Teacher support

1. The intended audience is fourth graders.
2. Students will learn information about the Tyrannosaurus Rex's physical features, habitat, what they ate, etc., why the T-Rex had certain features, where he got them, and what he used them for, they will learn how to apply abstract concepts like relating current day animals to that of a dinosaur, practice note taking skills, and work on creativity and imagination.
3. Students will need to be able to read fluently, be familiar with the Internet and its functions, have some practice with abstract thinking, and background knowledge on features of current-day animals to begin this quest.
4. Students will need 2 hours of computer time for this web quest assignment.
5. In grading the projects and answers to questions, very good work would need to show an understanding of the physical features of the T-Rex, complete answers to questions with examples that seem plausible, and an illustration that demonstrates the student can recognize the aspects of a T-Rex related to modern-day animals and habitat that is in the forest, lush and eating meat/other animals. Work that is deemed OK would have a pretty good idea of what a Tyrannosaurus Rex looks like, answers to questions that are somewhat accurate (shows effort), and the illustration demonstrates physical aspects related to a T-Rex, but possible not the abstract ideas of other animals, and the habitat shows forests and sun but no animals. Work deemed not so good would show the student had no concept of a T-Rex's physical features, have answers not relating to the questions, and the illustration would show no effort in the illustration with little relevance to a T-Rex's habitat or physical features.