Transcript Snowflake Bentley: Photomicrographer

Snowflake Bentley:
Photomicrographer
A Webquest
Paul Chandler
©2013
Middle Grades Language Arts
The Assignment
O You will be visiting several websites and will complete
a quest which will consist of five pictures of
snowflakes taken by Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley and
in the public domain; answering 11 questions; and
providing three additional websites where one could
find out more information.
O All information will be put into a WORD document and
printed out for a grade according to the rubric that is
at the end of this presentation. Be sure your
document has a proper header with your name,
period, and the date. The title of the assignment
O is “Snowflake” Bentley.
Find Some Flakes
O Many of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley’s
microphotographs of snowflakes now exist in
the public domain. You will need to find 5 of
them to paste into a WORD document. In
order to find them, you will need to use the
advanced image search. Please indicate in
your document the reasoning for these
pictures being in the public domain.
O (Do not use any of the designs in this
O Power Point).
Visit His Birthplace
O Next, you will need to visit the website of the
town where Snowflake Bentley was born—
Jericho, VT. It can be found at:
http://www.jerichovt.gov/ .
O Once on the main page, find the Historical
tab and click on it.
O Answer the following: How many snowflakes
(crystals) did Bentley photograph? What is
the name of the tallest mountain in
Vermont?
Visit the Museum
O From the Jericho website, find the link to the
museum via the Jericho Historical Society.
O Answer the question: What color is the
microscope?
O Find the link to the Snowflake Bentley display
and the virtual tour.
O Answer the questions: How many snowflakes
are pictured on the wall?
How many of them match? When is
the museum open to the public?
Find Out About Bentley
O Next, go back to the Jericho website and find the
official Snowflake Bentley website.
O Click on the “biography” tab.
O Answer the following questions:
When did Bentley first take a photograph of a
snowflake?
When did he have his famous book on the subject
published?
How many pictures of snowflakes appeared in the
book?
Buying the Microscopes
O Stocking a museum with authentic pieces is
not free. Find the newsletter link and view
the most recent issue. (#18). Read the
article by Duncan Blanchard dated April 24,
2007.
O What was the original asking price for the
microscopes used by Snowflake Bentley?
How much did the Historical Society end up
paying for the microscopes?
Where Else Is He?
O Other than wikipedia, please identify 3
additional websites where someone can find
out more about Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley.
O Copy and paste the URLs of those websites
onto your WORD document.
CATEGORY
Snowflake Pictures
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All 5 snowflake pictures (information
and graphics) are accurately
documented in the desired format.
None are copied from the teacher
Power Point.
3-4 of the snowflake pictures
(information and graphics) are
accurately documented, but a few
are not in the desired format. None
are copied from the teacher Power
Point.
Less than 3 snowflake pictures
(information and graphics) are
accurately documented, but many
are not in the desired format.
Some sources are not accurately
documented.
Websites
All 3 websites are referenced in the 2 websites are referenced in the
WORD document in their proper
WORD document in their proper
URL format.
URL format.
1 website is referenced in the
WORD document in their proper
URL format.
No websites are referenced in the
WORD document in their proper
URL format.
Questions
9-11 questions are answered
correctly.
6-8 questions are answered
correctly.
4-5 questions are answered
correctly.
3 or fewer questions are answered
correctly.
Organization
Information is very organized with
numbered answers. The pictures
appear prior to the answers and
websites.
Information is organized, but
answers are not numbered and/or
websites are not clearly identified..
Information is somewhat organized, The information appears to be
disorganized. 8)
but neither answers are numbered
nor are websites clearly identified.
Header
Header contains all the necessary
information and is a part of the
document.
Header contains most of the
Handwritten signature. Information
information required and is a part of not complete.
the document.
Total Points
No identification.
Points