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Search term(s) entered: webquest - 74 matches A Web Quest Series on Creating Non-Violent Schools http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/nonviolence/ This site, featured on our Knowledge Network Explorer site (www.kn.pacbell.com), offers comprehensive web-based activities where students explore questions related to school safety and consider a variety of ways to help create non-violent schools. Web-based activities include a Hotlist, Subject Sampler, Knowledge Hunt, Concept Builder, Insight Reflector and WebQuest. Each activity is described in the Users Guide and each activity is accompanied by an evaluation rubric. (added 9/13/02 , reviewed 11/10/03 ) America Dreams through the decades http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/index.html Teacher educators Leni Donlan and Kathleen Ferenz have taken a new twist on the WebQuest model in this Activity. Like all good WebQuests, "American Dreams" challenges students to tackle a complex topic, access rich resources , and work together to synthesize their learning into an informed perspective on the topic. What makes "American Dreams" especially noteworthy is the strategy of using the resources provided by one (very) robust Website: the American Memory sections from the Library of Congress. In this way, Donlan and Ferenz capitalize on the great supporting resources developed by the LoC, thereby cutting down on what the teachers need to develop. Furthermore, by viewing the LoC resources through a WebQuest prism, "American Dreams" turns great information into great learning. Doesn't this sound like what good teachers have always done: take a rich resource, explore it to come up with the most educational aspects and then shape a learning activity for students. (added 12/2/97 , reviewed 1/13/04 ) Connecting the Continent http://www.connectingthecontinent.com/ctcwebsite/index.html What does it take to connect a continent for communication? In these days of satellite transmissions, it does not seem like such a huge task. Go back in time, and across the continent of Australia, to 1870 to connect the continent together with an overland telegraph line. This website traces the route, the stories, and the settlements that grew along its path. Students can participate in a webquest, observe Virtual Reality (VR) images of the countryside, and hear audio clips of assorted residents. Flash and Quicktime are required for certain features. (added 6/30/01 , reviewed 1/31/05 ) Dinosphere: Now You're in THEIR World http://www.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/index.html Using actual specimens from the Dinosphere: Now You're in Their World exhibit, The Children's Museum staff along with local educators and university professionals collaborated to create engaging, K-8 standards-based online activities and WebQuests. There are eight activities for K - 2, divided into nonreader, early reader, and reader categories. There is also a WebQuest for grades 3 -5, as well as one for grades 6 - 8. Each activity has a teacher's guide including activity overview, standards and suggestions for variations, when applicable. All activities and WebQuests have been translated into Spanish for ESL students. From the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. (added 10/25/04 , reviewed 10/25/04 ) El Nino or El No-no http://www.powayschools.com/projects/elnino/ Created by teacher Keith Nuthall, this WebQuest has three parts: Students obtain basic background information related to El Nino. Students construct a mathematical model using both historical and real-time water temperature data from a buoy at the equator, and they then investigate the rainfall totals for San Diego during the same years. (1982-83,1995-96, present) The end result allows students to construct a model to determine if we are currently in an El Nino cycle. Students also obtain help from a national weather service expert that is working with the exact same buoy for his research. Students write a speculation paper on the effects of El Nino on the rainfall in San Diego. After writing the paper, they submit the paper to a local community leader in charge of disaster preparedness for review. As do the best WebQuests, this one features interaction with information and community, concensus building within groups, no one correct answer, and stretching the limits of kids. Best of all, when students complete the project, they get to live out their speculation. (added 1/16/98 , reviewed 5/10/03 ) Ewe 2: A Case Study http://www.powayschools.com/projects/ewe2/ This inquiry-oriented activity "places students in the position to ask great questions, seek out the answers, develop new relationships, and take a stand on a current hot issue: cloning. " Keith Nuthall, Tom March, and a team of San Diego County worked together to develop this Case Study approach to WebQuests. Complete with warm-up activites, instructions for teachers, forums, and grading rubrics, the site includes everything you'll need to get started. Plan about three weeks for the full case or pick and choose components that fit your curriculum. (added 4/25/99 , reviewed 5/10/03 ) Federal Holidays WebQuest http://herrickses.org/searingtown/federalholidays/ A relatively simple but well-developed webquest for middle school students. There are two main tasks: 1) students will teach their class about an existing federal holiday by creating a PowerPoint presentation; and 2) student teams will imagine a new holiday that represents the spirit of America and then write a persuasive argument which will be supported by either a poster or a postage stamp in order to convince the class that their idea is the best one. Includes links to all the required sites, a teacher guide, and even a voting ballot. (added 1/10/03 , reviewed 1/10/03 ) Hello Dolly: A WebQuest on Cloning http://www.pusd.info/projects/dolly/main.htm High school science teacher Keith Nuthall has done an outstanding job organizing and posting a top flight WebQuest. He writes, "Hello Dolly is a webquest project that requires students to ask good questions, access current information, analyze the validity of sources, apply new knowledge to evaluate a current controversy, and reach consensus with peers." Challenge students to make sense of this complex topic. (added 8/27/97 , reviewed 8/1/02 ) Little Rock 9, Integration 0? http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/little_rock/ Why should students worry about stuff that happened back when Eisenhower was President and Elvis was King? This WebQuest, designed by Tom March for Pacific Bell Education First, prompts students to think about the nine African-American students who, back in 1957, chose to attend an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas and thus forced Americans to question segregated schools. Still, the WebQuest isn't about history, it's about the world we live in and the choices our communities have made in the past and students will make in the future. The activity can be used by students collaborating across schools to gain a broader perspective or even participating in a special Civil Rights videoconference with the Museum of Television & Radio. Finally, this activity takes the WebQuest strategy one step father by using interactive Transformation Builders to facilitate higher order thinking. (added 1/29/99 , reviewed 2/26/07 ) Make Your Own Money WebQuest http://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/money/ What IS money? Where does it come from? How does it get its value? How does it reflect what the community values, conceptually and artistically? Does anyone or any group have enough of it? This webquest will make you start thinking about money as more than just a way to get things, but as a way to make things. Explore your thoughts using the online reflective writing process. This webquest exhibits all of the features of a true webquest: Introduction | Task | Process | Conclusion | Credits | Resources | Additional Resources | Evaluation Rubric |Teacher Page. Very well done and attractive. Aligned to NJ state and National standards. Designed by Janice Cooper with Nicole Cole, Anita Parciasepe, and Ed Pasino, Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan, NJ. (added 2/7/05 , reviewed 2/7/05 ) Ozline.com http://www.ozline.com Ozline.com is the new online home of SBC (formerly Pacific Bell) Fellow Tom March since relocating to Australia (the land of Oz). In his attempt to "make an honest living working the Web for Education," Tom has collected, organized, and revised many of the online activities and training pages he developed for Education First, San Diego State University, in-service workshops and graduate classes. As the creator or co-creator of such things as Eyes on Art, Searching for China, Filamentality, Black History Month, and the WebQuest strategy, Tom has had the chance to play around and explore ways to use the Web to support student learning. Ozline.com also attempts to model effective presence by striving for a personal and interesting style while still providing high quality online content. (added 8/15/98 , reviewed 1/31/03 ) Patchwork of African-American Life http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html Six websites created as models to integrate the Internet and videoconferencing into the classroom. African-American History was chosen as a topic because of its importance, popularity and the wealth of resources available. The Black History Hotlist is a starting point for anyone studying African-American events and issues. Use the Interactive Treasure Hunt if you want to test your knowledge of African-American history. If you don't feel personally connected to African American issues, try "Sampling African America" to engage in the topic and explore things about it that personally interest you. Finally, two webquests: 1) In the Little Rock 9, Integration students learn about nine African-American students who, back in 1957, chose to attend an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas and 2) In Tuskegee Tragedy, students explore the issues of the Tuskegee Study and question the comparisons some people make to the study and such topics as abortion, gun control, and concentration camp experiments. (added 2/6/98 , reviewed 2/26/07 ) Planet Earth