Transcript Internet Treasure Hunts

Internet Treasure Hunts
ETTC of Burlington
Sharon Lavinson
Why Treasure Hunts?
• A critical skill for the future is the ability to
find info. It is no longer what you know. It
is "What can you find out?".
• Treasure hunts challenge users to read
carefully to get the right question and read
just as skillfully to find the correct answer.
•
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/h
unt/hunt086.shtml
Web Resources:
Tomb of the Unknowns
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/veterans_day/history.shtml
1. What was Veteran’s Day called in 1919?
_____________________________________
2. Where is the Tomb of the Unknowns located?
_________________________________
3. The first soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns died in what war?
_____________
4. How many World War II soldiers are buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns?
__________
5. What do the three figures sculpted on the Tomb of the Unknowns
represent?
______________________________________________________________
__________
Something to Think About: Why is it important to honor unknown soldiers?
Learn More: Visit
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/ceremonies/sentinelsotu.html to learn
more about the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknowns.
For Example
OCEAN WAVES & TSUNAMI MINI WEB TREK Students will visit the
sites listed below for each question(s), learn more about ocean
wave formation and tsunamis, and then answer the questions in the
space provide. Questions 1 - 3
http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/ocean/motion/waves1.htm
1. How can you easily measure a Wave Period?
2. 2. When and how does the ocean floor begin to affect a wave's
shape and speed
3. 3. Describe the three different ways we can describe breaking
waves, identifying one that can be destructive, and the type of
breaking wave that surfers prefer?
Questions 4 - 7
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9610/kwave/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9610/kwave/how.html4.
How fast can a tsunami wave
travel?__________________________________________________
_____________________
5. How tall can a tsunami wave
become?________________________________________________
_______________________
6. Where do the most frequent tsunamis
occur?__________________________________________________
_____________________
7. Describe how a tsunami
forms.__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_____________________________________
A Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt
A Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt
Use the The Road to Revolution Web site
(http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/game/index.htm) to complete the
questions below.
1. A monument to Benedict Arnold' s _______________can be found
at the Saratoga National Historic Park.
2. King George III punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by
_____________________.
3. The Freedom Trail, a walking tour of 16 historic sites in Boston and
Charlestown, is __________ miles long.
4. The main author of the Declaration of Independence was probably
_________________________.
5. _________________________ wrote Poor Richard's Almanack.
EXPLORING CAREERS
CHOOSING THE CAREER THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU
1.
FIND A SUBJECT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN – LIST TWO
CAREER CHOICES THAT YOU FIND.
a._____________________________
b._____________________________
http://www.ibelieveinme.org/CFKWL.asp
2. CREATE A STORY ABOUT YOUR FUTURE – print your story when you
are done. http://www.ibelieveinme.org/WIGU/ideaApplication.html
On line Treasure Hunts
• http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Lesso
nPlans.mspx
• http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/res
ources/InternetHunt/Default.htm
• http://www.everydayteaching.com/Treks/tr
eks_hs.php
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/l
esson130.shtml