Webquest_2010-2011

Welcome to the WebQuest page of the year 2010-2011!

**Final results and quiz**.

1. Team of Kristina and Mareli- 10 out of 11 modules completed, they have illustrated their answers with pictures and finally their links for sources work! 2. Team of Rebellle Fleur- 5 out of 11 modules completed. Nice pictures, good English, no sources, however. 3. Team of Olivia- 2 out of 11 completed, last posts from October. Beautiful pictures, good grasp of English, links work. 4. Team of 9B- 2 out of 11 completed, last posts date back to October. Make your blogs more attractive, and add links.
 * Please find the results of the half term **.

__**Basics**__: Time: Sept 2010-Mar 2011 Students: teams of 2-3 of Forms 7-9. Place: anywhere legal with access to the Internet Registration: send us the names of the students, class, team name by September 10, 2010.

__**Task description**__: Every school week a task is published on this webpage. Teams create their own page or use a wiki page given by the organisers to complete the task. Students receive feedback before Christmas and spring holidays. It will finish with a quiz at school where teams can test each other´s knowledge on the topic: UK today.

Example task of one week: QUEEN 1. What is the name of the queen of the UK? 2. What are her duties? 3. When is her birthday?

Example blog 1, example blog 2

1. Find the answers to all the questions. Give the answers using your Webquest blogs. 2. Provide Your answers with the sources, where you found the necessary information. 3. It is recommendable to illustrate your answers to make them more attractive.
 * __Instructions__:**

[] [] [] || http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/population.html https://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/uk.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_and_population_of_European_countries || 2. What are the symbols of England? http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Symbols-and-Emblems-of-Wales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Symbols_of_England.png || 2. Ireland is divided into two and only Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. What are their symbols (patron saint, flag, plant, ect)? http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/flowers.html http://www.localriding.com/scottish-symbols.html http://www.windsorscottish.com/hist-symb-crests-rcoa.php http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/images/symbols/crosstrad.htm || 2. Who are the key figures? 3. What is the role of the monarch, parliament, government? [] [] [] pictures: 1, 2 || 2. How old are they? What are their titles? 3. To mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign the Diamond Jubilee will take place in 2012. But w hat are the two importants events that will take place in the royal family next year? []; [] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Royal_Family http://www.royal.gov.uk/Home.aspx http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/Overview.aspx || 2. When and where was she crowned? 3. Name four longest reigning monarchs in Britain. When will Elizabeth II surpass them? [] [] media type="youtube" key="aGLN1kREJ2Q?fs=1" height="190" width="240" [] [] [] || 2. How do you know if the sovereign is in? 3. What are her other official residences? Illustrate with pictures. [] [] || 2. What is the nickname of Queen Victoria? Why? 3. Britain became the most powerful country in the world at her time. Point out 5 positive things. http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxe_coburg_gotha_2.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians.html http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians/victoria.htm || //radar, steam engine, penicilin, world wide web, television, telephone, lawn mower, refrigerator, laws of motion, gravity and universal graduation, nuclear structure of an atom, theory of evolution//. 1. John Logie Baird 2. Alexander Graham Bell 3. Tim Berners-Lee 4. Edwin Beard Budding 5. William Cullen 6. Charles Darwin 7. Alexander Fleming 8. Sir Isaac Newton 9. Ernest Rutherford 10. Robert Alexander Watson-Watt 11.James Watt http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/brit.shtml <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://scientistshowtell.wikispaces.com <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="7892411" align="left" || 2. Which of them would you recommend? Why? 3. Many of their books have been made into films. Name some. http://searchwarp.com/swa127484.htm http://www.anglotopia.net/site-news/latest/guest-post-top-10-british-childrens-authors-and-books/ media type="custom" key="7913761" || 2. Make a photo gallery of 10 legendary British musicians. Add some important facts about them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kUnCwV3AYE&feature=related, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ5fLBEpKo8, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwziS2aE6Ww&feature=related http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/music.htm || 2. What are the most popular sports in Britain? Which are called elite? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_the_United_Kingdom http://projectbritain.com/sport.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_Olympics || 2. Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the name under which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competes at the Olympics. Are athletes from Northern Ireland always included in this team? <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_Olympics || 2. Why is 30th of November important to Britons? 3. Whose birthday is celebrated on the Twelfth Night? When? How? 4. What's the English for Küünlapäev? Why is it called so? http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/holidays.html media type="custom" key="8238098" width="70" height="70" ||
 * Let's start! **Answer the questions of the first module by October 3rd.
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Topic || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Questions/Links ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 1 Sept 27 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">UK: parts, capitals || # <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What is the difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What are the capitals of its parts?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 2 Oct 4 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">UK: size, location, population || # Where in Europe is the UK?
 * 1) How big is it compared to other European countries, including Estonia?
 * 2) What nations live in the UK? How much has the population grown since the last census in 2001?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 3 Oct 11 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">UK: symbols of England, Wales || 1. What symbols of Wales can you see in the following picture?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 4 Oct 18 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">UK: symbols of Scotland, (Northern) Ireland || 1. What are the common symbols of Scotland. Which of them does the Scottish royal coat of arms depict?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 5 Nov 1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">UK: head of state, parliament, government || 1. Who runs Britain?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 6 Nov 18 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Queen Elizabeth II: family || 1. Who form the royal family?
 * NEW! **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 7 Nov 22 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Queen Elizabeth II: reign || 1. When did she come to the throne?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 8 Nov 29 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Queen Elizabeth II: castles || 1. What is the official residence of the queen in London?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 9 Dec 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Queen Victoria: family, contribution || 1. When did she live and rule? How is she connected with Germany?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 10 Dec 13 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Famous scientists, discoveries || Match the following names of scientists with the inventions and put them in the chronological order of their discoveries:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 11 Dec 20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Famous writers || 1. What have the following great British authors written:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//R.L.Stevenson//
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//B.Potter//
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//L.Carroll//
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Ch.Dickens//
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//E.Bronte//
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Ch.Bronte//
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//J.M.Barrie//
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//R.Dahl//
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//C.S.Lewis//
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Sir Walter Scott//
 * 11) T.Pratchett
 * 12) J.Wilson
 * 13) J.K.Rowling
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 12 Jan10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Music, anthems || 1. Name (and illustrate with videos) the anthems of the parts of the UK.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 13 Jan 17 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Sport: athletes, traditions || 1. What sports originate from Britain?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 14 Jan 24 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Sport: olympic games || 1. How many times have the olympic games taken place in Britain? When? What makes GB special?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 15 Jan 31 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Holidays/traditions: winter, spring || 1. Name the public holidays in winter and spring.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 16 Feb 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Holidays/traditions: summer, autumn || What holidays can you recogise in the following pictures? When are they held?



