Web Design by: Nick Ragone, Bouna Coundoul, Andrew Wong

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• Web Design by Nick Ragone, Bouna Coundoul,
  Andrew Wong
• Content by Meghan Howell and Rebecca Woodard

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Early Explorers
This project was designed to teach the 2nd grade
classes at Thomas OBrien Academy of Science and
Technology about four early explorers who
traveled to what is now the United States of
America. The four explorers, Henry Hudson, Leif
Ericsson, Christopher Columbus, and Amerigo
Vespucci were represented by individual pages on
our web site. Each group of students was expected
to learn about one explorer and then present
through a poster presentation to their classmates.
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Information Seeking

• We based on project on the research and
  theories of Constance Mellon
• Library anxiety
• Collaboration

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Site Highlights

• The flash cards page was suggested by one of the
  elementary school faculty.
• We laid out all 16 vocabulary terms in white
  boxes and the image switches over to the
  definitions when you click on it.
• The colors correspond to each explorer. Henry
  Hudson being red in particular.

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Assessment

• Students presented what they learned along with
  their partners through a poster presentation.
• Teachers and myself referred to a rubric while
  the students presented
• The students could receive a maximum of 4 points
  in 3 different areas for a total of 12 points.