Where In The World Is Tunisia ?

The Force were given a number of names of rugby-playing nations of the world. These were some of the nations that are recognised by the world governing body of Rugby Union, the International Rugby Board (IRB), as member unions but did not qualify for RWC 2011.
We divided them up amongst our team. I was given Tunisia.
This is what I found -

Tunisian FlagTunisia is on the continent of Africa.The capital of Tunisia is Tunis and the population is 10,629,186.
These are some of Tunisia's sports that the Tunisians play.

Soccer

Tennis

Basket Ball and some other sports.

Where In The World Is Epsom ?

Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that qualified for the World Cup. All Blacks I found out information about : Epsom The location in Auckland; Something special about this place; 3 kms south Auckland city centre. A 'potted' history of the place; It is named after a town in England and named after a Horse Race Track. If it has it's own symbol of some sort.(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place).

Location For Epsom

Epsom is a suburb of Auckland. It is located in approximately 3 kms south of Auckland city centre.Epsom is named after a town in England which has a Horse Race Track.The area has been long noted for its tree-lined, well-ordered streets, parks and a great variety of architecture, with century-old villas competing with late 20TH century modern housing.
Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that qualified for the World Cup. All BlacksI found out information about : EpsomThe location in Auckland: EpsomSomething special about this place: It is named after a town in England and a Horse Race Track.A 'potted' history of the place: HorsesIf it has it's own symbol of some sort.(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place). Epsom is located in 3 kms south of Auckland city town centre.

Keep your Eye On The Ball

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.For this unit we are in one of four teams: Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers.My team is: Force
There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.