The Chills 'N' Thrill Corporation is counting on you to
assist them in choosing a site for their next amusement park. Each team
will be assigned a location to research and determine if it would be safe
for the next mega amusement park.
Instructions
- Write a business letter to an amusement
park to find out how severe weather has affected their operations.
(Click
here to see how your letter will be graded.)
- Discuss the different types of severe weather.
- Receive your team's site assignment.
- Number off (1, 2, 3, 4) within your team to determine your role
for each day's activities. (Click
here to see how you will be observed.)
- Record in your portfolio the instructions supplied for
the day by the president of In-The-Know Company.
- Take notes in your portfolio on daily research.
(Click here to see how you
will be graded.)
- Summarize briefly your findings at the end of your daily
portfolio entry.
- Discuss your findings with your team after finishing
your research.
- Share your findings with the class.
- Use the company site
evaluation form to determine as a class the most appropriate mega amusement
site.
- Meet as a team with the president to brainstorm a weather
phenomenon for further study.
- Research the selected weather phenomenon and complete
the data sheet requested by the president.
- Prepare and present to the class as a team your research
the weather phenomenon.
- Evaluate the contributions you and the other members
made to your team's success.
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