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Curriculum Area: Math and Social Studies

Grade Level: Intermediate - 5th grade

Length of Webquest: 2-4 weeks

Purpose: To allow students to practice using skills related to scheduling a vacation: tracking money spent, elapsed and estimating time, map skills, and learning about our nation's capitol. This also will allow students to practice using the Internet as a research tool, using Microsoft Word or Excel, and Power Point. 

 The standards that this Webquest meets:

KENTUCKY CORE CONTENT
 FOR ASSESSMENT
VERSION 3.0 September 1999

Core Content for Mathematics Assessment

MA-E-1.1.2                 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

MA-E-2.2.6     Use standard units to measure volume of rectangular prisms, liquid capacity,  money, time, and temperature (e.g., above and below zero)

Core Content for Social Studies Assessment  

SS-E-4.1.1       Simple physical, political, and thematic maps, globes, charts, photographs, aerial photography, and graphs can be used to find and explain locations and display information.

 

 from ISTE

  1. Technology communications tools
    2. Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
    Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
  2. Technology research tools
    3. Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
    Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and Standards:

  Number and Operations Standard for Grades 3-5

Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates

 -develop fluency in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers;

-use visual models, benchmarks, and equivalent forms to add and subtract commonly used fractions and decimals;

-select appropriate methods and tools for computing with whole numbers from among mental computation, estimation, calculators, and paper and pencil according to the context and nature of the computation and use the selected method or tools.

 

Measurement Standard for Grades 3–5

  Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements

-select and apply appropriate standard units and tools to measure length, area, volume, weight, time, temperature, and the size of angles;

 

Problem Solving Standard for Grades 3-5

Instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to—

               - build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving;

               - solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts;

               - apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems;

               - monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving.

Credits

The pictures used at the top of the home page came from the following sites:

The National Mall - The National Park Service ... http://www.nps.gov/wash/index.htm

Lincoln Memorial - The National Park Service ...   http://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm

Star Spangled Banner - The Smithsonian Institute, American History Museum...   http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html

 

Thanks to Dr. Amburgey, Dr. Frank, and Dr. Lipping for sharing their expertise in designing this WebQuest. Thanks also to Joe Rust and Adam Boisclair for all their technical help. 

 

If you would like to see more WebQuests designed during the Summer 2001 course on Web-based learning go to:

http://www.nku.edu/~webquest/projects

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me at:

cbrewer@kenton.k12.ky.us

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