Web Quests for Teachers
Web Quests are Internet based lessons that teachers can use with their students. WebQuest is short for Web Question. WebQuests allow the learner to explore a problem, task or question by visiting Internet sites and collecting data. These WebQuests are built by my students/learners for use in their classroom or student teaching experiences. WebQuests are also inquiry lessons.
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Your WebQuest Assignment
Your task is to create a WebQuest. In order to create your WebQuest you should begin by using the Planning Template at the link below.
WebQuest Planning Template: This site gives you a template to aid you in pre-planning your WebQuest.
Before you begin to design your WebQuest using your web page authoring software, sketch out your WebQuest design. Next, begin to locate 4 or 5 good web sites that can be used on the "Quest". Evaluate those web sites based upon your learning outcome and your learners who will be using the WebQuest.
As you design your WebQuest keep in mine the grading rubric used to score your final product. You can find the grading rubric by clicking on the link below:
EDU 343 WebQuest Grading Rubric
Digging Deeper
The links below give you an opportunity to explore the concept and theory behind WebQuests in more detail. Visit the links below to desire more about the WebQuest.
A Powerpoint on WebQuests: This is a Powerpoint presentation to give you an overview of a WebQuest.
Some Thoughts About WebQuests: This is an article that discusses some important components of the WebQuest
Reading and Training Materials: This site includes many sub-topics about creating effective WebQuests for student learning. Check out this site to see if any of the topics may be relevant to your assignment. Visit this link often as you complete your WebQuest assignment.
Differentiating/Scaffolding in Your Web Quest: This site gives you several ideas of how to scaffold and differentiate for higher order thinking
Evaluating Examples
Before you begin designing your own WebQuest, you may want to take a look at WebQuests that were previously developed. To guide your evaluation of the WebQuest, I have included a WebQuest Evaluation Rubric. Use this rubric as you preview as many of the WebQuests below as you desire. Some of the elements in the WebQuest Evaluation have been incorporated in the rubric that will be used to evaluate your final product. You can access sample webquest in two ways. First, there is a general link below for WebQuests created by professional teachers. Second, there is an alphabetical list of WebQuests by topics that have been created by previous students. Have fun discoverying the WebQuest!
WebQuest Evaluation Rubric: Here is a rubric that you can use to evaluate various WebQuests that you find on the Web or to help you in creating your own WebQuest.
Sample WebQuests: This link takes you to some sample WebQuests created by classroom teachers.
(Select the first letter of the word from the list above to jump to appropriate section of the glossary. If the term you are looking for starts with a digit or symbol, choose the '#' link).
The American Mosaic: An awesome WebQuest on Immigration in the late 1800s (Target Audience: Middle and High School).
Animal WebQuest: This WebQuest helps children explore facts about animals. (Author: Ray Maness: Target Audience: Lower Elementary).
Budget: Personal Budget WebQuest: This WebQuest helps the learner explore the process of devloping and use a personel budget. (Target Audience: Upper Elementary)
Cinco De Mayo WebQuest: This WebQuest helps elementary students explore Cinco de Mayo or the Fifth of May which commemorates the 1862 victory by Mexican forces, including ordinary citizens, over French soldiers. (Target Audience: Lower Elementary)
Comet WebQuest: This WebQuest will help the learner to explore comets. (Author: Sue Anderson; Target Audience: Upper Elementary)
Egypt: Ancient Egypt WebQuest: Elementary and middle students can now enjoy locating information on Ancient Egypt! Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and Archeology.
Egypt: King Tutankhamun: Was It Murder?: This WebQuest helps the user to explore the life and death of King Tut. (Target Audience: Upper Elementary)
Greece: A WebQuest designed to help the learner explore Ancient Greece. (Target Audience: Upper Elementary; Author: Jennifer Goetzinger)
Holocaust WebQuest: This Webquest is designed for 7th graders to learn more about the Holocaust.
How Can We Help?: A WebQuest designedto explore practical ways children can help the victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States. (Target Audience: Elementary; Author: Chrissy Holmes)
The Mighty Mac: This WebQuest was designed for 4th grade students. In this Quest, students are being asked to act like an historian and develop a historical paper commemorating the 47th anniversay of the Mackinac Bridge. This WebQuest was created by Emily Alexander and Melissa Muszynski. (Fall, 2004)
Mulicultural Adventure: This WebQuest allows the learner to explore the concept of "diversity". (Target Audience: Elementary; Authors: Mandy Mayers & Teressa Pike).
Vietnam WebQuest: This WebQuest places students in roles to explore the Vietnam War and then design a memorial for their "community" (Author: Renay Scott; Target Audience: High School)
Vietnam WebQuest 2: This WebQuest encourages students to explore the Vietnam War. (Author: Gerald McMullen; Target Audience: High School)
Weather WebQuest: This WebQuest is designed for 5th grade students to learn more about the weather. (Target Audience: Upper Elementary)
WebQuest on WebQuests: A WebQuest to help elementary teachers explore WebQuests. (Target Audience: Teachers)
Who Says Michigan Isn't Interesting? : This WebQuest was designed for 4th grade students. In this Quest, student have to assist a friend moving from another state in finding a job and residence in Michigan. This WebQuest was created by Jennifer LaTurno and Christie Stanke. (Fall, 2004)
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