Q2: Thrill Rides
In this mission, you will need to visit an amusement park website and investigate the rides to find the most thrilling roller coaster and water rides. Your information will need to be organized in a visual map. Remember you must organize your rides into the appropriate category, along with your review of the rides. Remember to capture your findings in an image capture (screen shot). This image will need to be saved to a word document and saved as lastname.firsname.T4Q2 to my documents and the shared all drive.
Steps
1. Travel to Cedar Point using the virtual pathway below. Locate the rides you feel are the "Most Thrilling" roller coaster and water rides. Create categories for types of rides and organize the names of the rides by type on your graphic. Gliffy does not save so once you start you need to finish it.
Cedar Point Amusement Park
Create your visual map using one of the links below.
You may not use the same application as you did for Q1 Fire Rescue.
In order to complete this quest, create an image capture (screen shot) of your graphic organizer and paste it to word. Make sure you save it in my documents and to the shared all drive as lastname.firstname.T4Q2
Two ways to earn Extra credit: (up to 6 points) You may choose option 1, option 2 or both. They will be worth up to 3 points each.
Option 1: On the same word file that you saved your Gliffy screen shot; explain which thrill Ride has the most potential energy and which ride would have the most kinetic energy. You must also explain why you believe this to be true. If you are having trouble remembering what Kinetic and Potential Energy mean? Try the links below to review.
Definitions of Kinetic and Potential Energy
More interesting information about energy and roller coasters
How roller coasters work
This site explains and demonstrates how roller coasters work!
Option 2: (up to 3 points) Use gliffy to create the floor plan of your house at home or create your future home. The more detailed you make it the better. You cannot save in gliffy so you have to finish when you start. Take a screen shot of your work and save it to your word file.
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF QUEST 2
SAVE YOUR QUEST 3 WORD FILE TO THE SHARED ALL>~CRUSSELL FOLDER>YOURHOUR>LASTNAME.FIRSTNAME.T4Q2
Steps
1. Travel to Cedar Point using the virtual pathway below. Locate the rides you feel are the "Most Thrilling" roller coaster and water rides. Create categories for types of rides and organize the names of the rides by type on your graphic. Gliffy does not save so once you start you need to finish it.
Cedar Point Amusement Park
Create your visual map using one of the links below.
You may not use the same application as you did for Q1 Fire Rescue.
In order to complete this quest, create an image capture (screen shot) of your graphic organizer and paste it to word. Make sure you save it in my documents and to the shared all drive as lastname.firstname.T4Q2
Two ways to earn Extra credit: (up to 6 points) You may choose option 1, option 2 or both. They will be worth up to 3 points each.
Option 1: On the same word file that you saved your Gliffy screen shot; explain which thrill Ride has the most potential energy and which ride would have the most kinetic energy. You must also explain why you believe this to be true. If you are having trouble remembering what Kinetic and Potential Energy mean? Try the links below to review.
Definitions of Kinetic and Potential Energy
More interesting information about energy and roller coasters
How roller coasters work
This site explains and demonstrates how roller coasters work!
Option 2: (up to 3 points) Use gliffy to create the floor plan of your house at home or create your future home. The more detailed you make it the better. You cannot save in gliffy so you have to finish when you start. Take a screen shot of your work and save it to your word file.
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF QUEST 2
SAVE YOUR QUEST 3 WORD FILE TO THE SHARED ALL>~CRUSSELL FOLDER>YOURHOUR>LASTNAME.FIRSTNAME.T4Q2
NETS
1. Creativity and Innovation
B. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression
3. Research & Information Fluency
B. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, ethically use information…
D. Process data and report results
4. Thinking & Problem Solving & Decision Making
C. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions
6. Technology Operations & Concepts
D. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
Common Core Science Standards
MS-PS 3 a, b Energy
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
1. Creativity and Innovation
B. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression
3. Research & Information Fluency
B. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, ethically use information…
D. Process data and report results
4. Thinking & Problem Solving & Decision Making
C. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions
6. Technology Operations & Concepts
D. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
Common Core Science Standards
MS-PS 3 a, b Energy
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.