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A WebQuest for 9th and
10th Grade Biology students
Designed by
Lisa Josephson
Introduction| Task| Process | Resources | Evaluation
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Introduction
Something is growing, replicating,
and communicating inside you at this very minute. Something very
small is doing all of these things and you are not even aware of it
happening. Did you know that it's a cell? Yes, a cell!
Imagine that a cell is a company that you have a new job in.
You are an organelle (a worker) within the cell. What is your
job? What can you do for your company to make it a successful
business?
The
Task
Every living thing is made of
cells. Cells contain many organelles that help its structure and
function. The organelles work together as a team to make the
organism operate.
Your job is to work as a team, like
the organelles of a cell do, and answer the question: “What are the
structure and functions of a cell?” by researching and designing a
presentation on an animal or plant cell’s structure and function.
The Process
1)
You will
be split into 6 groups of 5. Three
groups will research the plant cell; three groups will research the
animal cell.
2)
Gather with
your group and discuss how research, work and organelles will be split up
amongst group (Who will write up all the information? Who will work on which organelles? Who will create the presentation? What kinds of research are you looking
for?).
3)
Brainstorm
about your project and presentation (what materials do you need?).
4)
Bring a
sketch/outline of what YOU PLAN TO DO (INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE GROUP)
with you to class.
5)
Have one
person hand in a description of your group’s presentation and
delegation of jobs to the teacher
6)
Before
starting any research for this webquest, brainstorm with your group and
create a concept map based on the questions below to think about while
doing this webquest:
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Have you
ever wondered what’s inside a cell?
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What
makes a cell work?
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What
does each organelle do inside the cell?
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What is
the structure of the organelle?
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How do
the organelles work together?
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What
relationship does each specific organelle have with the cell?
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What do
you hope to learn from this activity?
7)
Once you
have created the concept map from the above questions, use the links
below as resources to find information about your cell and organelles to
answer the question “What are the structure and functions of a
cell?”
8)
Research
and create a presentation to explain your cell’s structure and
function. The presentation must be
made on PowerPoint. BE AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE! Use music, images, video clips,
etc… to “jazz” it up
9)
You will
each have to hand in a short written report on the steps you took to obtain
the information on your organelles, the websites you visited to find the
research and what you found out as well as what the parts you researched
do for the cell. This will be graded individually.
Resources
These are URLs that
you can use for your quest that provide information on cells, and images
of both plant and animal cells.
You may find links within these WebPages to search for more
information as well. Please remember to cite any other
WebPages you use to obtain information!
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/lmexer1a.htm
http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/4.asp
http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookCELL2.html#Table%20of%20Contents
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=animal+cells&btnG=Search
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=plant+cells&btnG=Search
Evaluation
Your performance on this quest will
be evaluated on certain research criteria that will be submitted
individually as well as overall group work, presentation, creativity and
content. Therefore you will
receive two separate grades for your work on this webquest.
You will receive an individual grade
for your short written report of the steps you took to obtain the
information on your organelles, the websites you visited to find the
research and what you found out as well as what the parts you researched
do for the cell.
The group will receive a common
grade on overall group work, presentation, creativity and content.
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Group
Evaluation Rubric
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Beginning
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Developing
2
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Accomplished
3
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Exemplary
4
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Score
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Group work
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One person officially did
all the work because there was no collaboration between the group
members and there was constant arguing between group members.
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Each person did a specific
part of the webquest. There was
little to no collaboration or communication between members, about research
and presentation. Group
arguments arose too often.
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Group work was split and
some people communicated and collaborated together without consulting
rest of the group as a whole.
Some members participated in some parts of the webquest but not
others. There were few arguments
within the group.
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Group worked as a
functional unit collaborating and communicating with each other to get
the presentation, research and information together. Everyone participated in all the aspects
of the webquest, was involved in creative process, and research. There were no arguments within the
group.
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Presentation
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Not creative,
disorganized, half hazardly researched (cut and
pasted info), no images, music, video clips, etc… no resources
cited
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Mildly creative, partially
organized, and researched, only 1 or 2 images, no music, video clips
etc… barely any resources cited.
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Somewhat creative,
moderately organized and researched, contained some images, etc…
some resources left out
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Creative, well thought
out, clearly organized, thoroughly researched, resources cited,
contained many images, music, video clips, etc…
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Creativity
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Black and white, hard to
read fonts, no pictures, music, video clips, etc…, point and
click entrances and exits, not exciting or entertaining to audience, no
PowerPoint timing consideration.
Over-packed slides.
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Few colors, normal font,
only 1 or 2 pictures, little to no music, video clips, etc..., little
thrill or entertainment for audience to watch, few entrances and exits,
no PowerPoint timing.
Over-packed slides.
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Moderately colorful, still
black and white, fewer pictures, music, video clips, etc…, some
entrance and exits, somewhat exciting and entertaining, some use of
PowerPoint timing. Somewhat not
over-packed slides
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Flashy, colorful, easy to
read fonts, colorful fonts, “jazzy,” lots of pictures,
music, video clips, etc…, entrance and exits of information,
exciting, entertaining to audience, good use of PowerPoint timing. Not over-packed slides.
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Content
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Only a few organelles
researched, little information about those if any, not distinguishable
as plant or animal.
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Information about some
organelles but not others. Not
distinguishable as plant or animal.
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Moderate information about
each organelle of plant or animal cell, distinguishable as part of one
or the other.
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Provide thorough
information about each organelle of plant or animal cell,
distinguishable as part of one or the other.
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Conclusion
By doing this webquest I want you to
have:
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Worked as
a team to complete this quest
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Gained
more knowledge about the structure and function of plant and animal cells
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Completed
a creative presentation to share with the class
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Utilized
the internet to research and obtain information
Based
on a template from The
WebQuest
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