Transcript ANCIENT CHINESE INVENTION WEBQUEST

ANCIENT CHINESE
INVENTION WEBQUEST
A Trip Back in Time
TASK
A new museum is being built in Cranston.
An area of the museum will be
dedicated to Chinese history. It will be
a great honor for you to convince the
museum staff to include a
recommendation from you. To have
your invention included in the museum
you must complete the following task:
Choose an invention to research from the list.
Your job is to create a PowerPoint that includes
important and interesting information that will
convince
the owner of the museum to display the invention you
have chosen.
CHINESE INVENTIONS LIST
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Silk
Abacus/calculator
Paper money
crossbow
Ice cream
Seismograph/dragon jar
fireworks
Inoculations
Chopsticks
noodles
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stirrups
kites
Toothbrush
Tea
cuju (soccer)
Compass
Umbrella
Porcelain
Decide why the invention you
chose was successful…
 It made work easier.
 It improved health.
 It improved quality of life.
 It was used by many people.
 It had an impact on history.
To convince the museum to accept your
nomination be sure to answer the following
questions…
1. What is the invention?
2. When was the invention devised? Who devised it?
1. Describe three ways this invention affect peoples’
lives at the time it was invented?
1. In what ways does this invention affect our lives
today?
1. Add any other information you feel is important for
the museum director to know.
NO MORE THAN 10 SLIDES.
THE PATH TO SUCCESS!!!
• Research your invention by exploring the listed
websites and available texts.
• ALL texts and pictures must be cited on your
bibliography (last PowerPoint slide).
• While researching, complete the graphic organizer with
as much information as you can find about your
invention.
• Organize your information into a PowerPoint
presentation to convince the director of the museum to
choose your invention.
• PARAPHRASE the information you use in your project.
Do not copy from the text.
BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT
Internet Web Site:
Author (last name first). "Title of web site". Web site date. Web. Date
you looked at the article.
Example:
Murphy, Joseph. "Plants of the Rain Forests.” 2006. Web. 7 February
2008.
Book By One Author:
Author (last name first). Title (Underlined). City of publication: Publisher.
Year.
Example:
Brown, Thomas. The Desert. New York: Macmillan Publishing
Company, 2005.
*YOU MAY ALSO USE CITATION MAKER. Just click the link below. Don't forget to
copy down citation on paper or copy and paste it into a word document then
save. CITATION MAKER
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