencias
www.google.com
http://gifsanimados.espaciolatino.com/
www.mi-direccion.com/gifsanimados
Book-
Conocimiento del Medio para 5º de Primaria, Ed. Vicens Vives.
Guía para el profesor
Indique
el área o áreas en las que se puede trabajar con la webquest diseñada.
For 5º
or even 6º Primary.
The
main objectives we want to reach are that students learn the main
characteristics of vertebrates and its different groups and that student
spend a good time and enjoy doing the activity.
As we
know, this is a topic that primary students have to learn and be familiar
with, so we include this activity in the unit about animals.
We
will give students two weeks working in class during the lessons of
Conocimiento del Medio; they can also work at home.
Esta plantilla ha sido
adaptada y traducida al español por Isabel Pérez Torres http://www.isabelperez.com/
Basada en la plantilla descargada de la WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
con el permiso de Bernie Dodge
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