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Description:
You are a writer for a geographic magazine covering the countries of the Olympic winners. Your magazine is gathering information about the Olympic winners in Australia and New Zealand. Pick 2 medal winners, one from New Zealand and one from Australia, and report about their homeland. In your report, include the longitude and latitude of the capital city from the country of the medal winners.Then, research the temperature, climate, population density, per capita Gross Domestic Product and natural resources of the countries of your two medal winners.

Your magazine is offered on the Internet and your boss wants you to gather the information and create a multimedia presentation containing the information you have researched.

Student Directions: Review each of the websites attached to the directions below and complete the following tasks:

Log into your server space download the data sheet, save to your folder on the server.

1. Glossary

Open the PowerPoint template and begin creating your Glossary.

  • Use the Fact Monster: Countries of the World and Ring of Fire websites listed under "Project Resources" to complete this activity. You may also use your social studies book.
  • Create a glossary that includes a definition and a picture, for your presentation for the following terms: (Click here to download template)
    • Ring of fire
    • per capita GDP
    • climate
    • natural resources
    • adaptation to physical environment
    • Oceania- List countries
    • population density
    • inhabited
    • desert
    • rain forest
    • temperature
    • grassland
    • interior
    • inhospitable
    • migration
    • colonization
    • culture
    • longitude
    • latitude


2. Olympic Medal Winners

Find medal winners from this web site. One from Australia, one from New Zealand, record your data on data sheet. Include what sort of medal, and in what event it was won.

3. Flash Earth

Go to this website and find the longitude and latitude of the capital city from the country of the Olympic winners that you chose. To do this, follow these steps:

  • Under "//Map Source," choose "Microsoft VE (labels)."
  • Under the "//Search" field, enter the name of the country you would like to view. Click the small magnifying glass to search. Wait for the map to display.
  • Click on "//Location." Then, click on the hometown of your selected medallist. The latitude and longitude will display under location. Record this on your sheet.
  • Follow the same steps for your other Olympic medal winner.

4. Next you will find geographical data for Austrialia and New Zealand. Record your data using the data sheet in the resource area. Make sure you save to your server space. -USE YOUR CHECKLIST- Include the following information in your article: climate, population density, culture (example- language, food, clothing etc...),  per capita GDP, natural resources, latitude, and longitude of capital city.
****You will have several days to complete step 4 and 5. 

5. Print your data sheet with name (view>header and footer> type name and social studies teacher) Print. Take your data sheet to Lang. Arts class. Write short article using your data. Remember you are a writer for a geographic magazine.   Example Click Here   

6. Graphic Representation - Open Microsoft Office Excel.  Create a graphic representation of any of the topics researched, example, comparing United States, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia tempatures, populations, climates, GDP, etc...
 
7. Australia, New Zealand- Open a multi-media application such as power point, publisher, photo-story, Movie Maker, or any other application approved by your instructor.  Your presentation must incorporate Olympic data, geographical facts, glossary and other information about the countries you selected in step 1. Add your data to your multi-media presentation.


8. Finalize your multi-media project. 

  Review your rubric and checklist, make sure you have all elements required.

The top projects will be chosen to be posted to the website, compete in the district technology fair with a chance of competing in the state TCEA competition. Remember to use the rubric and checklist provided from this website.

9. Present your project to class

PROJECT RESOURCES

excel video World Climates
data sheet New Zealand Facts
rubric Oceania
checklist Flash Earth
glossary powerpoint template Fact Monster: Countries of the World
final project template (optional) Ring of Fire
Australia facts Olympic Medal Winners
New Zealand National Geographic Facts on File (Note: username: deerpark Password: deer)
Australia National Geographic Google Images
  Flickr free image search
****united Streaming has informational videos under my content. Also contains an image search United Streaming (username: dwjhstudent password: pirates
See Instructor for rules regarding participation points
 ****this schedule is subject to change*****
Day 1 (*100 Participation points)  introduction/Glossary Research/Citation Page
Day 2 (*100 Participation points)  glossary
Day 3 (*100 Points Test Grade)    glossary- (Glossary Test using CPS)
Day 4 (*100 Participation points)  Discovery & Research multi-media project - Article
Day 5 (*100 Participation points)  Discovery & Research multi-media project - Article/Excel Graphic
Day 6 (*100 Participation points)  Discovery & Research multi-media project - Excel/Graphic
 
Day 7  (*100 Participation points)   Discovery & Research multi-media project - Excel/Graphic
Day 8 (*100 Participation points)  Discovery & Research multi-media project - Final Project
Day 9 (*100 Participation points)  multi-media project - Final Project
Day 10 (*100 Participation points)  multi-media project - Final Project
 
Day 11  (Last Day to finish Projects) multi-media project - Final Project
Day 12 Student Presentations
Day 13Student Presentations******Rubric Points= 800****  
 
Grading Scale
1800-1650 A
1649-1500 B
1499-1350 C
1349-1200 D
1199-below F