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Description
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"The year is 2073 A.D. and the President of the United Nations has drafted you (because of your famous mathematical brain) to join a team of mathematical consultants to travel to Zonetia, a recently discovered planet in a neighboring galaxy. King Zoppo (he's the green guy on the Home page) of the Zony Tribe on Zonetia insists that his primitive society cannot begin to make technological advancements unless they have guidance to develop a brand-new base 4 number system to fit the Zonies' two-fingered hands. That's right; they have two hands just like you, but each hand has only two fingers. Therefore, they need a specially-tailored number system with only four symbols. In order to best preserve Zony culture, King Zoppo, in his wisdom, has requested that the new number symbols be different than those used on Earth."
Questions: Why does our number system have place value? and How does place value work?
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What makes this an interesting WebQuest
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- Very well supported with Role worksheets, online tools, and an assessment that asks for reflection.
- Provides an easy to follow process that should make the concepts clear to students.
- Good application of the information to a new number system.
- Teachers may want to informally assess all students to make sure they each learn the lesson's objectives - sometimes this is lost in group presentations.
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