Miss Cantwell's Science WebQuest

Introduction

I have created a WebQuest for you, my first grade class! This is a science WebQuest to go along with what we have been learning in our science lesson, food chains! You will have multiple websites to visit and some fun videos to watch. Following the WebQuest, you will be expected to create a food chain of your own. Have fun and GOOD LUCK!

Lately, we have learned that all living things need energy to survive. First, we understand that living things get energy from the sun. We also learned the difference between producers, consumers, and decomposers.

We know that all of these things put together creates a food chain.

Note:

Although you should be able to complete this alone, you can ask me for assistance, or if you're working on this at home, you can ask parents or guardians.

Below I've provided you with a cute example of a food chain: Image result for food chain

Picture Link: http://www.squizzes.com/food-chain-fun/

Disclaimer: This WebQuest is created for a Bloomsburg University Assignment by Alison Cantwell

Task

Your task is to visit some of the websites provided, watch some videos, and have fun! You will have to take a quiz on one of the websites I provide you with. Along with plenty of website links, there are also links to books written about food chains that you may enjoy reading.

At the end of the WebQuest, you will be instructed to create a food chain of your own. You will have to label all parts of it including: the names of the living organisms, what they are (producer, consumer, decomposer), and the direction in which they eat.

Image result for create a food chain

Picture Link: http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-pond-food-chain.html

Process

DIRECTIONS

1. Take the quiz:

https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains/quiz/

Quiz

2. Visit some websites:

http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/food_chain_and_web.php

Description of food chains

https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodchaingame/

Game

http://sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm

Written explanations and games

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/foodchains.html

Desiphering between living/nonliving in the woods

http://www.akidsheart.com/animals/sea/foodchain/foodchain.html

Food chains in the ocean

http://www.teachkidlearn.com/food-chain-games.html

Multiple food chain games

3. These next few links include some books that you may choose to read regarding food chains:

Who Eats What?

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Who-Eats-What.html
A straightforward introduction to food chains

Hey, Diddle Diddle

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Hey-Diddle-Diddle.html
Written to the tune of "Hey, Diddle Diddle," this book provides different examples of food chains

What's for dinner?

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Whats-for-Dinner.html
29 poems of "who eats what"

The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/The-Magic-School-Bus-Gets-Eaten.html
Class field trips that features food chains/webs

Trout are made of Trees

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Trout-are-Made-of-Trees.html
Interconnections of plants and animals

4. This website will allow you to build a food chain before you draw one on your own:

http://www.cserc.org/sierra-fun/games/build-food-chain/

Evaluation

Finally, the part where YOU get to be creative! Grab the large, white sheet of paper I provided you with during class today! Grab your crayons and markers and get ready to be an artist! You must create your own food chain. On this food chain you must include:

Drawings of the animals in color
Names of the animals
What they are: producer, consumer, decomposer
Which way their arrow goes (aka what they eat) ... draw the arrows as well!

Here is the rubric I will use to grade your home-made food chain :)

FOOD CHAINS
	3	2	1
ANIMALS	Animals were colored and labeled as their name (IE: Bear, rabbit, snake, etc.)	Animals were colored or labeled, but not both	Animals were not colored or labeled
LABELS	Animals were correctly labeled (IE: producer, consumer, decomposer)	Most animals were correctly labeled (IE: producer, consumer, decomposer)	Animals were not correctly labeled
ARROWS	Arrows were all drawn from animal to animal, correctly	Arrows were mostly all drawn from animal to animal, correctly	Arrows were not drawn correctly
CREATIVITY	Colors were used and it was evident you tried your best!	N/A	You did not use colors and I know you can do better next time!