http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/mtr/planetearthmainpage.htm Poway educator Keith Nuthall has teamed up with the Museum of Television & Radio's Carla Fantozzi for this series of Web-based ecology activities and ISDN-based videoconference. The internet activities can be used on their own or as support for the videoconference. "Earth's Treasures" introduces issues and terminology, "You Make A Difference" focuses students on a single issue and has students create a public service announcement, and the "Conflict Yellowstone Wolves" WebQuest challenges students to solve a current complex problem. These activities exemplify meaningful use of telecommunications technologies for learning. (added 3/29/98 , reviewed 7/25/01 ) Stormy Weather http://www.educationcentral.org/stormy/ Learn to use the Internet and software tools while doing atmosphere investigations for the middle school and high school, Earth/Space Science Classroom. All activities, especially the Weather Hunt, Storm Sampler and The Perfect Storm Webquest, are designed for use by cooperative groups and culminate in a final shared presentation. The Weather Hotlist and the Weather Scrapbook are easily adapted for use by individual students. (added 11/10/01 , reviewed 11/10/01 ) The Big Wide World Webquest http://www.kn.att.com/wired/bww/ How does the Bid Wide World work? This webquest for K-4th graders has students work in teams to study the globe, plants, animals, people. culture, language and rules for how each subject works. Their findings are plotted on to a relationship wheel and students are challenged to develop one grand theory of how the world works. (added 3/16/01 , reviewed 2/26/07 ) The Mascot Dilemma: Pride or Prejudice? http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~etp1083/mascot/ A WebQuest for 11th-12th grade (Language Arts/ Social Studies) designed by Manny Rios. Many professional sports teams have Native American mascots and names. The same is true with schools all across our country. A national debate is raging over the appropriateness of these mascots. In this WebQuest, you take on the role of presenting the issue to the Board of Education. All necessary materials including evaluation rubric are contained in this webquest. (added 6/11/04 , reviewed 6/11/04 ) The WebQuest Page http://www.webquest.org/ A resource designed for those who are using WebQuests to teach with the web. Includes excellent examples and materials developed to communicate the WebQuest idea. Includes A WebQuest about WebQuests. (added 5/16/97 , reviewed 4/5/06 ) A Bomb is Dropped, And Lives Are Changed http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_s99/rfishtrom/ This Webquest has students take on the role of a Japanese Civilian, a photographer, a U.S. politician, or a soldier to uncover the reasons the Atomic Bomb was used on Japan and how it affected various people. Student participants will conduct research, write an editorial, debate, and write a letter explaining how the bombing has affected their lives. (added 7/10/01 , reviewed 7/10/01 ) A Tale to Be Told (WebQuest) http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/nixa.k12.mo.us/sullivan/tales/index.htm A simple webquest for younger students in which each child must choose a different story to read. Then they compare and contrast the stories they read to find similarities and differences in them. Finally they write their own tale in a similar style, to share with the others in the group. Support is provided by including links to fairytales, a downloadable checklist for the compare and contrast task, a graphic organizer to help write the story, and an evaluation criteria chart. Created by by Marcia Sullivan. (added 11/14/03 , reviewed 11/14/03 ) Best WebQuests.com http://bestwebquests.com/default.asp With so many pages claiming to be "webquests," it's time for the experts to step in and separate the real webquests from other web-based activities. Look to this site as finding aid and matrix of the best WebQuests arranged by content area and learners' age. You'll be able to read tips on what makes a great WebQuest, submit yours for consideration, and get tips on WebQuest design. Designed and maintained by Tom March. (added 9/8/03 , reviewed 2/27/04 ) Chocolate Chip Cookies: to eat or not to eat (WebQuest) http://collier.k12.fl.us/weblessons/cookiewq/index.htm Student Pages contain the actual webquest. Working in teams or all together (for younger students), students gather clues to determine if chocolate chip cookies should be eliminated from our diets. Teacher Planner section assists in implementing this webquest by helping plan for modification, timeline, needed materials, and the grouping and managing of students. Aligns to several Florida State standards. Other materials available to download and use as part of the project. Designed by Grace M. Vaknin, Instructional Technology Department, Collier County Public Schools. (added 12/17/04 , reviewed 12/17/04 ) Collaborative Writing Projects http://www.nelliemuller.com/Collaborative_Projects.htm Collaborative writing projects for ESL/EFL and mainstream classes using WebQuests. It goes something