1. Title

 

An Interdisciplinary WebQuest for 8th Grade

                                                   credits to:Jane Abington jabington@warrensburg.k12.mo.us

2. Introduction

Introduction

Your team has made it to the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. As officials of the athletic department for your school you are responsible for making the plans for your team to attend the tournament. Travel plans will need to be made, statistics will need to be gathered, possible opponents need to be studied, and a program page will need to be created. We want to make this a great experience for your athletes and coaching staff. Does your team have what it takes to make it to the Final Four??




 

3. Task

THE TASK

As the officials from your school, you will each be assigned a specific task to complete. You will find the exact task for your role when you get to the Process Page. As a group you will be gathering information pertaining to your team attending the NCAA Division I basketball tournament.

At the conclusion of your WebQuest you will be creating a poster project which will contain the four projects for each of the roles.

4. Process (Roles 1-4)

Process

Role 1:Athletic Director

• —Your role will be to make the travel arrangements for your team. You will need to make airline and hotel reservation.
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• First you will need to determine the city in which your team will be playing. To do this first you need to find if your team is in the West, East, Midwest, or South Regional.  To see where your team’s 1st and 2nd round games will be played, click here:  NCAA Bracket

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Next you will need to find the cost of airline tickets for your team to the 1st and 2nd round game site.  You will need tickets from your school’s city to the city where you’ll play your first two games and tickets back as well.  Airline/Hotel Costs        School Info

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When you find your airline costs, click on these tickets to record your findings. You will need to purchase 36 tickets for the players, coaches, cheerleaders, etc.  Record the cost on the handout provided.

• —Next, you’ll need 18 4-star hotel rooms at the same hotel (2 people per room) for a total of 4 nights, in case you win the first game.  Record your hotel costs on the handout provided.

Role 2: Statistician

—Your role as the statistician will be to compare the statistics for your basketball team with the statistics of your first tournament opponent.—Does your team have what it takes to win its first game on the road to the Final Four?—You will need to find the following statistics for your team and your opponent:  Team Stats—    

NCAA Bracket

1. Average points scored per game—

2. Average assists per game—

3. Average field goal percentage—

4. Average free throw percentage—

5. Average three point goal percentage—

6. Average rebounds per game—

7. Average blocks per game—

8. Average steals per game—

Keep the handout containing the stats for your team and your opponent.  This sheet will be needed to complete your group project! 

Role 3:Public Relations Director
Your role as the Public Relations Director will be to create a page for the tournament program about your school. You will be using a PowerPoint to construct your page.  You will need to include the following information on your page:   

School Info

1. ——The name of your school
2. —A map of the United States with the location of your school indicated.   Google Maps—
3. A picture of your campus.
4. —A picture of your mascot.
5. —A short paragraph about your the history of your school’s performance in the NCAA Tournament.

To make your program page, you will be using PowerPoint. You will receive a direction handout to use. You will need to print your completed PowerPoint to send to the NCAA tournament officials. You will need to include this on the poster for your final project.  You also need to print a Google Map showing you school’s location.

ROLE 4: ASSISTANT COACH

• —The head coach has asked you to predict the schools that you might be playing. You are going to find the bracket for the tournament and predict the results of each game. Use the provided NCAA bracket to research your potential opponents.

• Click the link, 

  NCAA Bracket

   to fill out a clickable form.  then when you have finished & picked the winner, go to File>Print>Room 117 Printer .

• —You need to predict the winner of each game on the bracket.  At the end of the tournament you will rate your skills at predicting. For each 1st round game you predicted correctly, your team will receive 1 point (see the bracket sheet for all point values for each correct prediction in later rounds) . Predicting the champion of the tournament will be worth 32 points. You will need to calculate your final score for your team.

• —The completed bracket will need to be attached to your group's poster.

• —You will need to turn in your bracket before the tournament actually begins. You will score your own sheet after the championship game and I will double-check them for accuracy.

5. Evaluation

Evaluation


Each student will be graded individually on their portion of the final project. Part of their individual grade will be based on completion of the final project by the group. Each of the roles has a task that they must complete, print, and transfer to a poster for their group.
Below are scoring guides that can be used to evaluate each task for each role.

