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World Heritage Digital Portfolio Activity. Year 8, Term 1 2012. Creating a Digital Portfolio. Create a PowerPoint presentation showing all of the Wonders Of The World (both Human & Natural) You will be required to make a 5 minute presentation to the class You may work in pairs.
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World Heritage Digital Portfolio Activity Year 8, Term 1 2012
Creating a Digital Portfolio • Create a PowerPoint presentation showing all of the Wonders Of The World (both Human & Natural) • You will be required to make a 5 minute presentation to the class • You may work in pairs. • This activity will be completed over 2 periods. • Presentation will be next week.
Slides Required • Title page • With name of presentation and names of students working together • World Map • Showing the location of the current Wonders of the World • You may use text boxes and arrows to annotate the locations) • Wonders of the World List • Who decides what is a wonder of the world? • What is on the current list? • One page for each Wonder • There should be a brief description of each Wonder including: • A picture of the Wonder • Why is it considered to be a Wonder of the World (or what is so special about it?) • Who built it (if man made) • When was it built • Where is it?
Check these are still the current list List of Wonders of the World 7 Human Wonders of the World 7 Natural Wonders of the World Aurora (Northern Lights) Great Barrier Reef Grand Canyon Paricutin Victoria Falls Mount Everest Harbor of Rio de Janiero • Chichen Itza, Mexico - • Christ Redeemer, Brazil • The Great Wall, China • Machu Picchu, Peru • Petra, Jordan • The Roman Colosseum, Italy • The Taj Mahal, India • Websites that may be helpful include: • http://geography.about.com/ • www.bing.com • www.google.com http://sevennaturalwonders.org/the-original http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/sevenwonders.htm
Extension ActivityWonders Of The Ancient World • Pyramids of Giza, • Hanging Gardens of Babylon, • Statue of Zeus at Olympia, • Temple of Artemis at Ephesus • Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, • Colossus of Rhodes • The Lighthouse of Alexandria • The Walls of Babylon • Palace of King Cyrus of Persia If you finish the human and natural wonders and would like to create an extra presentation you can on the ancient wonders – it is not compulsory