1. Do You Really Know The Moon? A WebQuest for 4th Grade Science Designed by Mr. Hinson Based on a template from San Diego State University’s The WebQuest Page Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits
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5. Evaluation Measure and make scale models of the Moon and the Earth Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits Exemplary 4 Accomplished 3 Developing 2 Beginning 1 Score Measure and draw the Moon Correctly, Used Google Earth. Correctly, did the measurement Student found and correctly made measurements Needed much help finding and using the models. Student had problems. Performance not measured Followed guidelines for accurate measurement Measured the equator in kilometers using the mouse. Did follow directions, but needed help to follow procedures to measure accurately Had much trouble mastering measurement procedures. Student had problems following any procedures. Model not measured. Draw the model of Moon and Earth to Scale Correctly drew both models to scale Drew model but needed work to draw to scale Model does not even remotely resemble the but did complete a model to evaluate. Model not drawn (more)
6. Evaluation Measure and make scale models of the Moon and the Earth (cont’d.) back Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits Compare the size of Earth to the Moon Correctly wrote a paragraph that identified and compared the scale of Earth and Moon Wrote paragraph, but had trouble in the comparison. Did mention the scale of both objects Wrote paragraph, but did not correctly identify scale and did not compare correctly. Task not completed.
7. Conclusion For this activity, students mastered the use of Google Earth and used several tools in the application to compare the size of the Earth to The Moon. Scale models of each were drawn and compared. Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits
8. Credits & References Credits are due to Google Earth application. We also used a link from The WebQuest Page . You may use the page also. Go to this link to download the latest version of this template. Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits