This virtual field trip is designed for students in grades 2 through 4. If used for second grade, it would probably need to be used during the second semester.
 
 

Goals:
    1)  The student will discover facts about two contrasting, historic areas of Texas.
    2)  The student will locate specific information while navigating through several         websites.
    3)  The student will list people and dates connected with the Alamo.
    4)  The student will describe what the various Missions were used for.
    5)  The student will arrange the Alamo and the Missions in order from North to South.
    6)  The student will produce a travel brochure depicting the Alamo and the Missions and facts about them.
    7)  The student will tell the weather conditions in Big Bend National Park during different seasons.
    8)  The student will name animals and plants found at the park.
    9)  The student will design a diorama showing various terrain and land formations and some of the animals included in the park
  10)  The student will create a travel poster of Texas that shows aspects they discovered about both San Antonio and Big Bend National Park.
 
 

Lesson Plan:
    This lesson should take about two and a half to three weeks to complete.
    Each child will work to find the information for the first scavenger hunt of San Antonio.  As the hunt is completed, the children will work with a group of two or three other students to produce a travel brochure.  This should be completed the first week.
    During the second week, the children will work by themselves to answer the scavenger hunt questions about Big Bend National Park.  When this hunt is completed, they will construct a diorama of an area of the park.  This diorama should include the physical conditions of the park, as well as some of the animals that inhabit it.  When completed, the student will write a brief description of their diorama.
    When each of these projects has been completed, the student will again work alone to create a travel poster of Texas that shows both the Alamo and Missions of San Antonio and Big Bend National Park.  This poster should be competed during the third week of the lesson.
    Each project will be graded according to the rubrics included in the teacher pages. These rubrics will score not only the final project, but also the work done to achieve that final product.