Destination+Titanic!

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media type="custom" key="13821384" width="120" height="120" Step 1: Task Definition One hundred years ago the R.M.S. Titanic collided with an iceberg, and sank to the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. You are part of an elite team of deep sea explorers, assigned to recover information about the ship and the lost souls on board. Using the Big 6 Research Model, y our team's assignment will be to retrieve data about a particular aspect of the Titanic. Use the graphic organizer provided on this pathfinder, to record your notes and report back to Command Central. This assignment will take several voyages (or, class periods), so work well together as a team, and be prepared to present your findings to Command Central (Mrs. Farrell). Bon Voyage!

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Step 2: Information Seeking Strategies

There are six teams among you. Each team will research a unique aspect of the Titanic.

Team 1: General Information

Team 2: Passengers

Team 3: Crew

Team 4: Technical/Construction/Design

Team 5: Why did it sink?

Team 6: Discovery/Salvage Efforts

media type="custom" key="13821748" width="129" height="129" Step 3: Location and Access--Use the following websites to find your research.

[|Fact Monster: Titanic] [|Timeline] || [|Passenger Statistics] [|Titanic Survivors Statistics] || [|Titanic Crew Bios] [|Captain Edward J. Smith] || [|Construction of the Titanic] [|Titanic's Construction] || [|History on the Net] [|Why Did the Titanic Sink?] || [|The Discovery of the Titanic] [|Titanic is Found!] ||
 * Team 1: General Information || [|KidsKonnect.com Titanic Facts]
 * Team 2: Passengers || [|Famous Passengers]
 * Team 3: Crew || [|BBC Faces of the Crew]
 * Team 4: Technical/Construction/Design || [|Building the Titanic Timeline by National Geographic]
 * Team 5: Why did it sink? || [|Titanic Facts--The Sinking]
 * Team 6: Discovery/Salvage Efforts || [|The Crash Scene Interactive map by National Geographic]

media type="custom" key="13821866" width="139" height="139" Step 4: Use of Information Command Central has created a discovery log sheet for you to use to record your notes. Mrs. Farrell will hand these out at the beginning of each day's expedition. If you need an extra sheet you can access it [|here].

media type="custom" key="14373492" width="140" height="140" Step 5: Construction Now that you've done all your research, you are ready to put your presentation together. Your team will create a Power Point presentation. Your final slide show should include the following:
 * A total of four slides.
 * A title slide with your crew name, and every member of your crew.
 * Two slides, each containing four facts from your research. That's a total of eight facts!
 * A graphic element should be somewhere in your presentation. Feel free to use more than one!
 * A bibliography slide. List all of the resources you used to find your research

media type="custom" key="14374298" width="140" height="140" Step 6: Evaluation Before you hand in your presentation your team should make sure that it meets all of the requirements outlined by Command Central. As a team, ask yourselves:
 * Did we do our assignment well?
 * Are we proud to turn this in?
 * Do we have a total of 4 slides?
 * Do we have 8 interesting facts about our topic?
 * Did we include graphic elements?
 * Did we list our sources?

If you answered yes to all these questions you are ready to hand in your project!