Flat Stanley Explores Communities WebQuest

Flat Stanley Explores Communities A Third Grade WebQuest

Introduction	Tasks	Project	Resources	Evaluation	Conclusion

Introduction

Flat Stanley is preparing to go on some adventures and explore other communities. Please help him do this by sending him to a relative or friend in another state or country. Find out more about the community that you are sending him to, how far away it is from here and how much it money would it cost to send you (by mail). Then report back to your class about what you learned.

Tasks
Task #1	Task #2	Task #3	Task #4	Task #5

Task #1 - Create Your Own Flat Stanley Listen to the story of Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and then discuss, as a class, his different adventures and the problems and solutions that occur. Color and cut your own Flat Stanley to send to someone in another community in the United States or in another country. Click on one of the links below to find Flat Stanley templates to use or create your own. http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/template.htm http://www.mrsperkins.com/files/stanley.doc

Task #2 - Write and Send a Letter With Flat Stanley Choose the person you want to write to. Write a letter on paper. Once your letter has been edited and corrected, then use the letter generator to create a finished typed copy. Letter Generator http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

Task # 3 - Find Distance and Route Flat Stanley Will Travel Print out a map showing the best route for Flat Stanley to take if he traveled by car rather than by mail from Raleigh, North Carolina to your person's house. Highlight the distance he would travel on the printout. School Address: Raleigh, NC 27609 www.mapquest.com

Task # 4 - Figure Out How Much it Would Cost to Mail You Listen to a story about a girl who got mailed by the U.S. Postal Service in Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell. Find out how much it would cost to mail you instead of Flat Stanley to the address he is going. Use the United States Postal Service's Postage Rate Calculator to determine how much it would cost to send you from Raleigh (Zip Code: 27609) to your person's zip code. Hint: You would be an large, oversized package. http://postcalc.usps.gov/

Task # 5 - Research the Community Flat Stanley Will Visit Learn about the community or city that Flat Stanley will be visiting including its' famous community leaders, landmarks, history and weather. Use the sites below to do your research and use resources in the media center. New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia (Search = City) http://nbk.grolier.com/ CITY-DATA.COM http://www.city-data.com/ State and Local Government on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net/

Project Write a report on what you learned. Include the listed information in your report. Name, relationship and community of the person that you sent your letter and colored Flat Stanley to (Paragraph 1) Approximate distance Flat Stanley traveled and the route (through which states) he probably would have taken if he had driven by car (Paragraph 2) Cost of sending you by mail rather than sending Flat Stanley and a short description of how you think that trip might have been (Paragraph 3) Give information about the community that Flat Stanley will visit including famous community leaders, landmarks, history and weather (Paragraphs 4-7) List some places you might like to send Flat Stanley in the future and why you would want to send him there (Paragraph 8) Attach a list of the Internet sites and print resources you used in your report Attach a copy of the letter you sent and a copy of the letter received from the person who you sent Flat Stanley to (if you got one back)

Resources

Check out these resources to find out about additional adventures that Flat Stanley has had with other classes and people in the United States and around the World.

Flat Stanley Project Official Website
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/

Wilburn's Adventures with Flat Stanley
http://wilburnes.wcpss.net/flatstanley.htm

Flat Stanley Goes on Yet Another Adventure - 2nd Grade WebQuest
http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/stanley/stanley.htm

The Grand Adventure Travel Club WebQuest
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/dtaylor/flat1.htm

Evaluation

Projects will be evaluated based on a rubric for each of the North Carolina Third Grade Standard Course of Study objectives covered this WebQuest activity.

Computer Skills
1.04 Demonstrates knowledge of individual's rights of ownership by citing sources.
1.16 Cite sources of information (print and nonprint) for a class project.
1.14 Identify, discuss and use terms/concepts (e.g., web browser, URL, keyword, search engine, weblinks)
2.11 Investigate teacher-selected Internet resources about communities; discuss and compare findings for usefulness as a class.

Social Studies
4.02 Use appropriate source maps to locate communities.
3.01 Analyze changes, which have occurred in communities past and present.
5.07 Identify historic figures and leaders who have influenced the economics of communities and evaluate the effectiveness of their contributions.
7.01 Identify the deeds of local and global leaders.

Language Arts
4.093 Produces work that follows conventions of a particular genre such as friendly letters.
4.092 Produces work that follows conventions of a particular genre such as short reports.
4.10 Explores technology as a tool to create a written product.
3.06 Conducts research for assigned and self-selected projects (with assistance) using a variety of sources (print, non-print, artifacts, people, databases)

Math
2.02 Estimate and measure using appropriate units.

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