Web Scavenger Hunt

Subject Matter: Reading and Literacy

Grade Level: 3

Lesson Objective: Learners will demonstrate the ability to use the internet to further their understanding of a story they have read about the Olympics. 

Common Core State Standard and/or Academic Content Standard: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Technology Standard: NETS for Students:  

3d.  Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

Website Addresses Used as Resources:  Be sure these links are “hot” and take the viewer directly to the correct web page URL.

1. Olympics Homepage
2. United States Swimming
3. United States Track and Field
4. United States Medal Count
5. United States Gymnastics

Student Research Questions:

Essential Question: 

1.  What does it take to be an Olympian?

Subsidiary Questions (6-10):

2.  What sports are in the Olympics?

3.  Who can participate in the Olympics?

4.  What sport would you like to participate in?

5.   Who are some famous swimmers?

6.   What are some track and field races?

7.   What kind of medals can athletes earn?

8.   How many medals has the United States won in Rio?

9.   What do you think the hardest event in gymnastics is?

Assessment:  

After reading a short book about the Olympics  students use the internet to learn more about the sports talked about in the book.  They can research what steps they would need to take to be an Olympian and what sports are available to them.  Assessment for this assignment takes place after the reading and research by answering questions provided in one of the following way: spoken answer, written answer, picture symbol, or communication device.  Questions to be answered are: what is the story about, who do we see at the Olympics, what do we do for Olympic teams, what do Olympic teams do, what does the story say the Olympics is?  A Display of three options will be given to the student to choose their answer from.