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Africa Mystery Quest

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Africa

 

A collaborative challenge to engage students in Geography

Click here for the Registration Form

 

Jan. 7 AND Jan. 11

30 min. sessions

(Both sessions are needed to complete the challenge)

 

Preparation

Each class will choose a country in Africa and prepare 6 clues about the location.  The clues should include:

 

1. physical feature

2. political feature

3. an example of HEI (Human Environment Interaction)

4. availalbe natural resources & how it affects economic activity

5. demographic data

6.  clue of choice 

 

Agenda

  • Jan. 7 – Partner classes will exchange 6 clues
  • Interim – classes research to determine mystery location in Latin America that match clues provided
  • Jan. 11 – each class can ask ONE yes/no question.  Guesses are made and mystery locations are revealed.

 

Materials 

 

 

FAQ

 

1.  Country assignments - will be confirmed after registration

  

2.  Grading

Other” grade for the prep work & a “Minor” grade for the actual Mystery Quest

The minor grade is going to be based on participation, work ethic and if they guessed correctly or not (smaller percentage of their grade)

or “other” grade, half based on prep work, half on the actual MQ

 

3.  Class structure

dividing my students into 6 groups (1/clue per group)

 

4.  Student Guidance

  • provide direction to the students to help them make the questions not too easy nor too obscure

 

  • “it has 3 cities over 1 Million” might be a reasonable clue that helps narrow down, but not define a country. 
  • giving IMR numbers directly might be too much, but saying it is “one of the highest in the region” might work.   
  • questions can’t be so vague that they encompass all countries, either. “Settled by Spain or Portugal” would pretty much not narrow down anything.  

 

5.  Technology Requirements

Please check with your campus librarian on the process to reserve and checkout your video conference cart.

The day of the conferences

 

  1. Plug the cart into network (best bet is to temporarily unplug a working computer or phone)
  2. Plug the cart into electricity
  3. Turn on the project
  4. Know how to MUTE your microphone

Schedule

 

Time Period Teacher (*Facilitator*) Campus Location
7:35-8:15 1 Betsy Smalley CRHS Burkina Faso
Sandra Bradley CRHS Djibouti
Jessica R Postlethwaite SLHS Tunisia 
Richard Kirby MCHS Djibouti
Ella Milton* KHS Ghana
Sarah Lizana SLHS  
Summer Fonseca SLHS Madagascar 
     
8:40-9:10 2 Betsy Smalley CRHS Botswana
Sandra Bradley CRHS Algeria
Richard Kirby MCHS Cote d'Ivoire
Jessica R Postlethwaite* SLHS Zimbabwe 
Sarah Lizana SLHS  
Summer Fonseca SLHS Uganda 
     
9:30-10:00 3 Ella Milton* KHS Madagascar
Richard Kirby MCHS Eritrea
Sarah Lizana SLHS  
Summer Fonseca SLHS Tanzania 
Kay Hunsucker  KHS  Morocco 
10:55-11:14 4 Betsy Smalley CRHS DR Congo
Jessica R Postlethwaite SLHS Nigeria 
Ella Milton*/ Kay Hunsucker KHS Madagascar
Richard Kirby MCHS Chad
Sarah Lizana SLHS  
     
11:35-12:05 5A Richard Kirby (Jay Sonnenberg*) MCHS Burkina Faso
Sandra Bradley CRHS  Madagascar
Sarah Lizana SLHS  
Summer Fonseca SLHS Namibia 
     
12:05-12:35 5B Betsy Smalley CRHS Eritrea
Jessica R Postlethwaite SLHS Swaziland 
Ella Milton* KHS Libya
Kay Hunsucker  KHS  Morocco 
1:00-1:30 6 Betsy Smalley CRHS  
Sandra Bradley CRHS Burkina Faso
     
2:00-2:30 7 Sandra Bradley CRHS Democratic Republic of Congo
Ella Milton* KHS Mali
Summer Fonseca SLHS Rwanda 
Jessica R Postlethwaite SLHS Malawi 

 

 

Testimontials

 

 

 

 

 

Comments (2)

juliennemlong@katyisd.org said

at 2:19 pm on Dec 15, 2009

The Preparation and Agenda areas both mention choosing countries from Latin America. Which is correct? Africa or Latin America?

Betsy Smalley said

at 11:01 am on Dec 16, 2009

Africa! We have a new Africa form, so please use that.

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