http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/holidays.html || Isle of Man, Scilly Isles, Isle of Wight, The Hebrides, The Shetlands, the Isle of Mull 2. Which of the these islands match the following descriptions: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/ukregions.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/britishisles.htm || 2. What are the three longest, where? 3. The Thames is tidal. What has been done to protect London from flooding? 4. What is the difference between high and low tide at LOndon Bridge: 3, 5,or 7 metres? http://www.chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/riverthames/facts.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/rivers/UK.htm || 2. What are mountains called in Scotland? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_and_hills_of_the_United_Kingdom || 2. Who are corgis and dorgis? 3. What are the most common animals and birds in Britain? http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/animals.html http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/RoyalAnimals/Familypets.aspx ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 17 Feb 14 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Nature: islands || 1. Where can you find the following British isles?
 * The North Sea oil business, as well as cattle and sheep raising are the major fields of economy. The islands are famous for their ponies, hand-knitted wool sweaters, world-class fishing venues and copious wildlife - especially birds and seals. The islands are well-served by regional airports and ferries. Note that the islands are actually closer to the coast of Norway than mainland Scotland.
 * Its people are known as Mullochs. This island is home to the largest and rarest bird of prey in Britain, the white-tailed sea eagle. As a result, it is also home to egg thieves, who prize rare birds’ eggs and are keen to collect them or sell them to collectors who pay handsomely.
 * In 2006 just over 80,000 people lived there, the main industries are not farming and fishing, but financial, high-tech businesses and tourism. An annual motorcycle race is a significant event and attracts thousands of visitors there. In addition, the island is well-served by ferry services and by its own airport.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 18 Feb 21 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Nature: rivers, lakes || 1. Are rivers in Britain short or long?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 19 Feb 28 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Nature: mountains || 1. What are the highest peaks in Britain? Give the heights and mountain ranges they are located in.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Module 20 Mar 7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Nature: animals || 1. What is the national animal of Britain?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">QUIZ TIME Mar 14 || All ||   ||