For this challenge our class will be promoting sustainability and the importance of each Earth cycle.
By now, your group will have found a lot about your cycle, you are probably all experts! Its time to act like it!
In this activity your group must put all the information you have learned so far together. One member of your group will be the interviewer and one will be a 'Scientist' who is an expert on your cycle. The other three members will be responsible for other practical elements of the interview.
This is also going to help you figure out what your final task creating a sustainability campaign will be about.
Step 1
As a group decide what are the most important things people should know about your cycle. How does it work? What does it involve? (It would probably help if you referred back to the mindmap you made at the start of this WebQuest) Why is your cycle so important?
Step 2
Decide in your group who will be playing each role for the interview.
The Interviewer: Introduces the Scientist and the topic of the intervew, asks questions (starting with simple questions to harder ones), makes comments on the Scientists answers and finishes the interview.
The Scientist: As an expert in the field of your cycle, the Scientist must answer all the questions asked, perhaps using some visual materials like diagrams or pictures.
Watch this YouTube clip and get some ideas about the kind of language a scientist might use and the kinds of questions that could be asked.
Three Assistants: Will be responsible for arranging and printing off the scripts, making sure the Interviewer and Scientist have and know their scripts, are dressed according to their roles and have some props. You should think about what a Scientist looks like and what they are likely to be carrying...
Step 3
Begin to write a script for the interview, perhaps including some jokes or funny comments to make the interview more engaging. You should think about what kind of questions and information are going to help your audience make informed decisions about the environment: How does this cycle work? Which parts of our environment are involved? How are we affecting/changing it?
Also decide on and organise some costumes and props for the interview, maybe some clipboards for the Interviewer and Scientist to refer to the script, some pictures or diagrams, hats, glasses or wigs.
Step 4
Show your first draft of the script to the teacher for some advice or suggestions then produce a final draft of the script using Microsoft Word.
Step 5
On Discovery Day 'perform' your interview for the rest of the class.
Interview with a Scientist
For this challenge our class will be promoting sustainability and the importance of each Earth cycle.
By now, your group will have found a lot about your cycle, you are probably all experts! Its time to act like it!
In this activity your group must put all the information you have learned so far together. One member of your group will be the interviewer and one will be a 'Scientist' who is an expert on your cycle. The other three members will be responsible for other practical elements of the interview.
This is also going to help you figure out what your final task creating a sustainability campaign will be about.
Step 1
As a group decide what are the most important things people should know about your cycle. How does it work? What does it involve? (It would probably help if you referred back to the mindmap you made at the start of this WebQuest) Why is your cycle so important?
Step 2
Decide in your group who will be playing each role for the interview.
The Interviewer: Introduces the Scientist and the topic of the intervew, asks questions (starting with simple questions to harder ones), makes comments on the Scientists answers and finishes the interview.
The Scientist: As an expert in the field of your cycle, the Scientist must answer all the questions asked, perhaps using some visual materials like diagrams or pictures.
Watch this YouTube clip and get some ideas about the kind of language a scientist might use and the kinds of questions that could be asked.
Three Assistants: Will be responsible for arranging and printing off the scripts, making sure the Interviewer and Scientist have and know their scripts, are dressed according to their roles and have some props. You should think about what a Scientist looks like and what they are likely to be carrying...
Step 3
Begin to write a script for the interview, perhaps including some jokes or funny comments to make the interview more engaging. You should think about what kind of questions and information are going to help your audience make informed decisions about the environment: How does this cycle work? Which parts of our environment are involved? How are we affecting/changing it?
Also decide on and organise some costumes and props for the interview, maybe some clipboards for the Interviewer and Scientist to refer to the script, some pictures or diagrams, hats, glasses or wigs.
Step 4
Show your first draft of the script to the teacher for some advice or suggestions then produce a final draft of the script using Microsoft Word.
Step 5
On Discovery Day 'perform' your interview for the rest of the class.