CAN I GET A DOG?
WEBQUEST For grades 2-4 By Susana Audi INTRODUCTION
Zak is a seven years old boy, who wants a dog , however his Dad says NO, because is a lot of responsibilities and expensive too. His Mom is not sure because Zak has allergies to dog’s hair and she is concern that he could get sick with a dog at home. Your quest is to help Zak to convince his parents to get a dog for him.
THE TASK
You will work in a group of 3 or 4 students, and you will help Zak to: *Find the cost of having a dog. *Find different kinds of hypoallergenic dogs, (because he has allergies) *Decide if the family has time to spend with a dog, and the training that it need. After you finish making your research you have to put all the elements together and then make a group report, finally the group have to make a presentation to the class.
THE PROCESS
The group needs to do: Step 1 What are the monthly expenses associated with a dog? Examples: food, toys, collars the vets expensive, etc. Make a list of all the expensive and calculate a monthly cost.
Resources WALMART BANFIELD JOESPET.COM PETFINDER Step 2 Identify dogs that are hypoallergenic to Zak. Make a list of 5 dogs, and include also the bests for kids.
Resources About-dogs.com I-love-dogs.com Step 3 Find if Zak’s family have time for a dog. Write the different activities that they could do with a dog and the different places where they could take care of it, if they need to go out of town.
Resources Dogplay.com dogscouts1.com petswelcome.com dogfriendly.com Step 4 Find the best training for the dog. Make a list of 10 different ways to train it. Resources Dog-obedience-trainig-review.com Digitaldog.com
THE EVALUATION
The evaluation will be as a group. POINTS GROUP WORK RESOURCES PRESENTATION 10 Excellent team very organized. More than ten resources. Excellent oral presentation. 7 Good participation Less than seven resources. Relative organized. 4 Participation poor as a group Less than four resources. Poor fluency. total
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THE CONCLUTION
I hope that each group enjoyed working together. After you have completed your WEBQUEST, you may want to rethink if you are able to really take care of a dog. There are many videos of dogs. It would be a good idea for you to watch some of them. BE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJ-10gSrBg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHhg0zzsE8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOp6v5XKuuI
REFERANCES:
123456Webquest.org Banfield.org Dogscout.com Walmart.com Youtube.com Male, M; (2003). Technology for Inclusion: Meeting the Special Needs of All Students (4th Ed). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. 7- Irvine, S ;(2003).Technology for Exceptional Learners. Boston, MA.