AllisonWQ

In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from Dr. Grace's wiki onto this page. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.)

=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion. Note that you don't need the Standards part, though you can include it if you want.)// =Understanding(s)= //(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace. What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest).)// •linear equations can be found and used in the real world. •exponential equations can be used in the real world. •rates of "real world" subjects can be solved with linear, quadratic, and exponential equations.
 * Goal || Your task is to create a new educational skate park for the town. ||
 * Role || You will be an engineer designing the new park. ||
 * Audience || Your clients are the Parks and Recreation Department of the town. ||
 * Setting || The challenge deals with linear, quadratic, and exponential equations. ||
 * Presentation || You will create a Google Sketchup of the park with all of the equations displayed to show the department. ||

=Introduction= //(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)//

There once was a small town that was thriving on education and the wisdom of its citizens. That is, until recently. Smarttown is struggling. Students have gone wild, teachers are worried, and parents are concerned for the future of their children. The children have gone wild for one reason: the math in this town is weak and unconnected to the real world! This is a very unusual town. The mayor first tried surveying the teachers and then the parents, but somehow they just didn't know what the students wanted. The parents simply complained there was no educational place for their students to play. Finally, the mayor and his cabinet realized that if you want to know what students want, ask the students! So, the mayor talked to the students about the math, the real world, and this small town. He discovered that the students wanted to learn, but needed a cool and hip place to do it. The mayor pondered, and wondered, and came up with an idea...

=Task= You are the engineer in Smarttown, a town reinventing itself. The mayor of the town has created a competition to create a new skate park. The park is being created because parents have complained that there is no educational park for the students to play in outside of school. With all of this in mind, the mayor has asked the Parks and Recreation Department to decide on the submissions. The Parks and Recreation Department is not only looking for the skate park to be designed with mathematical equations, but for the park to be presented with Google Sketchup since that is what the construction crew will use to build. Your task is to create a park to educate children on mathematical equations while having the skate park be fun for children to play at.

=Conclusion= //(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)// The plans are complete. You, a successful and creative engineer, has submitted your plan for a new skate park. Through the struggle of working with linear, quadratic, and exponential equations, you had designed and modeled a new and education park for the wild students of Smarttown to learn at. These students craved mathematics in the real world and you were able to provide. If you think back, you did use these equations in the real world, just like the students wanted to see. It was not only to teach them about the lines, to have them interact with the equations, but you also designed with them. You created shapes and situations in the real world for these students to see and experience. Isn't it amazing that you were able to create a beautiful park with a little bit of math? Welcome to the real world where math is all around you.