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(1) Create a CREATIVE, HIGH-LEVEL thinking scavenger hunt/field trip, designed to take your students on a learning adventure to further explore something in your unit; **AND**

(2) To find 10 fabulous websites for your "Cool Websites" link (other than the ones you used in your scavenger hunt). These websites MUST be annotated.

Some things to know about Task #1:


 * The difference between a scavenger hunt and a field trip is this:**


 * a field trip takes the students to a place or event to investigate that place or event (London, the Sun, 1962, 2009 Presidential Inauguration);

whereas


 * a scavenger hunt gives students questions and websites to investigate a concept or theme (civil rights, heroism)

NEITHER IS A WORKSHEET with low-level questions!

This assignment becomes one of your lessons in your unit. So maybe you want to make this an introduction to your unit, or perhaps you want to make it the conclusion, or it might serve to supplement some material that you aren't able to cover completely in class.

--creative use of fonts --engaging graphics -- high-level thinking questions (minimum 10) --links to wonderful websites (from diverse main sites, meaning find DIFFERENT main links, not all from one site like Wikipedia) --student instructions written at the top of the document (so that the kids know what to do) --a lesson for your unit (this should be one of your unit lessons) --for student use with research or to take them further into something you have done in class --place a link to the wiki page that contains your scavenger hunt/field trip WITHIN the lesson where it will be used
 * Your field trip / scavenger hunt should include the following:**

[|field trip example] [|scavenger hunt example] [|scavenger hunt example #2] [|scavenger hunt example #3] [|scavenger hunt example #4]
 * Want to see some examples?**

Some things to know about Task #2:

--10 [|annotated] websites (these are sites you will use or keep for student use, but you can only duplicate 2 sites you used in your field trip/scavenger hunt) --must be a living document (so you need to COPY it into your wiki so you can add to it easily) --put your links and annotations on your "Cool Websites" page in your wiki
 * Your weblist should include the following:**


 * What to turn in and how to turn it in: **

Use one of "copy and pasted" lesson plans on your Unit of Instruction page. Write the lesson plan you would implement when using the Scavenger Hunt/Field Trip you created. Place a link of your wiki page that contains the Field Trip/Scavenger Hunt in the "Resources" section of the lesson plan. Do not forget to describe how the use of this technology changes the teaching and/or learning.

Secondly, use the "Cool Websites" link on your wiki and include an ANNOTATED list of 10 websites (don't duplicate more than two from your Scavenger Hunt/Field Trip). The purpose of this list is to provide further investigative research on your unit for your students or their parents.

Send me an email with a link to the EXACT address where I will find your lesson plan.