Introduction
Task
1. You will be working in a group of two or three people. While working as a team, give each person a job to be responsible for: recorder, research organizer, and designer.
Recorder - writes down facts.
Research organizer - records the source of the information.
Designer: creates the article and takes pictures.
2. Complete your journalist assignments:
- Fill in your Stone Mountain Webquest graphic organizer as you go along.
- Begin research - You WILL have to read several pages of information and look at many images and videos. Your brain will get exercise!
- Write down your research and facts you will use in your article.
3. Begin writing your article! Remember that readers love images, charts, and graphs. Be sure to make your article interesting! Remember, the purpose of your article is to inform readers about Stone Mountain and tell how it was formed.
Recorder - writes down facts.
Research organizer - records the source of the information.
Designer: creates the article and takes pictures.
2. Complete your journalist assignments:
- Fill in your Stone Mountain Webquest graphic organizer as you go along.
- Begin research - You WILL have to read several pages of information and look at many images and videos. Your brain will get exercise!
- Write down your research and facts you will use in your article.
3. Begin writing your article! Remember that readers love images, charts, and graphs. Be sure to make your article interesting! Remember, the purpose of your article is to inform readers about Stone Mountain and tell how it was formed.
Welcome to Stone Mountain!
You have arrived! Before you begin researching, you are going to take a train ride around the mountain!
Welcome to the town of
Stone Mountain!
Stone Mountain!
Now it is time to climb Stone Mountain and start exploring!
Now that you've climbed the mountain,
it's time to get back to work...
HOW was this amazing land form created?
Research!
Follow the links below to find out how Stone Mountain was created. General forces that change the Earth Stone Mountain Natural History Geologic Guide to Stone Mountain Georgia Encyclopedia Stone Mountain - A Pluton, not a Volcano! Geology of Stone Mountain - Vocabulary to Know Pictures and captions - The formation of Stone Mountain |
Journalists...time to write your article!
Remember your article must have the following parts:
1. A title
2. A date
2. A description of Stone Mountain and the location
3. A description of how Stone Mountain was formed
4. A picture, chart, or graph.
5. The writers' names.
When you have finished writing your article, check for correct grammar, spelling, and capitalization!
1. A title
2. A date
2. A description of Stone Mountain and the location
3. A description of how Stone Mountain was formed
4. A picture, chart, or graph.
5. The writers' names.
When you have finished writing your article, check for correct grammar, spelling, and capitalization!
Finished writing your article?
Send your article to your news editor, Mrs. Moore! She is so excited to see your work and publish it in the latest edition of Science Today!