Let's+Play!

Let's Play!

ACTIVITY #1

Materials and Resources: [|RATW Introduction PowerPoint] RATW example project [|Student packet](includes):
 * Student FAQs
 * Important Dates
 * Writing Ideas
 * Grading Criteria
 * Cost of Travel (Going Somewhere?)
 * Figure Your Way Around The World
 * Citing sites form
 * Blank World Map
 * The Trip Planner
 * Research Notes
 * Master Travelogue

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Activity Description > ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Explain to the students that they are about to learn about an exciting adventure they are going on! > > >
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Show the introduction powerpoint.[[file:RATW_Intro.ppt]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Project and handout the following documents for the [|Student packet]:[[file:Student_Packet-ALL.doc]]
 * Student FAQs
 * Important Dates
 * Writing Ideas
 * Grading Criteria
 * Cost of Travel (Going Somewhere?)
 * Figure Your Way Around The World
 * Citing sites form
 * Blank World Map
 * The Trip Planner
 * Research Notes
 * Master Travelogue
 * Parent Extra Credit
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Show former student sample.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Go through EACH handout, with particular emphasis on the Student FAQ.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Make sure students put handouts in their notebooks and they are clear that there will be more opportunities for them to ask questions! Have students determine which way they are going to try win the race (spend the least money, travel the greatest distance, or travel the fastest)!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Activity #2

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Materials and Resources
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|Welcome to Stockerland!] Map
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|So, Where Do I Go From Where I Am?] practice worksheet
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|Let’s Get Going!] worksheet
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">5-6 inch piece of string for each student
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|RATW Cost of Traveling Sheet] (from the previously provided student packet)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Rulers
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Calculators (optional)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Activity Description > ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Have students place their "Stockerland Map", the "So, Where Do I Go From Where I Am? practice worksheet", and "RATW Cost of Traveling" sheets in front of them (next to each other). > > >
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Share with the students that we are going to make sure we understand the decision-making criteria of each strategy for traveling so that they can decide which strategy to use and how to plan their real Race Around The World.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Review the three strategies, emphasizing the importance or unimportance of time, cost, and distance FOR EACH ONE.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Next, have the students use their "Stockerland Map" and "Cost of Travel" to complete the "Let’s Get Going!" worksheet (answering the questions using the strategy they just decided on using in the "So Where Do I Go From Where I Am" activity). Have students use their string to measure the distance and calculate the mileage. This can be done individually or in pairs or as a class activity.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">Activity #3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Materials and Resources
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Blank World Map
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Atlas
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Rulers
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Calculators (optional)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">5-6 inch piece of string per student
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|Cost of Travel worksheet]
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|1st Trip Planner]
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|Master Travelogue]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Activity Description
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Have students take out the materials listed above.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Share with the students that today they are going to map out their entire trip, based on their SELECTED strategy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Using the ruler, have students map out their world travels BASED ON THEIR CHOSEN STRATEGY, moving from city to city WITHIN THE REGIONS—they will have a total of 5 or 7 cities (depending on how many regions you have selected)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Have the students complete the 1st Trip Planner (this will be turned in with their first regional chapter)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Have the students complete the first line of the Master Travelogue

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Activity #4 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Materials and Resources
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Mixbook website (or other Web2.0 tool)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">One account with one password that YOU set up as the teacher

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Activity Description
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Teach the tool to the students
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Share with them the expectations and inclusions for the regional chapter

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">Activity #5

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Intended Learning > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">To provide lab time for students to do research for their regional chapters > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Materials and Resources
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Regional “Top 10” sites
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|Research Notes] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(optional)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Activity Description
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Ensure that the Regional “Top 10” sites are available on a website to student.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Provide each student with a Research Notes worksheet for recorded information obtained.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Give students time to do their research, compile notes and graphics, storing their graphics in a student-created folder on the hard drive. This time should be LIMITED to once a region. The rest of the work is done outside of classtime.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Repeat this activity for each region.