The World in Our Mailbox: Cyprus

Your Name _______________________________Start Date ______________________________Date Finished _____________________________

Congratulations, Junior Traveler!

You are headed to the island of Cyprus.

Cyprus is an island

Do you know what an island is? An island is land that is completely surrounded by water!

OK! Here we go…These are the things you will do

on your journey:

Challenge #1

Locate the island of Cyprus on a globe (hint: look at the picture on the front of this WebQuest. There is a large country near Cyprus that will help you locate tiny Cyprus on the globe).

After you have located it, haveyour teacher sign your papercopy of this WebQuest.

Challenge #2

You will go to a website about Cyprus and identify the Cyprus national flag. Then you will draw and color a picture of it.

Challenge #3

For your third challenge, you will go to a different web page and look carefully at the map found there. You will then identify two countries that are CLOSE to the island of Cyprus.

Challenge #4

There are many oceans and seas in the world. For this challenge, you will head back to the classroom globe and discover which sea the island of Cyprus sits in. You will even be given a hint to help you on your mission.

Your journey begins here…

So pack your suitcase, grab a camera, and let’s get started!!

Challenge #1

When you have found the island of Cyprus on the globe, show your teacher and have him or her sign your passport here…

______________________________ Signature

Great job, Junior Traveler!!

You are ready for challenge #2. This challenge will require some internet research. Any good traveler knows that it is a smart idea to find out all you can about your destination before leaving for your trip. So let’s learn some fun stuff about the island of Cyprus!

Challenge #2

Click this link…• http://travel.nationalgeogr

aphic.com/travel/countries/cyprus-facts/#

There are two pictures on the website. One is a map and the other is the flag of Cyprus. Which picture do you think is the flag? Draw a picture of the flag on your paper copy and color it using your best effort.

Draw your flag here…

Challenge #3

Click on this link…http://www.worldmapsinfo.com/map-of turkey-europe.html

List two countries that are close to the island of Cyprus:

1.____________________________________2.___________________________________

Were the two countries that you listed islands like Cyprus?

Remember, an island is land that is completely surrounded by water.

You are almost finished with your journey and ready to head home. There is only one challenge left before

you can return to America.

Here you go… your last challenge! Are you ready?

Challenge #4

• Go back to the classroom globe.

• Now write down the name of the sea that the island of Cyprus is located in (hint: it begins with an upper case M and has a lot of letters in it!). What is it?

M ___________________________________

Now just for fun, go to this web page and look at some great photos of this beautiful island. Do you think you might like to go there for real some day?

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tp://www.visitcyprus.com/wps/portal/multimedia_experience/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hXN0fHYE8TIwN3A2MDAyNXI2cPE48gA29HQ6B8JG75YCMCusNB9pnFG-AAjgYQeXzmo8hbGHpZAOW9Tb28jEyMDC2M9P088nNT9QtyIwwyA9IVAXSj0hM!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/

Conclusion

That’s it, Junior Traveler. You did it! You completed all of your challenges, saw some great sights, and now it is time to pack your suitcase and get back on that airplane (or ship) that will take you home.

During your journey you faced four challenges:

• You found the island of Cyprus on the globe and had your teacher sign your passport.

• You identified and drew a picture of the flag of Cyprus.

• You found two countries on a map that are close to the island of Cyprus.

• And lastly, you discovered which sea the island of Cyprus is located in.

I hope you have enjoyed your journey and learned a thing or two about the island of Cyprus.

Until your next WebQuest adventure… Bon Voyage and Happy Learning!!

This is How Your Work Will Be EvaluatedThe island of Cyprus

Awesome!! 3

You Almost Got It 2

Keep Working 1

Challenge #1:Locate Cyprus on a globe

Nice job using your Junior Traveler skills! You nailed it!!

You got pretty close, but didn’t find the exact location.

No, you did not find it and did not keep trying until you did find it.

Challenge #2:Identify the flag of Cyprus and draw a picture of it

Yep! That is most certainly the flag of Cyprus. Nice job drawing and coloring it. I can tell you took your time and cared how it looked when you were finished.

It SORT OF looks like the flag of Cyprus, but it looks like you hurried through and did not give it your best effort

You either did not correctly identify the flag of Cyprus or did not take your time to carefully draw and color it. Try giving it more effort next time!

Challenge #3:Identify two countries that are close to Cyprus

You correctly identified TWO countries that are close to the island of Cyprus.

You correctly identified ONE country that is close to the island of Cyprus.

Sorry, you did not find two countries that are close to the island of Cyprus.

Challenge #4Locate the name of the sea that the island of Cyprus sits in

FOUND IT! You wrote down the correct sea. Great job!

You were close… Not even close. Sorry!!

Teacher Talk

Intended Grade Level: 1st GradeIs adult supervision required? YesInquiry process skills emphasized: * Using both maps and a globe to locate geographical

locations.• Learn to use a hyperlink to access information from the

Internet.• Learn that each country has its own flag representative of its

most notable features.

• National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies to which this webquest is most closely related:

• • How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and

Technologies to Acquire, Process, and Report Information From a Spatial Perspective.

• How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and Technologies to Acquire, Process, and Report Information From a Spatial Perspective.

• • North Dakota Content Standards and Benchmarks (First Grade):• • 1.5.1. Identify Earth’s geographical landforms (e.g., islands, mountains, • plains, hills, bodies of water).•