LHMS Web Quest
By Elizabeth Holzenthal and Morgan Laurent

LHMS Site Directory

Introduction

This exciting web page is about dolphins. This web page includes games and much more fun things to do. You will be expected to complete different tasks and quests related to dolphins. We will have different websites for you to explore to learn more about dolphins. We hope you have much more fun than you expected and we think you should come and check it out!

Resources

http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/alive.htm

http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/common.htm

http://www.cetacea.org/atlantic.htm

http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/dolphinsleep

http://www.shannondolphins.ie/sdwf/intro.htm

http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/sciclassdol.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/lipotes/l._vexillifer$narrative.html

http://www.southwest.com.au/~kirbyhs/dolphinsa.html

Tasks

Task 1: Answer questions about dolphins.

Task 2: Interview a dolphin and include an illustration.

Task 3: Illustrate a life cycle of a dolphin (including facts).

Instructions

Task 1:

  • Research the correct answers using the resources we give you.
  • Write the answers in turn-around sentences (using part of the question in your answer).
  • Turn in the answers to your teacher.

Task 2:

Get together information from your questions and write a report interviewing a dolphin and asking it questions (as if it could talk) and giving the correct answers. The interview questions should not be answerable with only a yes or no response.

Task 3:

Using the websites we have given you, find information about a dolphin's life cycle.
After you have gathered all your information, draw the life cycle of dolphins (complete with facts).


Evaluation

Task 1:

Complete sentences (turn-around): 15 poin
Grammar/punctuation: 10 points
Spelling: 15 points
Correct answers: 25 points
Answer whole question (if it has two parts): 20 points
Neat handwriting (if written): 15 points

Task 2:

Write on topic: 25 points
Complete sentences: 15 points
Use questions: 15 points
Spelling: 15 points
Grammar: 15 points
Punctuation: 15 points

Task 3:

Write on topic: 25 points
Use websites: 15 points
Complete sentences: 15 points
Spelling: 15 points
Grammar: 15 points
Punctuation: 15 points

Conclusion

In this website, you should have learned how dolphin's sleep, what they eat, how they live, and more. We hope you enjoyed our site. We also hope you learned something! Thank you for using this site!

Fun and Games

Click on the dolphin to the left to a Dolphin Hangman Game.
Click on the dolphin to the right to play a Jumbled Words Game.
Click on the dolphin to the left to assemble a Jig Saw Puzzle.