Renewing Nashville: The Webquest

November 12, 2013 Dear Students, I am writing to you because our city needs your help! The people in our city are using too many nonrenewable resources. We are running out of resources! I need you to help me teach the children in Nashville about reusing renewable and nonrenewable resources. You can save our city! Will you help? Sincerely, Mayor Karl Dean

Task: Our city is running out of nonrenewable resources! Mayor Karl Dean has asked you to help teach kids in Nashville about renewable and nonrenewable resources. Your job is to create a presentation that will teach other kids in Nashville about how to reuse the earths resources. You can help save our city! Are you ready?

Process: 1. You will research renewable and nonrenewable resources. How are they different? 2. You will research different ways to reuse the earths resources. 3. Use the organizer to write down different examples of renewable and non-renewable resources. 4. Create a presentation with your partner that will convince other kids to reuse the earths resources. Resources: Use the books that Mrs. Price and Ms. White provide for you. You can also use these links to websites: Pebblego.com Social Studies People and the Environment Helping the Environment Eschooltoday.com Starfall Earth Day WorldBook Kids Natural Resources WorldBook Kids Conservation Encyclopedia Britannica Conservation US Energy Information Administration Ecokids renewable energy Britannica Image Quest

Evaluation:

Mrs. Price and Ms. White will use these rubrics to score your project. Research Rubric Presentation Rubric Conclusion: At the end of this Webquest, you are able to understand the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. By convincing other kids to reuse the earths resources, you are able to evaluate different methods for reusing resources.