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Saint Joseph School Technology Classes
 Mrs. Mary Harshall,  Mrs. Denise Nichols,  Mr. Tom Steele
Technology Classes Grades 1-6

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Animals

BASIC information

Ancient History

Deserts

Early American Life
Insects Medieval Times Miscellaneous Nutrition Oceans
Rain forests Rocks and Minerals Simple Machines Weather Specific Grade Samples
Plants Math

 

MATH

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 CAN YOU MAKE CENTS OF ECONOMICS
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/economics/economics.htm
Once again students will visit the Lemonade Stand, this time focusing on economics and how it affects our daily lives. They will also be participating in Econopolis activities to understand the language and workings of our economy--please note that the link to Econopolis is in-correct, and should read http//esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/Economics/econopol.htm
At this site (above), teachers can also find online pre and post tests. 

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 ETHNOMATHEMATICS WEBHUNT
http://home.mindspring.com/~mjg2/ethalt.html
Wow... mathematics will be seen in quite a new light as students explore math in cultures across the ages, from African games, to Mayan calendars, to the first use of zero and negative numbers--fascinating material.

PLANTS

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SIMPLE MACHINES

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 SIMPLE MACHINES WEBQUEST
http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq8/jjquest.htm
Definitions, examples, and inventions will be investigated in this webquest for grades 3-5. Students will have the opportunity to present a Kid Pix report on modern working machines exemplifying the different parts of simple machines, and describe how they make life easier. They will also have a chance to design their own inventions, using Kid Pix to illustrate them.

BASIC INFO 

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THE WEB QUEST PAGE - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
2 More info on WHAT IS A WEB QUEST and some samples. Blank template  is located here!
3 WEBQUEST EXAMPLES 6-8 SCIENCE -
http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix/6-8-Sci.htm
Here is a great sampling of ready-made webquests for middle grade students. You are sure to find a topic that is covered in your science curriculum.
4 WEBQUESTS 101
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml
5 CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM, A series of Workshops
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/w8-resources.html
6 Bernie Dodge, creator of the Web Quest, has lots of tips, TUTORIALS here
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/w8-resources.html
7 WEB QUESTS- How to Create them and
what they are.
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/month8/
8 BUILDING BLOCKS OF A WEBQUEST:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm 
Webquests are great technology and research lessons, and not too difficult to put together.  This site will take you all the way through the process of creating your own webquest.
9 ALL ABOUT WEB QUESTS      Broken link - wrote for new one
http://www.oswego.org/Staff/CCHAMBER/webdesign/web_quests.htm
Nice explanation and examples from OSWEGO school district in Canada
10 WEBQUEST ACADEMY - http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/
This is a great resource about webquests; what it is; what it is not; how to create one; samples, rubrics for grading webquests and much more! Don't miss this one!!!

ANCIENT HISTORY

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1 ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA -- WEBQUEST
http//www.uetigers.stier.org/library/tigresswebquest.htm
As in the Yellow River Valley webquest, students will also be creating a travel journal as they follow along a route through Mesopotamia, learning about the Code of Hammurabi, cuneiform writing, and Sumerian culture. Linking is attached to questions for easy research.
2 ANCIENT EGYPT WEBQUEST
http//www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
For elementary and middle school students--a truly excellent webquest to discover daily life, mummification, hieroglyphics, King Tut, and more. Creatively designed to engage students on missions (think Mission Impossible) to complete innovative assignments on their learning journey.
4 COLLAPSE -- WHY DO CIVILIZATIONS FAIL?
http//www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
One of the major reasons we study history is to learn from our past. This interactive Annenberg exhibit guides students through the rise and fall of five different civilizations the Maya, Ancient Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, and Mali and Songhai. Students will explore how we know about the past, and what we can discern amongst the ruins.
5 YELLOW RIVER VALLEY WEBQUEST
http//www.uetigers.stier.org/library/yellowwebquest.htm
Students will create a time travelog as they journey back to ancient Chinese dynasties, answering several excellent questions guiding them along their journey.

