Introduction l Task l Process l Assessment Directions l Conclusion l Credits
Task
Throughout this web quest students will take a virtual tour around the world utilizing Google Earth and find a variety of prominent geographic landforms, such as the deepest place on earth, or the most dense city, to grow a conceptual understanding of the earth as a whole rather than as separated fragments. In turn, through a small glimpse of a variety of different landmarks, students will then be able to compare and contrast the home where they live to these incredible places. 2. After exploring the components of geography it is now time to journey into Google Earth! As soon as you have your exploration cap on, you can begin your journey by clicking on the link below that will rocket launch you into outer space where you will view the entire world from above... https://earth.google.com/web/@0,0,-24018.82718741a,36750128.22569847d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgAoAQ 4. After you have explored various locations it is time for the scavenger hunt, yeah! However, before beginning, first click on the "sandwich" button at the top left hand corner, click "map style", and then turn on "gridlines". In fact, for practice click on the "ruler" button in the bottom left hand corner and drag your cursor around the earth to measure distances and area. Now it is finally time to answer some scavenger hunt questions...
Directions and Rubric
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Introduction
Welcome world travelers! Today whether you knew it or not you are going to be going on an adventure around the world, and discovering not only how much the place where you live differs from these incredible geographic landmarks, but most importantly, how all of these places are the same at their core. Therefore, grab your adventure learning caps and start your amazing web quest by first going on a "landmark scavenger hunt" and then bringing your adventure home when you realize how interconnected the globe that we share really is! Process It is time to begin your web quest, hurray! Down below are the steps that you can follow on your scavenger hunt to learn more about the world we live in...
3. Once you have made your journey, go ahead and freely explore the program and venture to different areas that you find interesting, where you can simply "rotate" the earth by placing your cursor on the sphere, dragging it from side to side, and then clicking on the "+" sign to zoom in, or the "-" sign to zoom out. In fact, if you want to go to a certain location, simply move your cursor to the "magnifying glass" icon and type in your destination, which will then "fly" you to this location, where you can explore by clicking on the "person" icon in the lower right hand corner, and then clicking on a blue dot which will put you into street view. At this point in time you can then explore the world to your heart's content!
Authentic Assessment Congratulations explorers, you have just finished your journey around the world! However, even though you have returned home safe and sound, the adventure has only just begun, simply because the desire you built today for exploration will stay with you for the rest of your life! In fact, you will be able to show what you thought was interesting and what you learned from your journey in a fun ending activity, which will not only test your skills in relation to the real geographic landforms that currently exist on Earth today, but you will also be able to put your creativity to the test by utilizing your knowledge about geographic landforms and where prominent dams and cities are located, by drawing your own "landform layout". Conclusion Welcome back explorers! I hope you had an amazing journey around the world, and discovered different geographic land features, understood the components of latitude, longitude, and distance, and connected what you learned to your own lives! However, what I hope was most exciting and rewarding from this web quest was your increased understanding of how interconnected the globe that we share really is, and how different cities, dams, and landmarks are constructed all over the world depending upon the geographic landforms in that area. In fact, I hope through this exercise you discovered that your home may not be so different from a geographic landform halfway across the world, which as you measured, isn't as far away as you think! |
Credits National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/what-is-geography/ Google Earth: https://earth.google.com/web/@0,0,-24018.82718741a,36750128.22569847d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgAoAQ Google Images: https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=ri&ogbl |
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