like this: Choose a topic or teacher may choose one for you. Working in groups, record every thing your group does and add it to your work file. Your work file must be handed back to the teacher at the end of each session. Participating in the project and making mistakes is part of this experience. Add reflections at the end of the project. Good team skills are essential for the success of the project which consists of 3 stages: Work File, Written File, and Oral Presentation. Lots of support along the way make this one a winner. Created and maintained by Nellie Deutsch. (added 12/13/04 , reviewed 12/13/04 ) Cool Tools for Teachers (WebQuest) http://www.thematzats.com/cooltoolsquest/index.html Over the last few years, integrating technology and web-based resources into classroom instruction has become common practice for many teachers. Because of the everchanging nature of the Internet, the tools available online to educators are also everchanging. In this WebQuest you will divide into groups and explore some online tools available to teachers. Your task will be to determine if these tools can be used to enhance classroom lessons, and to provide suggested uses for these tools for other lesson designers. At the end, if you fill out the Research Guide, you will have a wide selection of possible new tools. (added 1/25/05 , reviewed 1/25/05 ) Does the Tiger Eat her Cubs? http://www.kn.att.com/wired/China/childquest.html Reports have come out of China suggesting some terrible things about the way children are treated in Chinese orphanages. As with most things relating to this complex country, it's hard to tell what's true and what is propaganda. In this WebQuest student teams explore reports about how children are treated in China, the U.S., and other related topics. In other words, the students must prove the old Chinese proverb, Paper Can't Wrap Fire. (added 9/20/96 , reviewed 2/26/07 ) Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? A WebQuest on Telling the Difference http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/tmarch/freedom2/webquest.htm Many people have said that the world changed on September 11, 2001. Undoubtedly it did for many people and in many ways. Since then, the US and its Coalition of the willing have entered into a War on Terror. Deciding the merits of this war or those who struck the US on 9/11 is a larger topic than this WebQuest can tackle. However, we can increase our understanding by looking more closely at what we think about terrorism. The main question students will be asked to answer is: " What is terrorism? Is there such a thing as a 'just cause? " As a team, students will survey a collection of definitions, then apply what they learned to individual examples (or Cases) of terrorism. Finally, through a group process, students will evaluate this range of real life cases to decide exactly what terrorism is and if it is ever justified; and if so, under what conditions. At the end of the activity, students may be asked to explain their own personal understanding on the topic. Don't forget to review the Evaluation Rubric for this WebQuest! Created and maintained by Tom March. (added 2/11/05 , reviewed 2/11/05 ) Impaq Water Conservation WebQuest http://pd.impaq.com.au/Talo_Online/webquests/water/wcw_index.htm Designed for students in Australia; but applicable to any place because "Water Conservation starts at home!" In this project, you have two tasks: 1. Track water usage in your household and 2. Identify areas in your home where water can be saved and to plan a strategy for your family to use water wisely. Includes worksheets and other tools for completing the tasks. A bit noisy. (added 2/10/03 , reviewed 2/10/03 ) Island Colonization (WebQuest) http://teacherweb.com/TW/TaipeiAmericanSchool/BrendaHuff/index.html Groups of four to five students will work together to create a persuasive argument for or against colonization of a newly discovered island. In order to make an informed choice, students will need to research early American colonies and the impact they had on indigenous people. Designed for 5th grade students,  this project incorporates Language Arts and Social Studies standards. Includes a Teacher's Guide and numerous downloadables such as a graphic organizer, evaluation rubric, and more. Designed by Brenda Huff, November 2003. (added 12/15/03 , reviewed 12/15/03 ) Look Who's Footing the Bill! http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy Tom March has given a major revision to one of the first WebQuests ever. Look Who's Footing the Bill! uses the national debt controversy to inspire students toward taking democratic action. After exploring the issue from four perspectives, students have to answer the question, "What's so big about a $5 trillion debt?" They can use the interactive Thesis Maker and Online Outliner to begin the persuasive essay they will ultimately send to their congressional representatives. A new feature and refinement in the WebQuest strategy is the QuickQuest< /A> option that decreases the level of scaffolding, thus weaning students from the WebQuest process. (added 2/5/00 ) Math in Motion http://www.bw.edu/~ktomco/webquest/ Project designed for fourth graders involves creating math games for primary and special education students. everything about this project can be used by any teacher (except the list of resource teachers!). Resulting games found in complementary site, Math Magic (http://www.bw.edu/~cbelcast/tc/). Games cover concepts of shapes, colors, matching, and numbers. Project encourages students to conduct interviews and research. (added 8/4/03 , reviewed 8/4/03 ) Moving to America http://ojeez.tripod.com/movingtoamerica A true webquest designed for US history classes in middle school. Students work in groups of four to research the challenges faced by immigrants to America in the early 1900's. They then analyze their research and use the information to create a PowerPoint or published brochure to encourage their friends and family to join them in America. The activities are related to national standards and require persuasive writing, descriptive writing, and map-making. (added 8/4/03 , reviewed 8/4/03 ) Offshore Wind Farms in the US? a WebQuest http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/polson/webquest/webquest.htm This is a WebQuest on the topic of wind energy, specifically whether the US should permit the development of offshore wind farms as part of the national energy policy. It was designed for 11-12 grade and college Environmental Science classes. Simple, single page format. (added 8/12/03 , reviewed 8/12/03 ) PeaceQuest http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Lincoln_HS/Burleson/Lessons/PeaceQuest/index.htm Created by  by  Carolyn O Burleson, Los Angeles Unified School District, this well-done  webquest is meant to encourage students to express their feelings and fears, but most of all, encourage them to come up with things that they can do to make this world a better place to live. Doing something positive helps to overcome the feeling of helplessness. Includes lots of peripheral materials and content standard links to help teachers and students accomplish the tasks.   (added 4/19/03 , reviewed 4/19/03 ) Preventing Mad Cow Disease in California http://www.interactworks.info/madcow/madcowquest.htm Mad Cow Disease is a fatal brain illness with unusually long incubation periods measured in months to years, and is caused by an unconventional transmissible agent. The student role in this WebQuest is to act as a Public Health Officer who has been directed to address the perceived threat of Mad Cow Disease affecting citizens in California. The task is to craft a persuasive public service announcement that effectively communicates the facts about Mad Cow Disease and educates individuals on the actual risk for exposure. Created by Interactworks. (added 6/30/04 , reviewed 6/30/04 ) Radically Reduced Radiolarians http://teacherweb.com/NY/ToddSchool/MrsPhethean/index.html This problem-based WebQuest is ideal for students in 5th through 9th grades who are studying microworlds. This WebQuest will allow students to go beyond the usual in-class studies using microscopes by exploring an intriguing organism, the radiolarian. This WebQuest will introduce students to the scanning electron microscope. The WebQuest Task: Congress wants to know how radiolarians impact the food chain, and whether they are important historically, ecologically, and even artistically. Students will make a PowerPoint presentation to Congress sharing background information about radiolarians, as well as recommendations about the funding. (added 12/8/03 , reviewed 12/8/03 ) Radio Days http://www.thematzats.com/radio/ In this WebQuest by Cynthia Matzat, students use the Web to research the "Golden Age of Radio" as a playwright, Foley artist (sound effects specialist), or advertising executive. After researching, students regroup and create their own radio drama on an audiocassette tape. (added 3/14/99 , reviewed 2/23/04 ) Rickshaw or Rowboat (WebQuest) http://TeacherWeb.com/BD/AIS_D/Rickshaw_or_Rowboat/ Aimed at 8th graders, this project allows students to explore the controversies surrounding global warming and climate change. This activity is eighth grade Integrated Science in Bangladesh but it could be adapted to higher levels and other locations very easily. Students should have previous knowledge of the water and carbon-oxygen biogeochemical cycles, as well as local weather events, collecting data on them, and basic understanding of the role of the ocean in regulating regional climates. This webquest was put together by Jo DeVries. (added 5/28/04 , reviewed 5/28/04 ) Rosetta Stone Webquest: Who Really Owns the Rosetta Stone? http://www.yellow-springs.k12.oh.us/ys-mls/rosetta.htm In this webquest, you and your students will try to find a solution for an international issue. Students will be divided into three groups of scholars from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the D?partement antiquit?s ?gyptiennes Mus?e du Louvre in Paris, and the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the British Museum in London. Standards for this activity are in the area For Teachers. (added 7/8/02 , reviewed 7/8/02 ) Six Paths to China http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China