While hiking on the south island of New Zealand you
are in awe of the great glaciers that inhabit some of
the island. Two particular glaciers that get your
attentions are Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier,
located in Westland National Park on the west coast
of the south island.
Based on these two inspiring natural wonders you
have become quite intrigued about glaciers and your
trip has sparked your desire to become more of an
“expert” on glaciers and glacial features.
The Task
1. First you need to know the basics of glacial
formation and movement. You are to write a 1 page
(double-spaced, 12 point font) descriptive summary
of how a glacier forms and moves. Diagrams with
explanations are suggested to be used here, but will
not account for the page of text.
2. Since you now want to travel to other exotic
locations and hike glaciers you need to become
familiar with the “lingo” and terms associated with
glaciers. Below is a list of terms that you must
define. Along with the definition you are to locate a
descriptive picture that you may use as a reference
when studying glaciers.
Terms –
Glacier
Valley Glacier (Alpine Glacier)
Continental Glacier (Ice Sheets)
Ice Caps
Crevasses
Iceberg
Moraine
Arete
U-Shaped Valley
Hanging Valley
Till
Outwash
Outwash Plains
Eskers
Moraine-dammed lake
In order to accomplish your tasks you will be
required to use a variety of selected websites that are
listed below in "The Process Section".
The Process
1. First you'll be assigned to a team of 2 students.
You will be assessed on how well your final
product is as a team. It is your individual duty to
be sure that your partner as well as yourself are
on task.
2. In order to accomplish the first task you are
going to need to access the following websites to
answer the question assigned in task one. You
must apply information from all sites in your
summary (remember to use your own words,
plagiarism is a crime).
http://wwwnsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/story/grow.html
(Hint- Check the General Info - Q&A section of
the above site)
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/forest_facts/resourc
es/geology/icefields.htm
3. Now that you have composed the summary of
how a glacier forms and moves it is time to move
on to vocabulary portion of the webquest.
4. Your task now is to define the list of terms that
you saw above.
5. If possible small pictures of the terms are
highly recommended.
6. In order to find your definitions and pictures
you may use the sites that you used in task 1 or you
may access the new sites listed below. ***Do not
use the same site for every term, use a variety
and be sure to read what you are typing.***
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakeskids/GreatLakesMo
vie5.html
http://www.uvm.edu/whale/GlaciersGlacialAges.html
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/nd_geology/nd_glacial/in
dex_glacial.htm
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glaci
al_glossary/landforms/u_valley.html
7. Once you have finished both Task 1 and Task 2,
be sure that both are assembled into one document,
with names, date, and a title.
Evaluation
You and your partner will receive the same grade for your
glacier project and will be awarded based in the following rubric.
Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score
1
2
3
Errors
Grammar,
Many errors
throughout
Few errors
Punctuation,
located
the
located
Spelling
throughout
document,
throughout the
the
poorly
document.
document.
written.
Terms
Summary
Visually
Appealing
4
Minimal
Errors
Few terms
are
presented
and/or
defined.
Some terms
Terms is
are
Terms are
presented
presented, presented with
and
but not all
minimal
thoroughly
terms are
definitions.
defined
defined.
throughout.
Glacier
summary
is poorly
written
and is
irrelevant
to the
topics that
were
expected
to be
addressed.
Glacier
summary is
well written,
but does
not cover
the topics
that needed
to be
Addressed.
Document
Document has limited
has few, if
pictures
any,
that are not
pictures.
relevant to
the content.
Glacier
summary is
well written,
descriptive,
but has
minimal
examples.
Glacier
summary is
well
written,
descriptive,
and
provides
quality
examples.
The
document
Document has
presents
visually
pictures
appealing
that are
pictures, but
descriptive
may or may
and visually
not be relevant
appealing
to the content.
to the
reader.
If you have time left over take a look at the following
site and learn a little more about Fox Glacier and
Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand.
Fox and Franz Josef