Animal Migration Web-quest

Introduction

Have you ever noticed graceful flocks of geese flying in a “V” formation through the sky? Were you curious about where they were going or how long their trip would take? Many animals all over the world are travelers. They don’t spend all of their lives in the same place. In this Web-Quest, you will learn not only which animals are travelers, but why they travel and where they go. You will also learn what factors, if any, help decide the success of their journey.

Task

You and your group will be working together to become experts on specific migrating animals. Ms. Wyatt will assign your group this animal.

You will be visiting the websites below to learn about your migrating animal and discover why they travel. When you find out the answers you will be making a trading card. Get a 5x8 card for your trading card. On one side write a paragraph about the animal you have been assigned. Included in your paragraph should be what is migration and why the migrating animal needs to do it. Then illustrate a picture of your migrating animal on the other side. Now you have a card to share with your classmates. Click on the websites in the process section to find out the information needed to make your trading card. USE YOUR BEST HANDWRITING TO MAKE THE TRADING CARD.

Challenge: You will work with one or two partners. Each group will be assigned a different migrating animal. Each group will be responsible for three main tasks.

Research your group's migrating animal to find out why they migrate. Find out where your group’s migrating animal travels and add this to your research. Each group will be given a map of the world to mark their animal's route.
Use the information gathered to design a migrating animal trading card.
Learn about the factors that help decide the success of their trip. Write a fictional story telling about the trip of your animal. Write this on a Google Doc and share it with Ms. Wyatt at ewyatt@d6edu.org

Process

MIGRATION

What is it???

You will be traveling to the websites below to answer this question. When you have discovered the answer, write it down and then return to the PROCESS to continue with your group's particular animal.

Click HERE to learn about migration at the encarta site. THEN---

Click on the animal picture that your group is researching to begin your challenge.

MONARCH

Extra Monarch butterfly sites

http://www.monarch-butterfly.com/monarch-migration.html

https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/Monarch_Butterfly/migration/

SALMON

Extra salmon sites to use to research:

https://www.fws.gov/species/species_accounts/bio_salm.html

http://www.cbr.washington.edu/sites/default/files/papers/BracisThesis.pdf

HUMPBACK WHALES

Extra humpback whale sites to use:

http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/explore/humpback_whale.html

http://www.whaleroute.com/migrate/

WILDEBEESTS

Extra webites for Wildebeests:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/wildebeest/

http://www.go2africa.com/africa-travel-blog/11704

CANADA GEESE

Extra Canada Geese websites:

http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/birds/Canada_Goose_migration2.html

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/canada-goose/

HUMMINGBIRD

Extra sites about hummingbirds:

http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/migration/role6.html

http://www.lindsaysbackyard.com/hummingb.htm

http://www.hummingbirds.net/migration.html

Evaluation

Evaluation

Now that you have finished Tasks 1, 2, and 3, here are some things to ask yourself. Rate yourself after thinking about how you did each task. If you answered all questions with a yes, give yourself a 3. If you answered at least one question with a yes, give yourself a 2. If you answered no questions with a yes, then give yourself a 1.

Task #1--Did you include in your trading card what migration is? Did you tell why your group's animal needed to migrate?

Score-___

Task #2--Did you show on your world map the path that your animal takes as it migrates? Can you name the continents on which your animal spends its time?

Score-___

Task #3--Did your story have a beginning, middle, and an end? Did your animal character face any problems as he/she migrated? How did your character solve any problems it faced?

Score-___

Add up your scores. (Total score-___)

If you scored an 8 or 9, then you did an--

Outstanding job.

If you scored a 5, 6, or 7, then you did

a--

Satisfactory job.

If you scored a 4 or lower then your work--

Needs Improvement.