The Virginia Challenge 

A WebQuest for 4th Grade Social Studies

Designed by
Maggie Piczak (mep8z@virginia.edu)
Ali Vasel (ajv8f@virginia.edu)

  Introduction| Task| Process| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits| Teacher Page

Introduction

Greetings sports fanatics!  This is Commissioner Holly Meed from the SuperSecret Soccer League.  I have heard of your stellar soccer skills and superior smarts and would like to invite you to participate in this yearís SuperSecret Soccer Challenge.  The Challenge will be held five days from now in a supersecret location.  In order to compete you must collect the necessary equipment for the game and discover the location of the SuperSecret Soccer Challenge.  I wish you luck and look forward to seeing you at the Challenge.

                                                                                        Commissioner Holly Meed

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Task

The SuperSecret Soccer Challenge is being played in a city in Virginia.  You will travel through the regions of Virginia and gather information about each.  You will record your information and if your information is correct, you will earn one of the four items needed to play in the SuperSecret Soccer Challenge.  The four items are a water bottle, soccer ball, shin guards, and cleats.  With each item comes a clue to lead you to the location of the Challenge.  Along the way you will be creating a scrapbook.  You will add pictures from your travels and keep your items in the scrapbook for review by the Gamemasters.

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Process

1.  Click here to print the Tidewater Information Sheet.
2.  Read through the sheet so that you understand what information you are looking for before you begin to search the sites.
3.  Click on the sites below and begin exploring.  Each site will provide information needed to complete the Tidewater Information Sheet.

Great Dismal Swamp

Let's Explore Virginia's Regions!

Camp Spaulding: Learning About Virgina

Where is the "Tidewater"?

4.  When you have completed the Tidewater Information Sheet, give it to one of the Gamemasters for review.

1.  Click here to print the Piedmont Information Sheet.
2.  Read through the sheet so that you understand what information you are looking for before you begin to search the sites.
3.  Click on the sites below and begin exploring.  Each site will provide information needed to complete the Piedmont Information Sheet.

Let's Explore Virginia's Regions!

Camp Spaulding: Learning About Virgina

4.  When you have completed the Piedmont Information Sheet, give it to one of the Gamemasters for review.

1.  Click here to print the Ridge and Valley Information Sheet.
2.  Read through the sheet so that you understand what information you are looking for before you begin to search the sites.
3.  Click on the sites below and begin exploring.  Each site will provide information needed to complete the Ridge and Valley Information Sheet.

Luray Caverns

Let's Explore Virginia's Regions!

Camp Spaulding: Learning About Virgina

4.  When you have completed the Ridge and Valley Information Sheet, give it to one of the Gamemasters for review.

1.  Click here to print the Appalachian Plateau Information Sheet.
2.  Read through the sheet so that you understand what information you are looking for before you begin to search the sites.
3.  Click on the sites below and begin exploring.  Each site will provide information needed to complete the Appalachian Plateau Information Sheet.

Appalachian Plateau: The Geology of Virginia

A Salute to Underground Coal Mining

Let's Explore Virginia's Regions!

Camp Spaulding: Learning About Virgina

4.  When you have completed the Appalachian Plateau Information Sheet, give it to one of the Gamemasters for review.

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Evaluation
Now that you have all four clues and your water bottle, soccer ball, shin guards, and cleats, you are ready for the SuperSecret Soccer Challenge.
1.  On the location page in your scrapbook, state your final prediction of the location of the SuperSecret Soccer Challenge.
2.  Click here to reveal the location.
You will be evaluated on the completion of the four Information Sheets, your scrapbook pages, and your final answer.

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Conclusion

You've worked hard to complete the Challenges along the way to the SuperSecret Soccer Challenge.  You've completed the information sheets and created your scrapbook.  Now it's time to see if your final prediction is correct.  Good luck!

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