Creating a Scavenger Hunt/Christmas Around the World

Author: Patricia Janann Nicholson
Curriculum Area: Instructional Technology
Subject Area: M/J Computer Applications 1
Sunshine State Standard Benchmark:
  • Demonstrate the efficient and effective use of varied input and output
    devices.
  • Produce a document using basic skills in an appropriate word
    processing program.
  • Demonstrate awareness of basic concepts of telecommunications and
    Internet use, including keyword and Boolean search strategies.
  • Demonstrate awareness of the impact of computers on society and the
    need for their ethical use.
    • SC.H.3.3.7 know that computers speed up and extend people’s ability to collect, sort, and analyze data; prepare research reports; and share data and ideas with others.
    • SS.A.2.3.3 understand important technological developments and how they influenced human society.
    • SS.B.1.3.4 understand how factors such as culture and technology influence the perception of places and regions.
Grade Level: 8th Grade MYP
Lesson Title: Creating a Scavenger Hunt/Christmas Around the World
Resources:

Nicholson's Lesson Plan Blues
http://www.pjnicholson.com/compappmyp_part2/creatingascavengerhunt.html

Instructions: Students will follow the instructions provided at Nicholson's Lesson Plan Blues Website.
Assessment: http://www.pjnicholson.com/compappmyp_part2/Rubrics/scavengerhuntrubric.html