Discover the Copper State Webquest  

Introduction
You have the responsibility to introduce the state of Arizona to students from around the country. Consider the following areas in your presentation: environment, animals, plants, history, people, counties, Indian tribes, tourist attractions, etc. . . Put the following pieces together into a PowerPoint Presentation.

 

Tasks

  1. Identify 10 animals that you would find in Arizona.
  2. Compare weather in Arizona with another state of your choice.
  3. Write a few sentences about pollution in Arizona and one thing you can do to solve the problem.
  4. Write a schedule of places to visit in one day with a friend visiting from out-of-state.
  5. Identify a Native American Indian Tribe and tell 3 facts about them most interesting to you.
  6. Draw a picture of an Arizona desert and label at least 5 different plants in your drawing.
  7. List the major events leading to Arizona Statehood. (what is the date and year of State hood? -- hint Valentine's Day)
  8. Find a famous person in Arizona History and write 3 questions that you would like to ask that person.

 

Resources

  1. Desert USA - www.desertusa.com  
  2. Arizona Highways Magazine - www.arizhwys.com 
  3. Arizona Destination - www.amdest.com  
  4. 50States - www.50states.com   
  5. Arizona Desert Sonoran Museum - www.desertmuseum.org  
  6. Grand Canyon National Park - www.nps.gov/grca/grandcanyon 
  7. AZ Central - www.azcentral.com 
  8. AZ State Capitol Museum - www.dlapr.lib.az.us/museum/capitol.htm 
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Process

1.  Locate the answers to each of the 8 tasks listed above.

2.  Organize and develop a PowerPoint presentation to introduce the state of Arizona to other students around the country.  This presentation should be at least 10 slides.  One slide can be the title page (with picture), and one at the end can be a credits and bibliography page (Where did you get the information from?).  Pictures should be on every slide.

3.  Present to the class your presentation while telling about Arizona, and post your slide show to the classroom website for others to view.

Evaluation Rubric

Conclusion

Hopefully you know just a little bit more about this wonderful state we live in.

Written by Jeremy C. Douwstra

updated on 03/20/2001