Building on his original WebQuest, Searching for China, Tom March has fully revised this popular site to provide more scaffolding for student cognition and more effective use of the Internet (just for fun, take a look at the first rendition of Searching for China from 1995). Tom also created "Six Paths" to China which incorporates five more Web-based activities on the topic and stands as a living example of the strategies he explored in the article Working the Web for Education. See how you can target student learning using a Topic Hotlist, Subject Sampler, Multimedia Scrapbook, Treasure Hunt, or WebQuest. (added 2/13/98 , reviewed 3/2/01 ) Social Security: A New Challenge for the 21st Century http://drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/soc_sec/index.htm In this WebQuest, students will examine the history and present state of the American Social Security System as well as its implications for their own future (and let their voice be heard in the debate over how it should be reformed.) They will use Wikipedia to participate in an online discussion and then express their views in a persuasive letter to their Congressional Leaders. (added 6/3/05 , reviewed 6/3/05 ) The Gilded Age WebQuest: Documenting Industry in America http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wq/gildedage/student.htm In cooperative groups, students create segments for a multimedia documentary slide show on the Gilded Age. Major themes include technological innovation, big business, urbanization, immigration, and reaction to the period. This online activity inlcudes a teacher guide and was created by Thomas Caswell and Joshua Delorenzo, teachers at Oswego High School in New York. (added 5/22/99 , reviewed 5/23/99 ) The Port Chicago Disaster http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc/ This resource and the accompanying activities outline the events of 1944, when a major explosion rocked Port Chicago, CA. How far does duty go for a soldier during wartime; was there racism involved in the decision to court martial African-American soldiers who refused to continue to load munitions under unsafe circumstances? Students can investigate using webquests, or teachers can lead students through the essential questions surrounding this historic event. (added 9/22/00 ) We Hold these Truths to Be Self Evident http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/cmathison/truths/truths.html Developed by professors from San Diego State University's College of Education, this WebQuest guides educators in exploration of multiculturalism and democratic principles in schools. Includes the following sections: Purpose and Directions for Instructional Use, Investigating Special Populations, Democratic Schooling, and a Culminating WebQuest Activity. (added 5/19/97 , reviewed 6/12/99 ) WebQuests (from the San Diego City Schools Triton Project) http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html Don't know how we missed this one and in our own backyard too! These web quests were developed by teachers for teachers as part of a San Diego City Schools Technology Grant. The Triton and Patterns Projects are a multi-partner educational collaborative that integrate technology with the standards-based education reform efforts of the San Diego City Schools to create new learning opportunities for students and teachers. The results are some great webquests for a range of learners (K-12). The Featured Projects are exemplary units ready for implementation. Guess what? You can do it too. (added 10/25/02 , reviewed 10/25/02 ) WebQuests: Explanation http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month8/index.html A free workshop presented online by "CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM, "a collaboration between Thirteen Ed Online and Disney Learning Partnership. This workshop is broken down into sections called Explanation, Demonstration, Exploration, and Implementation. Each section answers critical questions, provides short video clips from experts/users, and provides links to other critical information or terms when appropriate. Other workshops are also available, see the descriptions page for more: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/description.html (added 7/14/03 , reviewed 7/14/03 ) Working the Web for Education http://www.ozline.com/learning/theory.html AKA "What I learned on my Fellowship." This is a follow-up to What's on the Web? and moves quickly beyond classifying types of Websites useful to educators to comparing Web-based resources with those found in the traditional classroom in order to reach a Zen truth of teaching with the Net. Additional rationales and strategies are offered for defining the five types of Web-based activity pages we've built into Filamentality (Treasure Hunts, Subject Samplers, WebQuests, etc.). When people need both the theory and some practical tips on integrating the Web for learning, you might point them toward this article. (added 9/23/97 , reviewed 3/18/99 ) In Search of Stellaluna's Family http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html In this WebQuest, third graders research bats and write a letter to Stellaluna telling her why she is so special. 