Yating's+inquiry+Activity

Now you are informed that you win a budget award to travel abroad with your group. However, before leaving, your group has to design your **travel plan** based on the weather and scenery of where you are going to visit. The activity consists of 2 tasks. In the first task, you will learn the basic information of **seasons**, which will help you finish the travel plan. During this section, a group drawing of the patterns of the Earth and the Sun in different seasons will be created and finally posted on the broad outside the classroom. In the second task, you are going to plan your journey based on the effects of “seasons”. Use the group **Wiki** to create and revise the travel plan. Before starting the task, you should 1) choose your group members and form a group of three; 2) discuss with your group members to figure out which country outside the United States your group want to visit.
 * Learner Activity **
 * The Task **
 * The Process **

(Individual work) Browse the information from the provided websites and video with the following questions: 1) How is the axis of the Earth?  2) Why there are seasons? 3) Do different parts of the world share the same seasons at the same time? If not, what are the differences of the countries located at ( northern or south hemisphere )?   4) How does the sunlight hit the Earth in different seasons? 5) Would the length of daylight and darkness varying with the seasons? If so, how would they change in different seasons?  Example:   * You can also draw some symbols and add colors to decorate your drawing. The final drawing will be pasted on the poster board outside the classroom. *
 * TASK 1: **
 * Step 2. **.
 * Step3. ** (Group work) Share your drawing of step 2 with your travel group and then work out a revised new drawing Draw the pattern of the Earth and the Sun in different seasons individually.

1) __Weather Investigator__ (in charge of providing weather information to support the travel plan)  2) __Plan Designer__ (In charge of selecting the places of interest) 3) __Conductor__ (in charge of creating a detailed schedule of your ) Your travel plan should include “Date & Time” and “Destination”, such as or what time your group has to go back to the hotel to have a rest.   Also, as the sample form, “**Reasons**” why your group designs this step is a necessary part of your travel plan. It is supposed to be the theories you learn from the task 1. For example, your group will go back to hotel at 16:00, because it is in the winter and night comes earlier. (this part, “reasons”, should be worked out by the whole group)  (as detailed as possible)  ||    ||  ||     ||  ||   (why do your group designs this step)  ||  || || ||  || ||  ||  || The prescriptive task and guidance for each role are list below: investigate the detailed weather condition of the places your group is going to visit, so that it could help your group to consider the timing and places to visit.  (You can also search additional information online) Use the provided websites to select which the places of interest your group wants to visit. (To create an interesting and unique travel plan, you are strongly recommended to search additional information online) Combining the weather information and wish visiting places, the conductor should arrange the whole plan and create a travel schedule of the group. *The travel plan should be created and revised on your group Wiki. Also, although the task assigns different students to finish a separated job, you have to help and work with each other, because the grade is given to the group. *
 * TASK 2: Travel plan design **
 * Step 1. ** In your group, there are the following three roles. Choose the role of different group member.
 * Step 2. ** Create your group **Wiki** to design your group. (Consult the following sample form)
 * Winter Break travel schedule **
 * Winter Break travel schedule **
 * 1) __Weather Investigator__ ** (in charge of providing weather information to support the travel plan)
 * 2) __Plan Designer__ ** (In charge of )
 * 3) ** (in charge of creating a detailed schedule of your journey)
 * Remember, your journey will take place in the. **