A WebQuest for Grade 6
Designed by: Mr. G. Pierce
2010
Introduction |
Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion
Task One
- Find out more about
the
Go to this website: http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/community/explode.html
1. During which war did the Halifax Explosion take
place?
2. What were the names of the two ships involved?
3. Which ship was headed out of the
4. What was the
5. What color flag should have the
6. What did the crew of the
7. What did the
8. What time did the explosion occur?
9. How many people were killed immediately?
10. Around how many were injured?
11. What part of
12. How far was the anchor blown away?
13. Click on Anchor shank. When was this
monument dedicated?
Go: BACK
14. How much time was there between the collision
and the Explosion?
15. How many survivors sustained eye damage from flying
glass?
16. What kind of storm compounded the disaster?
17. What does
18. What were the hydrostones? How many houses were
built?
Click on:
Monument
19. How many fire fighters died in the Halifax
Explosion?
20. From what is the monument to the fire fighters
made? How high is it?
21. What image is on the front of the monument?
Go:
Back Click on: Memorial Bells
22. Who donated ten of the bells to the tower and
what happened to her family?
23. Where and at what time is a service held every
December 6th to remember the Explosion?
Task Two
-
Find the answers to these questions
about the
Click
on: ENTER.
1.
At what
exact time did the Explosion occur?
2.
How many
buildings were damaged?
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on:
NEXT
Scroll down to the second last paragraph
3.
How many
people lived in
4.
How many
people lived in
Click on: NEXT
at the bottom of the page.
Scroll to the second paragraph.
5.
What was
the threat to ships in
6.
How many
nets were stretched across the Harbour at night?
Print the picture of the Submarine Nets.
7.
Who
protected neutral and military ships?
Click on: NEXT
8.
From what
country was the
9.
How many
sailors were on the
10. What words were painted on the IMO?
11. What were the words intended to protect her from?
12. How many sailors were on the Imo?
Click on: NEXT.
Scroll down to the map and look at the location of the submarine nets.
Print it.
13. What two islands were the nets anchored?
Click on: Next
14. What was the weather like on December 6, 1917?
Scroll to the bottom of the page and Click on: Site
Index Click on: Silence
15. Why couldn’t the onlookers understand the sailors’
warning of danger?
16. What was the name of the motorized fire truck?
17. What words did Train Dispatcher, Vincent Coleman, tap
out?
18. At the foot of which street did the
Click on: NEXT
19. How long did it take for the
20. What was in the ‘deadly shower’?
21. How high was the tidal wave that resulted?
Scroll through the rest of this site looking at the
pictures. Just keep clicking: NEXT at the bottom of each page.
The Process
- Go to the
following website to answer the questions listed above.
- Here is where you start:
Task Three
- Find out more about
the
Click
on the link to Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Or: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html
1. Click on Wartime Shipping. Right click on IMO and print the
picture. Scroll down a little.
2. What country’s flag did the Imo fly?
Click on the word,
IMO
3. Under CAREER, how many men on the Imo were
killed?
4. Where and when did the Imo sink after running
onto rocks?
Go:
BACK Click on the
5. Under CAREER, how many crew members on the
Click: BACK
Click: BACK again
6. What war supplies did convoys of ships take to
Right Click on the map of
7. At what Pier in
8. What time does the clock found in the wreckage
read?
9. When did news of the disaster reach
10. By what form of transportation did
11. How many homes were destroyed from
the explosion?
12. How many homes were damaged?
13. How many people were left without
shelter?
14. What was the death toll?
15. How many people were never identified?
16. How many eyes had to be removed?
17. List three benefits that resulted from the
Explosion.
18. Who was eventually blamed for the Explosion?
Scroll down to the “Halifax Explosion Book of
Remembrance”. Click on it.
19. How many names of those who died does this book
list?
20. Where is this book located?
If you would like to see if anyone with your last
name died in the Halifax Explosion, scroll down and click on: ONLINE VERSION.
Type your last name in: Enter a Search
Go to
“Select a Search Field” and select Name (last only) from the drop down menu.
Hit Search. What were the results?
Task Four
Go to this
website: http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/
Click on: “Enter
the Site”
- What street do you see when you first
open the page?
Click on: Continue
Read: “City of
- What was the ‘heart’ of the city of
- At what times did
Look at the
“Featured Interactives” near the top of the page on
the right hand side.
Click on the Third
Button: Morse Code Transmitter
Click in the Box:
Type Text Here
Type: Hi, my name
is __ Click
on: Translate
Type: SOS Click on: Translate
- Why was Morse Code
used during the explosion and why is it not used today?
Click on: City in
Shock
- Who did many people think had attacked
Scroll down
to:
- How many people died in
- What happened to the Mi’Kmaq community in
Click on: Aftermath and Recovery Click on:
Continue
Find the link that
says: Winter Click on: Winter
- What kind of weather did the rescuers
have to deal with?
- What happened with the weather next
that was unexpected?
Close this window.
Click on: The
Ships link to answer the next questions.
- Name three other ships that were
involved in or damaged in the Explosion.
- What ship is now part of the
Close.
TASK
5
Halifax Fire Museum
Go to: http://www.hpff.ca/content/halifax_explosion
- How many firefighters were killed
during the Halifax Explosion?
- Where was the fire started by the
- Who were the first firemen to arrive
at the fire?
- How come firefighter Albert brunt
survived?
- What was the name of the new fire
engine?
- Of the ten-member crew of the
Patricia, how many survived?
- Why were firefighters used to going to
the Dockyard to put out fires?
- Who called the fire halls to tell them
the fire on
- Who was the driver of the Patricia?
- What happened to firefighter John
Spruin?
- Describe what happened to Billy Wells?
- How many firemen and volunteers
survived to put out the fires in the wooden houses in
- When word was sent out that
- What positive change was many to
firefighting equipment because of the
Conclusion
This webquest was designed to increase a
student's knowledge of some of the facts of the
To see a map of what