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to Original Webquest St Pius X College Yr 7 Geography
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originally Created by Darelyn Dawson, Lee FitzGerald and Peter Kariatlis, for Year 8 Geography students at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, Australia Introduction
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Why are our tropical rainforests disappearing and what can be done to save them? In this Web Quest, your team, consisting of a Sociologist, a Geographer, a Biologist and an Environmentalist, will journey to the tropical rainforests of the Amazon in South America to collect information to present to an International Environmental Summit. Each member of the group will explore their respective subject area: Cultures and Customs Geography and Climate Animal and Plant Life Environmental Issues The group's presentation will also pinpoint major causes of tropical rainforest destruction and make suggestions to curb this destruction. Your group will create a report on the Amazon Rainforest. It will consist of this: Four individual sections, Cultures and Customs, Geography and Climate, Animal and Plant Life and Environmental Issues. Each member of your group writes one of these. Additionally, there will be a group 5 minute oral presentation using Powerpoint (showing major causes of Tropical Rainforest destruction and possible solutions). |
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1. Choose your role Each person in your group chooses ONE ONLY of the following roles and conducts research in that area of expertise. (There are links below to separate Webpages detailing the tasks for each role) Role 1 Sociologist 2. Define what you need to find out. 3. Brainstorm what you already know. 4. Find the information and make notes. (Do not print out Websites but copy and paste relevant information into a Word document to print out at the end of your research) 5. Write your section of the report including a bibliography. 6. In your group share the information you have found and brainstorm the causes of rainforest destruction and suggest strategies to prevent or slowdown this destruction. 7. Put together the four separate sections of the report and also put your ideas into a Powerpoint presentation. 8. Use the report and Powerpoint presentation to give a five minute group presentation. You will find your information for this assignment on the web sites linked to this page, as well as resources in the library |
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Start Your Role (Click on appropriate link below) Role 1 - Sociologist - studying Cultures and Customs - Tribal People Role 2 - Geographer - studying Geography and Climate Role 3 - Biologist - studying The diversity of life in the Amazon - Animal and Plant Life Role 4 - Environmentalist - studying Saving the Rainforests - Environmental Issues When you have completed this WebQuest, you will have: knowledge of the geography, climate and biodiversity of the tropical rainforest ecosystem. an awareness of the indigenous people of the tropical rainforest and an understanding of their culture. an understanding of the economic and social issues surrounding the use of tropical rainforest natural resources. an awareness of the global environmental impact
of deforestation.
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