This WebQuest is intended for first grade with supervision, or second grade, as an independent activity. Featured skills include locating a region on a map or globe and using the Internet as a research tool.

1. The World in Our Mailbox:
Cyprus

2. Your Name _______________________________
Start Date ______________________________
Date Finished _____________________________
Congratulations, Junior
Traveler!
You are headed
to the island of
Cyprus.

3. Cyprus is an island
Do you know what
an island is? An
island is land that
is completely
surrounded by
water!

4. OK! Here we go…
These are the things you will do
on your journey:

5. Challenge #1
Locate the island of Cyprus on a globe (hint:
look at the picture on the front of this
WebQuest. There is a large country near
Cyprus that will help you locate tiny
Cyprus on the globe).
After you have located it, have
your teacher sign your paper
copy of this WebQuest.

6. Challenge #2
You will go to a website about Cyprus and
identify the Cyprus national flag. Then you
will draw and color a picture of it.

7. Challenge #3
For your third challenge, you will go to a
different web page and look carefully at
the map found there. You will then identify
two countries that are CLOSE to the island
of Cyprus.

8. Challenge #4
There are many oceans and seas in the
world. For this challenge, you will head
back to the classroom globe and discover
which sea the island of Cyprus sits in. You
will even be given a hint to help you on
your mission.

9. Your journey begins here…
So pack your
suitcase, grab
a camera, and
let’s get
started!!

10. Challenge #1
When you have found the island of Cyprus
on the globe, show your teacher and have
him or her sign your passport here…
______________________________
Signature

11. Great job, Junior Traveler!!
You are ready for challenge #2. This
challenge will require some internet
research. Any good traveler knows that it
is a smart idea to find out all you can
about your destination before leaving for
your trip. So let’s learn some fun stuff
about the island of Cyprus!

12. Challenge #2
There are two pictures on the
Click this link… website. One is a map and the
other is the flag of Cyprus. Which
• http://travel.nationalgeogr picture do you think is the flag?
aphic.com/travel/countries Draw a picture of the flag on your
paper copy and color it using your
/cyprus-facts/# best effort.
Draw your flag here…

13. Challenge #3
Click on this link…
http://www.worldmapsinfo.com/map-of turkey-europe.html
List two countries that are close to the island of
Cyprus:
1.____________________________________
2.___________________________________
Were the two countries that you listed islands like Cyprus?
Remember, an island is land that is completely surrounded by
water.

14. You are almost finished with your journey and ready to
head home. There is only one challenge left before you
can return to America.

15. Here you go… your last
challenge! Are you ready?

16. Challenge #4
• Go back to the
classroom globe.
• Now write down the name of the sea that the
island of Cyprus is located in (hint: it begins
with an upper case M and has a lot of letters
in it!). What is it?
M ___________________________________

17. Now just for fun, go to this web page and look at some great
photos of this beautiful island. Do you think you might like to
go there for real some day?
http://www.visitcyprus.com/wps/portal/multimedia_experience/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy
8xBz9CP0os3hXN0fHYE8TIwN3A2MDAyNXI2cPE48gA29HQ6B8JG75YCMCusNB9pnFG-
AAjgYQeXzmo8hbGHpZAOW9Tb28jEyMDC2M9P088nNT9QtyIwwyA9IVAXSj0hM!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ
0FBIS9nQSEh/

18. Conclusion
That’s it, Junior Traveler. You did it! You
completed all of your challenges, saw
some great sights, and now it is time to
pack your suitcase and get back on that
airplane (or ship) that will take you home.

19. During your journey you faced four challenges:
• You found the island of Cyprus on the
globe and had your teacher sign your
passport.
• You identified and drew a picture of the
flag of Cyprus.
• You found two countries on a map that
are close to the island of Cyprus.
• And lastly, you discovered which sea
the island of Cyprus is located in.

20. I hope you have enjoyed your journey and learned a thing
or two about the island of Cyprus.
Until your next
WebQuest
adventure…
Bon Voyage
and Happy
Learning!!

21. This is How Your Work Will Be Evaluated
The island of Awesome!! You Almost Got It Keep Working 
Cyprus 3 2 1
Challenge #1: Nice job using your Junior You got pretty close, but No, you did not find it
Locate Cyprus on a globe Traveler skills! You nailed didn’t find the exact and did not keep trying
it!! location. until you did find it.
Challenge #2: Yep! That is most It SORT OF looks like the You either did not
Identify the flag of certainly the flag of flag of Cyprus, but it correctly identify the flag
Cyprus and draw a Cyprus. Nice job drawing looks like you hurried of Cyprus or did not take
picture of it and coloring it. I can tell through and did not give your time to carefully
you took your time and it your best effort draw and color it. Try
cared how it looked when giving it more effort next
you were finished. time!
You correctly identified ONE
Challenge #3: You correctly identified Sorry, you did not find
country that is close to the
Identify two countries TWO countries that are island of Cyprus. two countries that are
that are close to Cyprus close to the island of close to the island of
Cyprus. Cyprus.
Challenge #4 FOUND IT! You wrote You were close… Not even close. Sorry!!
Locate the name of the down the correct sea.
sea that the island of Great job!
Cyprus sits in

22. Teacher Talk
Intended Grade Level: 1st Grade
Is adult supervision required? Yes
Inquiry process skills emphasized:
* Using both maps and a globe to locate geographical
locations.
• Learn to use a hyperlink to access information from the
Internet.
• Learn that each country has its own flag representative of its
most notable features.

23. • National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies to which this webquest
is most closely related:
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• How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and
Technologies to Acquire, Process, and Report Information From a Spatial
Perspective.
• How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and
Technologies to Acquire, Process, and Report Information From a Spatial
Perspective.
•
• North Dakota Content Standards and Benchmarks (First Grade):
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• 1.5.1. Identify Earth’s geographical landforms (e.g., islands, mountains,
• plains, hills, bodies of water).
•