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Welcome to the zoo! Your Mission Things You Will Need What You Need To Do How did you do? What a great zookeeper! Standards Citations Teacher Notes. A WebQuest for K-1 Math- Telling Time Designed by – Melanie Schaffer def_aca_mb@nwoca.org
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Welcome to the zoo! Your Mission Things You Will Need What You Need To Do How did you do? What a great zookeeper! Standards Citations Teacher Notes A WebQuest for K-1 Math- Telling Time Designed by – Melanie Schaffer def_aca_mb@nwoca.org EDTL 680 – Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning – Summer 2007 Based on a template from The WebQuest Page The Baby Beebee Bird By Diane Redfield Massie Pictures By Steven Kellogg
Welcome to the zoo! • You are the new zookeeper. The Baby Beebee Bird just came to your zoo. All of the other animals at the zoo can’t sleep because the Baby Beebee bird is too noisy at night time.
Your Mission • As the new zookeeper, you will learn about the sleeping habits of different animals. You will also practice telling time, so you can help the Baby Beebee Bird learn about day and night.
Things You Will Need • The Baby Beebee Bird children’s book • A computer with Internet • Plastic clocks
What You Need To Do 1. Should zookeepers know facts about animals? Follow the directions on the link below to find out what “nocturnal” means. SIRS Learning Activity 2. What is a.m. and p.m.? Tell the teacher 3 things you do in the a.m. and 3 things you do in the p.m. 3. What time is it? Click on the links below to practice telling time so you can teach the Baby Beebee bird what you learned. (Tell time to the nearest hour)http://sln.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/hour_quiz.html (Tell time to the nearest half hour) http://www.primarygames.com/time/question1.htm (Tell time to the nearest five minutes)http://www.cyberbee.com/games/timeteacher.html 4. What time should the Baby Beebee Bird go to sleep? Use a plastic clock from your classroom to show the teacher what time you think the Baby Beebee Bird should go to sleep. Make sure you say a.m. or p.m. when you say the time out loud. Click on when you are done with all four questions.
SIRS Learning Activity • Search Steps: • 1. Go to the INFOhio page at www.infohio.org • 2. If a password is requested, see the media specialist for this information. • 3. Choose the Resources for Grades K-5 button. • 4. Choose the SIRS Discover button. • 5. Type the words nocturnal animals in the search box. • 6. Select “Search.” • 7. Scroll down the article results. • 8. Click on the article named Night Shift. • 9. Follow along and view several pictures of nocturnal animals as your teacher reads Night Shift aloud. • 10. Answer the essential question based on the information from the article and the pictures.
How did you do? • Do you know the meaning of a.m. and p.m.? • Do you know what “nocturnal” means? • Do you know how to tell time to the nearest hour? • Do you know what time the Baby Beebee Bird should go to sleep?
What a great zookeeper! You did a super job teaching the Baby Beebee Bird about telling time. Now all of the animals will be able to get some rest!
Standards Ohio Academic Content Standards Mathematics-Grade 1: Measurement # Tell Time to the hour on digital and analog (dial) timepieces. Science-Kindergarten: Life Science # Investigate observable features of plants and animals that help them live in different kinds of places. Ohio Academic Content Standards for Technology Grade 1- Technology and Information Literacy/Internet Concepts #2 Use teacher or librarian selected Web site to find information or learn new things. Grade 1-Technology and Information Literacy/Internet Concepts #3: Use browser tools and buttons: a. Forward and back button; b. Home button; c. Choose a link from the bookmarks or favorites list. Guidelines for Effective School Library Media Programs in Ohio Grade 1-Information Literacy/Library Awareness #3: Understand that the library media center has materials that everyone may use. Grade 1- Information Literacy/Benchmark D #3: Participate in literacy-enrichment activities.
Citations • Rhino Image. (n.d). Retrieved July 26, 2007, from Google Images site: http://www.animationlibrary.com/sc/137/Hippos_and_Rhinos/?pages=4 • Book Cover Image. (n.d). Retrieved July 22, 2007 from Google Images site: http://www.harperacademic.com/catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060280832 • Smiley Face Image. (n.d). Retrieved July 22, 2007 from Google Images site: http://www.pictogramstudio.com/images-ps-sidebars/smiley-face-ps-version2.png • Frowny Face Image. (n.d). Retrieved July 22, 2007 from Google Images site: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/biolchem/images/frown.gif • Massie, Diane R. (1963). The Baby Beebee Bird. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. • Tiger Picture. (n.d). Retrieved July 26, 2007, from Google Images site : http://www.freemanpta.com/Home_Page.php • SIRSDiscover. (2007). Retreived July 22, 2007 from the Information Network For Ohio Schools site: http://www.infohio.org • Just in Time. Retrieved July 22, 2007 from site: http://sln.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/hour_quiz.html • What Time Is It? Retrieved from the Primary Games site: http://www.primarygames.com/time/question1.htm • Time Teacher. Retrieved from the Cyberbee site: http://www.cyberbee.com/games/timeteacher.html
Teacher Notes • Prior to completing this WebQuest, all students need to read or listen to the children’s book The Baby Beebee Bird. • The Baby Beebee Bird WebQuest would produce the best results if completed with teacher guidance. • Any part of the WebQuest that asks students to orally state their answers could easily be changed to written responses based on ability level.