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The USA Webquest

Introduction

You and your partner are journalists doing a report for a geographical magazine. You have been asked to make a presentation to the readers of the magazine on one state in the United States. Once you receive your state assignment, you must become an expert on that particular state. To do that, you will visit the state for 5 days to learn all you can about it. You can keep your notes in the travel log in our web quest blog www.kortkeros.blogspot.com

Task

Remember, you are "scouting" the state for people interested in going there on vacation. Keep in mind the types of places they might like to go. You must visit several specific places. They are:

• the state capital
• at least one historic site
• at least one recreational site (park, beach, ski area)
• one cultural site (museum, art gallery, theatre)

Process

1.Collect information and pictures from the Internet. Remember to keep track of where you find your information for the bibliography. Save pictures you want to use for your final project in the computer.

2.While gathering information about your state, think about the following questions and try to include the answers in your journal:

• What is the climate like?
• What historical events occured in this state? (Remember, you must visit at least 1 historical site.)
• What items are made or grown in this state?
  
• What are the physical features of the area where you're traveling? (rivers, mountains, lakes)
• What makes this state interesting and fun?
  

3. When you complete your research, create your report. Be ready to answer the questions.

4.Remember, you should visit important places where visitors to that state would like to go. Do not spend a lot of time researching the state flag, state flower, state bird, etc.

Information Resourses

www.infoplease.com/states.html

www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states

www.globalcomputing.com/states.html

www.50states.com

www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

www.theus50.com/

www.postcardsfrom.com/

Evaluation

Use the following scoring rubric to understand what's expected of you for the project. This will be used to determine your mark when the project is completed. Paper copies are available for you to refer to during your work.

Presentation Delivery
CATEGORY		4	3	2	1
Logic / Sequencing of Information		Information is organized in a clear, logical way.	Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One slide or item of information seems out of place.	Some information is logically sequenced. 2 slides or items of information seem out of place.	There is no clear plan for the organization of information. 3 or more slides or items are out of place.
Content		All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors. Presentation includes all material needed to gain a comfortable understanding of the topic.	Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be somewhat inaccurate / not clear. Presentation includes most material for understanding of the material but is lacking one key element.	The content is generally accurate, but two pieces of information are inaccurate or not clear. Presentation is missing two key elements.	Content is typically confusing or contains more than two factual errors. Presentation is lacking more than two key elements and has inaccuracies.
Language		The presenter does not use any cheat-sheets, the presentation is oral. There might be 1-2 language mistakes.	While delivering the presentation, the student looks at a cheat-sheet 1-2 times. There are 3-4 language mistakes.	The presenter occasionally reads the text of the presentation. There are 5-6 language mistakes.	Most of the text of the presentation is read from the paper. There are more than 6 language mistakes.
Ordering and linking		The speaker uses appropriate presentation phrases wherever necessary.	Only one part of the presentation lacks a linking phrase. Only 1 phrase is inappropriate or incorrect.	2-3 parts of the presentation lack presentation phrases. 2-3 phrases are inappropriate or incorrect.	The speaker uses almost no presentation phrases. OR: Most of presentation phrases are inappropriate or incorrect.
Contact with Audience		The speaker keeps eye-contact all the time, often addresses the audience directly, asks questions, and attracts listeners’ attention.	The speaker keeps eye-contact most of the time, asks several questions, addresses the audience.	The speaker maintains eye-contact less than half of time, addresses the audience once.	The speaker does not maintain eye-contact and does not address the audience.
Originality		Presentation shows considerable originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way.	Presentation shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way.	Presentation shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on 1-2 slides.	Presentation is a rehash of other people's ideas and/or graphics and shows very little attempt at original thought.
Visuals (PowerPoint Presentation)
Text of the Visual (Keywords, Bullets, Number of lines)	The text on the slides contains only keywords and sentence fragments. Numbers and bullets are used appropriately. There are not more than 7 lines on every slide.		One of the slides contains a long full-sentenced text of more than 7 lines, where bullets or numbers are not applied.	Two of the slides contain a text of complex sentences that is more than 7 lines long, where bullets or numbers are not applied.		Three or more of the slides contain a text of complex sentences that is more than 7 lines long, where bullets or numbers are not applied.
Relevance of Visuals	All the pictures, diagrams and other illustrations are relevant to the information provided in the presentation. Illustrations are used wherever necessary.		One piece of information lacks a necessary illustration. OR: One of the illustrations (or its format) is irrelevant to the information.	Two pieces of information lack necessary illustrations. OR: Two of the illustrations (or their formats) are irrelevant to the information.		More than two pieces of information lack necessary illustrations. OR: Three or more of the illustrations (or their formats) are irrelevant to the information.
Structure	The first and the last slides look the same and contain the presentation title and its authors’ names.		The first and the last slides look different but contain the presentation title and its authors’ names.	Only the first slide shows the title of presentation and authors’ names.		The presentation title or author’s names are not put on any slide.
Spelling and Grammar	Presentation has 1 misspelling or lexical grammatical error.		Presentation has 2-3 misspellings or grammatical errors.	Presentation has 4-5 grammatical errors or misspellings.		Presentation has more than 5 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Copyright	Sources are given for each text quoted and item (picture, photo, etc) used. References are placed on the last but one slide.		References are placed on the last but one slide. For one quotation or “borrowed” item the source is not given.	References are placed on the last but one slide or somewhere in the text. For two quotations or “borrowed” items the sources are not mentioned.		There is no reference slide. More than two items / quotations lack sources.
Design (Colors, Background, Animation effects, Slide transition, Font type and size)	Background and animation effects do not detract attention from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from slide to slide and is appropriate for the topic. Font formats (e.g., color, bold, italic) have been carefully planned to enhance readability and content.		One aspect of design somewhat distracts the audience’s attention from the content of presentation, while others are chosen carefully and support the content.	Two aspects of design distract the audience’s attention from the content of presentation, while others are chosen carefully and support the content.		More than two design aspects make the perception of the presentation difficult. For example, background makes the text hard to see text or competes with other graphics on the page. Animation effects do not allow reading the text, and so on.

RubiStar rubric template (http://rubistar.4teachers.org )