3rd Grade teacher Danice Von Feldt developed this WebQuest in both Spanish and English, and the site includes a simple evaluation rubric and extension activities. (added 5/9/99 , reviewed 5/13/99 ) AIDS WebQuest http://haworth.org/wqaids.html This AIDS project consists of visiting at least three websites containing timelines, disease information and the AIDS quilt project website in order to gain an understanding of the history, signs, symptoms, and risk factors for the disease AIDS. After gathering the needed information into a supplied packet of outline notes/questions, the student will write an essay and create a quilt (of paper or other media)displaying the information they have learned. A scoring rubric is supplied for both teachers and students and teachers can link to a page containing the lesson plan, objectives and NJ Core Curriculum Standards. (added 4/9/04 , reviewed 4/9/04 ) Circle of Life Webquest http://www.herrickses.org/searingtown/circleoflife/index.htm Students work in pairs to complete 1 of 4 different webquests. The roles (assigned or chosen) include Marine Biologists, Artist Naturalists, Stranding Specialists and Public Awareness Specialists. Students use inspiration or a similar type of software to complete the assignments as designed. (added 4/13/02 , reviewed 10/4/02 ) Coming Soon to a School Near You: A Project on Youth Gangs http://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/YouthGangWQSite/ This WebQuest is for 11th and 12th grade students. It is designed to help students recognize the danger gangs pose to themselves and their school communities. Students research youth gangs and create brief media campaigns for middle school students to persuade them to stay out of gangs. This site is easy to read and provides links to many useful resources. (added 9/6/02 , reviewed 9/6/02 ) Dolphin-Safe Tuna? http://www.richmond.edu/%7Eed344/webquests/dolphins/ Elementary students place themselves in the roles of Tuna Fishermen, Dolphin Activists, and Supporters of Dolphin Protection Legislation to explore the issues surrounding dolphin-safe tuna. Then, they use this information to create a plan for ocean fishing (added 1/12/01 ) EcoQuest: Desert Edition http://members.aol.com/QuestSite/1 Created by teacher Mark Kirk, this WebQuest was designed to help 7th and 8th graders learn more about the desert ecosystem. Students look at characteristics and challenges of the desert from different perspectives. After they learn about the desert and complete the assignments given to them, they design a multimedia presentation describing what they have found and present it back to the class. This project was designed to take about a week to do, with kids in groups of 5 or less. (added 10/8/97 , reviewed 3/2/01 ) EduPuppy.com http://www.edupuppy.com/ EduPuppy links to exceptional Preschool-Grade 3 sites providing wonderful content and resources to inform and enrich learning. The site allows users to search by categories, keywords, and grade level. Their team of educators are always searching for content rich lesson plans & units, technology & integration sites, educational articles & research, ECE theories & practice, developmentally appropriate practices, special education materials, clipart, webquests, software reviews, professional development opportunities, deals and discounts and more! A userful, attractive finding aid. (added 6/11/03 , reviewed 2/17/05 ) In Search of the Missing ...e http://www.ngsc.k12.in.us/tickit/in_search_of_the_missing.htm Just goes to show you that a regular teacher can create interesting web-based content! This site is based on the standard webquest formula which includes an Introduction , Task, Process, Resources, Evaluation, and Conclusion. The premise: 'Captain Anti-Math' has stolen the number 'e' from your hometown. Many local businesses cannot FUNCTION (as in mathematical function). Using Resources provided, students must design an 'e' problem/solution related to their chosen business. Each problem should be a mathematical function or formula utilizing the number 'e'. The solution steps must be clearly mathematically documented. The findings should be presented using a professional looking visual aid (poster, graph, model, etc). (added 11/26/02 , reviewed 11/26/02 ) Literacy Rules http://www.literacyrules.com Provides links to a visual thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, webquests, poetry and author profiles. (added 10/20/05 , reviewed 10/20/05 ) Mrs. Proctor's Schoolpage http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/lessons/ Early childhood and Elementary school teachers will love the web-based activities linked to this page. Students access different age-appropriate websites to gather information about animals, apples, spiders, and ecosystems. In addition, there are links to webquests for Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. (added 11/3/00 ) Nellies_English_Projects http://www.nelliemuller.com/ There are an amazing assortment of resources on this site; however the ones that leap out are the webquest links. They are divided up by grade and