Webquest 18 Jan 2013 4ème

WEBQUEST

Friday 18th January 2013

THE BIGGEST, THE BEST, THE MOST AMAZING

in the USA and in the world.

Mission 1 : find the world record-breakers!

Website: http://geography-site.co.uk/pages/fun/Superlatives.html

1. What is the world's largest continent?
2. What is the world's largest country?
3. What is the world's smallest country?
4. What is the world's longest river?
5. What is the world's biggest ocean?

Mission 2 : find the USA record-breakers!

Website: http://usatravel.about.com/od/Top-Attractions/a/usa-superlatives.htm

6. What is the highest point in the USA?
7. What is the lowest point in the USA?
8. Which state is the hottest state in the USA?
9. Which is the largest lake in the USA?

Website: http://geography.about.com/od/unitedstatesofamerica/a/largest-national-parks.htm

10. Which is the largest national park in the USA?
11. Which is the oldest national park in the USA?

Mission 3 : Answer just with google.com!

12. Where are the world's tallest and largest trees?
13. Which US national park is famous for gysers, a volcanoe, grizzly bears and bisons?
14. Which US national park is famous for its snakes, alligators and crocodiles?
    
    
15. Choose one of the US national parks (not the Everglades) and, after research, write a paragraph to say what you can do and see there. Finally, say if you would like to go there, explaining why or why not.

Bonus:

Find out about Hercules, the world's biggest cat from California http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/hercules-the-biggest-of-big-cats.html

Bonus question: What is a liger?