As you know sitesALIVE.com has the following components: a Teacher’s Guide for each program; a video with footage from each of the research sites; and the sitesALIVE.com web site at www.sitesalive.com. To acquaint yourself with our web site, complete the following Scavenger Hunt.
*To get back to the Home Page after completing a section, click on the sitesALIVE! globe in the top left hand corner of the site.
Click on Class Afloat Live! on our homepage & enter the Private Area |
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| 1. What amazed Anna Smith when she arrived on one of the San Blas Islands in Panama? (hint: find the link for Regional Reflections) | |
| 2. What year was the Concordia built? (hint: find the link for the Ship Tour) | |
| 3. Where can you look to find the Concordia’s most current position? | |
| 4. What was the highlight of Stephen Smith’s stay in Curacao? (hint: find the link for At a Glance and look at the box for Week of Mar. 1, Journals) | |
| 5. Where do you find activity suggestions that focus on Concordia’s ports of call? How many different activities are there for Tahiti? (hint: find the link for Activities in the top bar) | |
Click on Wetlands Live! on our homepage & enter the Private Area |
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| 6. Most of the student researchers are from the U.S. with a few exceptions. Where is Vania Cruz Palacios from? (hint: look for the Bios & Photos link which provides information on all the student researchers & faculty) | |
| 7. Name one example of how desert plants get and keep water. (hint: find Vania Cruz’s Topic Essay on "Desert Life.") | |
| 8. In the Photo Gallery, what animals can you find pictures of? | |
| 9. How do you send a question to the student researchers & scientists in Baja? | |
| 10. Where do you find information on the weather conditions in Baja, Mexico? | |
Click on Rainforest Live! on our homepage & enter the Private Area |
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| 11. What were the first six weekly topics covered by the student researchers at the Rainforest Live research site? | |
| 12. Would you want to live in the staff housing at the rainforest research site? (hint: look for pictures and descriptions under Site Tour) | |
| 13. Click on Resource Center at the top of the page. How might the archived programs for Rainforest Live! be useful to your students? | |
| 14. What was the largest insect seen in the Rainforest? (hint: see Q&As) | |
| 15. What was the weather like in the Rainforest on May 6? (hint: see the Site Log) | |
Click on Oceans Live! on our homepage & enter the Private Area |
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| 16. Name a few of the community service activities that the Oceans Live students take part in. (hint: look in the Photo Gallery, "Local Action") | |
| 17. What colors are the mangroves? (hint: look in the Student Journals, "Fun in the Field") | |
| 18. What languages are spoken on South Caicos? (hint: Look in Q&As) | |
| 19. What did Emily Smith see on her night snorkel? (hint: click on Student Journals) | |
| 20. How does the scorpion fish adapt to its environment? (hint: See Science Essays) | |