A WebQuest for Child Development and Parenting
Designed by Tami Overman
Overmant@msdwc.k12.in.us
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Who pays when pregnant mothers party? If you feel that your lifestyle
habits do not affect the outcome or future life of your unborn baby, you
will probably change your mind after completing this assignment.
In this Webquest you will discover how the actions of pregnant mothers
create short-term and long-term consequences for their unborn child.
Who pays for the Party?
Created by Tami Overman
8/03/04
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ǥYou are to find a partner to work with for this project. One
of you will take on the role of an investigative reporter and
the other will take on the role of a photojournalist.
ǥYou will investigate the dangers of smoking, alcohol, or
drug use to an unborn baby. You will see WHO really pays
when pregnant mothers party.
ǥYou will bring your research and photos together to make
either a ten page booklet or a ten slide Power Point project
to present to the class.
ǥAt the end of your project you are each to write a one page
reflection paper detailing what you have learned from this
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assignment.
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8/03/04
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1.
Decide who will be the be the Investigative Reporter and who will
be the Photojournalist.
2.
Choose to prepare either a power point presentation or a booklet.
3.
The teacher will assign your topic: i.e. Drug use, alcohol, or
smoking.
4.
With your role in mind, explore the resource links to acquire
information on birth defects.
 Photojournalist: Find appropriate graphics for your booklet or
presentation. Pictures of babies with birth defects, charts or
graphs, etc.
 Investigative Reporter: Find factual information on the effects of
smoking, alcohol, or drug use to an unborn baby
Continue on next slide
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5. Meet with your partner after you have collected your
information/photos to decide what you would like to include in
your final project.
6. Create your final project and set a date with your teacher to
present it to the class.
7. Write a one page reflection paper detailing what you have learned
from this assignment.
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Each team member will receive a grade for the
finished compiled project as well as an individual
grade for their reflection paper.
Your project and your reflection paper will be graded
following these rubrics.
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Project Rubric
CATEGORY
Content - Accuracy
4. Rooming in
All content throughout the
project is accurate. There
are no factual errors.
3.Rooming in- Nursery
Most of the content is
accurate but there is one
piece of information that
might be inaccurate.
2. Nursery
The content is generally
accurate, but one piece of
information is clearly
flawed or inaccurate.
1 NICU
Content is typically
confusing or contains more
than one factual error.
Spelling and
Grammar
Project has no
misspellings or
grammatical errors.
Project has 1-2
misspellings, but no
grammatical errors.
Project has 1-2
grammatical errors but no
misspellings.
Project has more than 2
grammatical and/or
spelling errors.
Use of Graphics
All graphics are attractive
(size and colors) and
support the theme/content
of the presentation.
A few graphics are not
attractive but all support
the theme/content of the
presentation.
All graphics are attractive
but a few do not seem to
support the theme/content
of the presentation.
Several graphics are
unattractive AND detract
from the content of the
presentation.
Effectiveness
Project includes all
material needed to gain a
comfortable understanding
of the topic. It is a highly
effective study guide.
Project includes most
material needed to gain a
comfortable understanding
of the material but is
lacking one or two key
elements. It is an adequate
study guide.
Project is missing more
than two key elements. It
would make an incomplete
study guide.
Project is lacking several
key elements and has
inaccuracies that make it a
poor study guide.
Cooperation
Group shares
Group shares
responsibility effectively all responsibility effectively
of the time.
most of the time.
Group shares
responsibility effectively
some of the time.
Group often is not effective
in sharing responsibility.
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Created by Tami Overman
8/03/04
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Reflection Paper Rubric
CATEGORY
4 Rooming in
Quality of Information Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It includes
several supporting
details and/or
examples.
Mechanics
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
3 Rooming in - Nursery
Information clearly relates
to the main topic. It
provides 1-2 supporting
details and/or examples.
2 Nursery
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. No details
and/or examples are
given.
1 NICU
Information has little
or nothing to do with
the main topic.
Almost no grammatical,
spelling or punctuation
errors
A few grammatical
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Many grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Paragraph
Construction
Most paragraphs include
introductory sentence,
explanations or details,
and concluding sentence.
Paragraphs included
related information
but were typically not
constructed well.
Paragraphing
structure was not
clear and sentences
were not typically
related within the
paragraphs.
All paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding sentence.
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8/03/04
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WHO does pay for the party?
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By the end of this WebQuest you will have learned that lifestyle habits
can and do affect the health and future life of the unborn baby.
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What can you do to make sure that you have done your part to deliver a
healthy baby?
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8/03/04
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2. Analyze factors related to preparing for parenthood.
2.4 Assess the unique options, rights, and responsibilities of pregnant and
parenting adolescents.
4.
Analyze human growth and development across the life span.
4.3 Investigate the impact of heredity and environment on prenatal and early
childhood human growth and development.
4.4 Assess the effects of maternal, prenatal, and postnatal nutrition on health
and wellness.
4.5 Examine the impacts of gender, ethnicity, culture, and life events on
individual development.
5. Analyze parenting practices and nurturing strategies that maximize growth and
development of children.
5.5. Examine factors that can lead to handicaps and disadvantaging conditions
in prenatal, infant, toddler, preschooler, and school-age stages of growth and
development.
6. Evaluate external support systems that provide services for parents and
caregivers.
6.2. Determine criteria for selecting and providing care and services, including
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preventative health care, for children.
Created by Tami Overman
8/03/04
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March of Dimes-Birth Defects
March of Dimes-Cocaine, Alcohol, and Smoking.
Open March of Dimes site and scroll to Quick References under
Drugs and Alcohol During Pregnancy.
Google
Do a search on this site under images for Graphics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, crack babies,
and birth defects from smoking.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Smoking during pregnancy
Crack babies
To see a WebQuest on how music affects unborn babies check out the following link:
http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Enishi/webquest.html
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8/03/04
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This lesson is designed to be taught over a one week period of time.
However, you may extend the time if necessary.
Form groups of two and let them decide who will be the Photojournalist
and who will be the Investigative Reporter.
Have students set a date with you to present their project to the class.
The World Wide Web is an extensive source of information,
unfortunately it is not always accurate, current, or unbiased. Verify your
information using several sources.
Email Mrs. Overman
Who pays for the Party?
Created by Tami Overman
8/03/04