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1.
Group Plan
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- Meet with your group and determine what role each
group member will have through the investigation and
tasks. The jobs may be combined if you are working in
groups smaller than 4 people.
Everyone is a Record Keeper and takes notes during the
investigation.
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Job
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Description
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Information Manager
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reads the directions and communicates them to
the group
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Artist
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draws the poster following the group's
directions
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Time Manager
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keeps everyone focused and on task so you finish
on time
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Materials Manager
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gets any supplies needed to complete the project
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- Look at the "Participation" part of the Evaluation
rubric to see how your participation will effect your
grade.
- Make a folder to store your work.
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2.
Ideas and Questions
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- Make a list of all of the ideas you have about why
the Chesapeake Bay is in trouble.
- Make a list of questions you want to answer during
your investigation about the problems of the Chesapeake
Bay.
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3.
WebQuest
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- You and your group are going to use Internet
resources to find out the answers to the questions you
have about the problems of the Chesapeake Bay.
- Each person in your group should take a turn on the
computer --- work cooperatively.
(Remember that everyone is a record keeper and should
write all of the information on their own paper.)
- Visit all of the websites on the resource
page. Look for interesting facts, tips and information
that answer the questions that you have about the health
of the Chesapeake Bay.(causes/solutions)
- Record at least 2 ideas from each website that you
visit on your own worksheet.
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4.
Discussion Group
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- Talk about what you learned and decide what the most
important facts that you gathered that will explain why
the Chesapeake Bay is having problems. Keep in mind, that
you need to also have ideas about how to solve the
problem.
- Determine what you will take a photograph of to
illustrate the problem and possible solutions.
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5.
Write a letter to a United States Senator for
Maryland
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- Go to the Evaluation before
you begin. Look at "Letter" to find out how you will be
evaluated.
- Find out who the Maryland
United States Senators are to write your letter.
- Write a letter that explains one problem of the bay
and possible solutions. Tell why the bay is important to
Marylanders and to your group.
The letter must:
- include a good explanation of the the problem
- include an explanation of possible solutions
- include support for your ideas
- be neat
- have no spelling errors
- Don't forget your photograph(s)
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6.
Make a poster
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- Go to the Evaluation before
you begin. Look at "Poster" to find out how you will be
evaluated.
- Examine the idea that your wrote about in your letter
and create a poster to hang in a public place.
- Make a poster that illustrates the idea that you have
chosen. It must have an important message or helpful tip.
You may use paper, pencils, markers and/or crayons.
The poster must :
- include an important tip or message and
photographs
- be neat
- have no spelling errors
- include the names of each group member on the
bottom edge of the paper.
- Hang the poster in the room to make the class more
aware of the problem.
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7.
Evaluation
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- Print one copy of the evaluation
for each member of the group.
- Each person of the group uses the rubric to evaluate
each part of the project.
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8.
Project Presentation
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- Work as a group to organize your information in a
folder in the order that you accomplished each part.
(questions and ideas, notes, letter, evaluation
forms)
- You may take some time to discuss how you will
present the information to the class.
Share your work with the class.
- Discuss what you learned about working with a
group.
- Share the letter you wrote.
- Present your poster with the class.
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