Athletic Director	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Student will compute the cost of Airfare to the tournaments	Costs were not accurate. Mistakes were made in calculations.	Cost of ticket was accurate but several mistakes made in calculations.	Cost of a single ticket was accurate and most calculations were correct.	Cost of a single ticket was accurate and all calculations were correct.
Student was to compute the hotel costs for the tournaments	Student was not able to obtain the needed information.	Cost per night was not accurate and mistakes were made in calculations.	Cost per night was accurate with a few mistakes in calculations.	Cost per night was accurate and all calculations were correct.
Student made a printout of Airfare costs and hotel costs for the tournament	Printout was completed but most calculations were inaccurate.	Printout was completed with more than 8 mistakes in calculations.	Printout was complete with several mistakes in calculations.	Printout was complete with not mistakes in calculations.
Budget printout for Airfare and hotel costs was displayed on group poster.	Printout was on poster but was not complete.	Printout was not neatly displayed.	Printout was displayed neatly on poster.	Printout was completed and displayed in an appealing form on poster.
Group poster will be created from each individual task.	All 4 individual task were not displayed on poster.	All 4 tasks were displayed but overall appearance was not appealing.	All 4 tasks were displayed in a rather appealing form.	All 4 tasks were displayed in an attractive form.

Statistician	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Student will find and record needed statistics for their assigned team.	Statistics were inaccurate or incomplete.	Most statistics were gathered but not all accurate.	All statistics were gathered but not all accurate.	All statistics were gathered and accurate.
Student will find and record needed statistics for 1999 Final Four teams.	Statistics were inaccurate or incomplete. .	Most statistics were gathered but not all accurate.	All statistics were gathered but not all accurate.	All statistics were gathered and accurate.
Student made a printout comparing statistics of team to the 1999 Final Four teams	Printout was incomplete and some statistics were inaccurate.	Printout was mostly complete but some statistics were inaccurate.	Printout was complete with a few inaccurate statistics.	Printout was complete and all statistics were accurate.
Budget printout for Airfare and hotel costs was displayed on group poster.	Printout was on poster but was not complete.	Printout was not neatly displayed.	Printout was displayed neatly on poster.	Printout was completed and displayed in an appealing form on poster.
Group poster will be created from each individual task.	All 4 individual task were not displayed on poster.	All 4 tasks were displayed but overall appearance was not appealing.	All 4 tasks were displayed in a rather appealing form.	All 4 tasks were displayed in an attractive form.

Public Relations Director	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Student will include a picture of their assigned school on their program page.	Program page was printed but did not include a picture of their school.	A picture of their school was included was not very appealing.	Program page included a picture of the school but was not titled.	Program page included a picture of school neatly displayed and titled.
Student will include a picture of the team mascot on their program page.	Program page was printed but did not include a picture of mascot.	A picture of their mascot was included was not very appealing.	Program page included a picture of the mascot but was not titled..	Program page included a picture of school neatly displayed and titled.
Student will include a map with the location of their school clearly identified.	Program page was printed but did not include a map.	Program page included a map but the school was not located and identified.	Program page included map with school location marked but not identified.	Program page included map with school location marked and identified.
Student will include a brief description of their school and their participation in the tournament.	Description was made but did not include information about the tournament. Many spelling and grammatical errors.	Description was made but did not include information about the tournament. Several spelling and grammatical errors.	Description was made that included information about team's past tournament appearances. A few spelling and grammatical errors.	Description was made that included information about team's past tournament appearances. No spelling or grammatical errors.
Group poster will be created from each individual task.	All 4 individual task were not displayed on poster.	All 4 tasks were displayed but overall appearance was not appealing.	All 4 tasks were displayed in a rather appealing form.	All 4 tasks were displayed in an attractive form.

Assistant Coach	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Student will make a printout of bracket.	Student did not make printout.	Student made printout but was not complete.	Printout was made and complete but not neatly done.	Printout was made, completed, and neatly done.
Student will predict the winners of all the games of the tournament.	Student did not complete the predictions.	Student completed predictions but some of the predictions would have not been possible.	All predictions were made but not neatly done.	All predictions were completed and neatly done.
Student will calculate the score for their group based on their predictions.	Student could not compute score because predictions were not complete.	Student computed score but many mistakes were made in the calculation.	Student computed score with a few mistakes in calculations.	Students computed final score accurately.
Group poster will be created from each individual task.	All 4 individual task were not displayed on poster.	All 4 tasks were displayed but overall appearance was not appealing.	All 4 tasks were displayed in a rather appealing form.	All 4 tasks were displayed in an attractive form.

6. Conclusion

Conclusion

—I hope your team made it to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. As the Athletic Director, Statistician, Public Relations Director, and Assistant Coach for your team, the preparations for the trip are complete.

Your group should have completed a poster that included the airfare and hotel costs, a comparison of your team's stats and your 1st round opponent’s stats,  a PowerPoint page about your school for the program page, and the tournament bracket with your predictions.