Lesson Overview: The World's Tallest Structures WebQuest asks student to create a Glogster (poster) to advertise The Skyscraper Museum. This advertisement (Glogster/Poster) will include a timeline, graphs and maps created to highlight the top 10 tallest structures.
Suggested Grade Level(s): Grade 6
Essential Question:
What makes the biggest buildings and how do we compare them?
Guidelines & Directions:
Day 1- Create Groups, select building, start on building note sheet
Day 2- Complete note sheet, Select/assign tasks, start on individual tasks
Day 3- Wrap up tasks, combine on ThingLink or PiktoChart, write script to presentation
Day 4- Practice Presentation, Present
Differentiation:
Scaffolding Sheets guide and plan research.
Researching articles may be read by Chrome Speak (app extension) for low or struggling readers.
Resources:
Team Note Sheet
Presentation Script Template
Researcher Note Sheet
Group Assignment Sheet (for teacher planning)
Scoring Guides:
Historian
Mathematician
Geographer
Researcher/Graphic Artist
Group Project Scoring Guide
Standards Addressed:
b.communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
d.contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
For Extension: (gifted or accelerated students)
Philip Robinson, 6th Grade Math Teacher
Cameron Middle School
935 S. Park Street
Cameron MO 64429
Ph: 816-632-2185
FAX:(816)632-3752
Email: [email protected]
Artifacts:
Student Artifacts and Examples
Suggested Grade Level(s): Grade 6
Essential Question:
What makes the biggest buildings and how do we compare them?
Guidelines & Directions:
Day 1- Create Groups, select building, start on building note sheet
Day 2- Complete note sheet, Select/assign tasks, start on individual tasks
Day 3- Wrap up tasks, combine on ThingLink or PiktoChart, write script to presentation
Day 4- Practice Presentation, Present
Differentiation:
Scaffolding Sheets guide and plan research.
Researching articles may be read by Chrome Speak (app extension) for low or struggling readers.
Resources:
- Handouts:
Team Note Sheet
Presentation Script Template
Researcher Note Sheet
Group Assignment Sheet (for teacher planning)
Scoring Guides:
Historian
Mathematician
Geographer
Researcher/Graphic Artist
Group Project Scoring Guide
Standards Addressed:
- 6.NS.C.6.C- Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram
- 6.NS.C.6- Understand a rational number as a point on the number line.
- GLE.SS6.5- Knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analysis (such as location, place, movement and regions) and their relationship to changes in society and the environment
A- Construct Maps.
- GLE.SS6.7- Knowledge of the use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps and documents)
- NETS- Students- Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
b.communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
d.contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
For Extension: (gifted or accelerated students)
- CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.2 Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
- CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
- CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5b Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.
- CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5c Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (inter-quartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern.
Philip Robinson, 6th Grade Math Teacher
Cameron Middle School
935 S. Park Street
Cameron MO 64429
Ph: 816-632-2185
FAX:(816)632-3752
Email: [email protected]
Artifacts:
Student Artifacts and Examples