Task 15 - Creation of a webquest

The goal of this task is to create a webquest, a useful resource for students to learn, in which all the information they work with comes from the web. Students will learn while having fun, since they love surfing the Internet and playing games online.This webquest is aimed at A2 level students.

A webquest on The Ecosystems

This is a webquest on The Ecosystems. You have to surf the net to find some answers, and show that you are crack in the new technologies.

Activity one

We start with an introduction of the term 'Ecosystem': http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/what-is-an-ecosystem.html

There are some words missing here. Please find them.

An ecosystem includes all of the ___________ things (plants, animals and ___________ ) in a given area, ___________ with each other, and also with their ___________  environments (weather, earth, sun, ___________ , climate, atmosphere).

Now, click on 'click here': What are the five basic needs of living things?

1. Water

2. ____________________

3. ____________________

4. ____________________

5. ____________________

Activity two

Let's view on YouTube the first scene from the “The Lion King” during which baby Simba is introduced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLx_JtcQVI

After watching the video, write a short composition taking into account the following points:

- Review the terms biotic and abiotic by identifying the biotic and abiotic factors you observe in the savanna and reef ecosystems in multiple media forms.

- Describe some of the interactions or relationships you observe between the living things in each environment and infer whether each interaction represents an example of mutualism, commensalism, parasitism or a predator-prey relationship and offer evidence that supports your inference.

Activity three

Review the topic of ecosystems, biotic and abiotic factors with a presentation that you can find on Slideshare, click here.

What are the major biomes of the world?

1. desert; 2. ______________; 3. ______________; 

4. ______________; 5. ______________; 6. tundra; 

7. ______________

Activity four

Let's see if you can analyze an ecosystem, click here. Try to answer the questions on the left.

Activity five

Let's see if you can do the following quiz on abiotic factors.

Activity six

Now, try to do classify the following elements into abiotic or biotic factors. Click here.

Activity seven

Let's visit another webpage on ecosystems: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/ecosystems.htm 

Click on 'play video' to get an explanation about the topic.

After watching the video, click on 'test yourself' in order to do a test about the contents of the video.

Activity eight

Now, try to do the following crossword.

Follow up activity

Finally, work in groups of four of five people in order to do a power point presentation on the topic of Ecosystems. Try to reflect all you have learned about the topic. Don't forget to establish the difference between abiotic and biotic factors.