Webquest


 * Webquest: What do we need for a classroom museum?

The Task 1 **

In pairs, you and your partner will research all the aspects you need to create a museum from the sites provided. You and your partner will be required to gather this information on the Record Sheet provided by your Teacher.


 * The Task 2**

Your classroom will then create your own Classroom Museum with a design for the classroom on where displays will go with appropriate labelling. Your classroom task will be to organise teams to work on the various aspects for a Museum. You will also be required to include a personal display and your reasons for doing this as aprt of the labelling of your artefact.

**The Task 3**
In your pair, you and your partner will research all the aspects you need to investigate Kauri Museum. You and your partner will be required to gather this information on the Record Sheet provided by your Teacher.

Your classroom will be required to include aspects of Kauri Museum in the Classroom Museum to compare and contrast between their focus and your Classroom Museum.

**The Process**

 * 1) In your pairs go to [|Museums in USA]
 * 2) Choose New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Go to 'For Kids to Try Right Now! Go to 'The Tomb of Perneb'
 * 3) In a few sentences takes notes on how the New York Museum has displayed the history of 'The Tomb of Perneb'. Go to '1907-1916AD'. Find out what the Curator does. What about the Designer? and the Conservator? Make notes on your Curator Sheet.
 * 4) In a few sentences on your Record Sheet what was a special feature about this museum. Also, find out what the Curators do
 * 5) In a few sentences write about how they have used images to make their museum interesting. What is the role of Curators - look for one at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.. Fill in your Record Sheet
 * 6) Go to [|Te Papa Museum] Fill in your Record Sheet . Also, fill in your Record sheet for Curators
 * 7) Go to [|Te Kauri Museum] Fill in your Record Sheet. Als, fill in your Record sheet for Curators.
 * 8) Look at 'Kauri Living giants' focus on gathering information. How would we display aspects of the Kauri Museum in our classroom? As a contrast and comparison to our Classroom Museum.On a separate sheet make notes on how and what we should do to display aspects of the Kauri Museum in our classroom. Go to [|Gumdiggers] and find out more about the displays of Kauri Museum.
 * 9) Go to [|TeTe Awamutu Museum]
 * 10) Go to [|Curators] at this site you will see Archivists, Curators and Museum Technicians. What do these people do, include on the Record Sheet?
 * 11) The information you have collected will give you an idea of how to construct a museum in your classroom. On a separate sheet make notes on what you would like to be included in your classroom museum.
 * 12) One of your tasks will be to put together a personal display for the classroom museum. From the information collected what would you choose and how would you display it?
 * 13) Be prepared to discuss #12 and #13 in our next Topic session.

This will be done on the Evaluation form.
 * Evaluation**