presented in an easy to see table. Elementary webquests are located at http://www.nelliemuller.com/elementary_school.htm; grades 7-9 at http://www.nelliemuller.com/Junior_High_WebQuests.htm; and high school at http://www.nelliemuller.com/task2.htm Although they are not annotated; this is one of the largest collection of webquests links we've come across so far. (added 8/15/03 , reviewed 8/15/03 ) Periodic Table Adventure http://web.buddyproject.org/web017/web017 Middle school teachers will love this website with 5 lessons and activities that introduce the periodic table. The Element Adventure Webquest allows students to research an element and create an advertisement for that element. (added 3/30/01 ) Real Time Data Analysis http://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/webquest/projects/rhs/science/velocity/index.htm Physics, mathematics, and the real world collide once more. This activity, which can be completed either in class or at home, gives students the opportunity to gather real time data from an airline flight, then graph and interpret the results. Teachers in younger grades might consider using this lesson to introduce some basic physics to students. (added 3/23/01 ) Searching for Just the Right Planet http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/solar_sy.htm In this WebQuest, students create a multimedia report recommending a planet for an orbiting space hotel. The assignment links to resources to support research and includes an evaluation rubric. (added 4/16/98 , reviewed 5/13/99 ) Tailing the Samurai's Tale http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/actnow/curriculum/library/japan/samuraistale.htm Bonita Vista Middle School teacher Dan Fickett created a WebQuest to enhance his students' reading of Erik Haugaard's The Samurai's Tale. A rich set of Web links add cultural information that should help students as they put the themes of the book into a historical and a personal context. This is a nice example of using the Web to tap into more multicultural resources than we would ordinarily have access to. The WebQuest was created using Filamentality. [TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE 1/7/99] (added 9/23/97 , reviewed 3/22/99 ) The Cost of War http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/dmoore/CostsofWar/index2.html Created by Poway High School teachers Dennis Moore, Jenny Thiem, and Perry Minamide, this interdiscplinary WebQuest does an excellent job of staying focused on such big questions as: "Under what conditions would you serve your country to fight a war? When is war worth its costs?" Taking on the roles of nurse, statesman, poet, statistician, and conscientious objector, students integrate current resources like core novels and and motion pictures as they use the Web to add to their knowledge and to communicate their final opinions to others around the world. This is a fine model for how a WebQuest can enhance the current curriculum. (added 6/4/99 , reviewed 6/11/99 ) The Role of American Women in World War II http://www.muscanet.com/~mather In this WebQuest, students examine the various roles of women in WWII, research the Internet, interview a WWII survivor, then create and publish an oral history. Includes national social studies curriculum standards. (added 4/17/99 , reviewed 4/24/99 ) Voices from the Past (Oral History Webquest) http://oldsegundo.com/webquests/voices_from_past/student-home.htm An oral history project for students in grades 6 through 12 created by Enola Boyd. In this webquest, students follow oral history processes to contact and interview a World War II veteran or person alive during the World War II era. They then use the information to write a script for an historical documentary to be submitted to Old Segundo Productions for consideration for documentary production. (added 3/21/03 , reviewed 3/21/03 ) Weather Watchers http://www.itdc.k12.ca.us/curriculum/weather.html This WebQuest for K-2 students explores concepts of weather including short term weather changes, the influence of weather on daily human life, the effects of severe weather on human life, and the benefits of weather forecasting. (added 7/23/97 , reviewed 4/7/06 ) WebQuest for Peace: An Internet WebQuest on Kashmir http://www.angelfire.com/wy/peacequest Developed by Pakistan teacher Fatemeh Sheikh, this Webquest tasks students with designing a lasting peace agreement between India and Pakistan. (added 10/9/99 , reviewed 10/20/99 ) Eating Disorders - A WebQuest for 7th and 8th Grade http://www.mathrocks.net/webquests/ED_Webquest/index.htm This webquest for middle school students opens with a scenario where a student has died from an eating disorder. The task at hand is to get a better understanding of the different types of eating disorders, their causes and their symptoms, and to then share that information with other middle school students. This webquest provides a good opportunity for students to work in teams and to then share important knowledge with their peers. (added 9/20/02 , reviewed 9/24/02 ) Search Again Enter your search terms in the box below. If you enter more than one word, separate them with a space.