ANIMALS

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THE GROUCHY LADY BUG
http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfrey/webqsfrey.html
2 A BLUEBIRD QUEST
http://www2.lhric.org/kat/BLUE.HTM
This webquest informs students in grades 2 and 3 about bluebird habitats and survival. Students will answer the questions on the worksheet as they visit three online resources.
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9 BEAR HUNT WEBQUEST
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/hunt/hunt.htm
This great little web hunt is addressed to kindergarten and grade one classes. They will become familiar with internet resources as they explore bear sites, poems, and stories, and then collectively write their own story using what they have learned about bears.
10 BALD EAGLES WEB QUEST
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/schools/cherokee.es/karen/bald.htm
Students will have many opportunities to get hands-on technology experience with the tasks outlined in this webquest. They will learn about bald eagle habitats and create a web-page, email political representatives with concerns, and/or use PowerPoint to make a final presentation to the class.
11 THE GREAT HORNED OWL WEBQUEST
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/schools/pcartier/owlquest.htm
Grades 4-6 students will choose a role, including photographers or team scientists, and collectively create an informative newsletter on the Great Horned Owl, to be shared with younger students in a neighboring class.
12 AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS:
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm
Moving up to the grades 3-5 level, this webquest utilizes book as well as web resources to research three Australian animals.  The project culminates in a Kid Pix presentation to the class.
13 IN SEARCH OF STELLALUNA'S FAMILY:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html
A bat quest!  Stellaluna is a terrific introduction to a unit on bats, and this site has your students partnering up to investigate web resources based upon different excerpts from the book. Easy to follow along and complete.
14 Bb IS FOR BIRDS:
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/spring2000/fisd3032k/bswq/default.html
***COPY & PASTE 2 line URL***
An easy starting webquest and internet exercise for K-2 All categories that must be researched are readily handled within the webpage itself.  Especially suited to a grade 2 science project on birds
15 PET DETECTIVE WEB QUEST K-3
http://www.teachersfirst.com/autoframe.htm?http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ch/heazak/petdet.html
16 SAVE THE ANIMALS
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq20/aquaadv.htm
Working with a partner, students will choose an endangered animal and conduct research on its habits and habitats. The object is to create an informative and persuasive poster, convincing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to contribute money towards saving their chosen endangered animal.
17 WOLVES
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq125/
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Kindergartens don't have to be when they partner up with a fourth grade teammate in this buddy webquest. They will read a fairy tale involving wolves, then rewrite the story from the wolf's point of view. They will also visit websites to research questions about wolves.
18 DINOSAUR DAYS
http//lilliel.tripod.com/webquests/id22.html
Second grade students will work with partners to collect data on their assigned dinosaur, complete a class dino chart, and supply a dinosaur museum.
19 JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE
http//www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/New%20Planet%20WebQuest/Index.html
Students have to crash land on a planet in our solar system. They will click on the planets to learn something of them, and then prepare a survival list, containing only 10 items, to take with them, justifying their reasons for doing so. Grades 3-5.
20 ENDANGERED ANIMALS
http//teach.fhu.edu/technology/EDU330/endan_.html
Tailor this internet experience to meet your own classroom needs--it contains loads of activities and student questions to follow for each of the selected endangered animals chosen.
21 LET'S LEARN ABOUT HABITATS
http//lilliel.tripod.com/webquests/id5.html
Again targeted to second grade level, students will participate in four virtual field trips, studying their different habitats and creating an informative poster to present to the class.
22 FARMER FRED'S FRANTIC FARM
http//php.indiana.edu/~tmontema/farm.html
In this early elementary webquest, students will learn which animals belong on the farm, what they give to humans, and what their requirements are. They will complete a printable student matching worksheet, and illustrate something of what they have learned. For an extended activity, have them create a Book of Farm Animals using Kid Pix.
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25 ARE CHICKENS THE ONLY ONES
http//warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/animals/index.htm
Based on the book, "Chickens Aren't the Only Ones", this webquest is targeted to first grade classes. Students will learn about different groups of animals which lay eggs. They will then choose a favorite animal, locate where in the world it lives, and then create a little book about their animal. Try Kid Pix for your student books.
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RAINFORESTS

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1 UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE RAINFOREST
http//www.gnbvoc.mec.edu/rainforest/default.htm
Students will embark upon a journey through the Amazon Rainforest and cultivate information for a travel brochure as they go. They will explore culture and customs, geography, climate, animals, plants, and environmental issues. The final outcome will be atravel brochure and a multimedia presentation.
2 RAINFOREST WEBQUEST
http//warwickschools.org/webquest/deb/rainfore.htm
Grade four students will use various multimedia software (including The Amazon Trail,   to research all aspects of rainforest animals, climate, vegetation, and inhabitants, and create a rainforest book.
3 ME? LIVE IN A RAINFOREST?
http//www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/tropical_rain.htm
Because your team of four students include an expert botanist, geographer, biologist, and sociologist, you have been chosen tolive and study in the tropical rainforest for a year. The big question--what will you need to prepare yourself and to takewith you? In order to properly and safely answer the question, you will need to do some research--luckily some sites have been prepared in advance for you. Collect pictures and data, because you will be building a multimedia presentation of all your findings.
4 ANIMALS OF THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST
http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq3/rain.htm
Which animals could be added to a tropical exhibit at theIndianapolis Zoo? No guessing here--students must first research some facts about the animals they think will belong. Use kidPix to draw your animal and rainforest poster, or design an environ-mentally aware t-shirt!

INSECTS

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1 JOURNEY OF A MONARCH BUTTERFLY WEBQUEST:
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq46/monarch1.htm
Elementary grade level. Print out the question sheets for solving each "case":  what are the parts of a butterfly's body; what is a butterfly habitat; and what is the case of the "mysterious migration"?  This simple webquest is easy for students to follow and accomplish, and will fam-iliarize them with internet use.  A perfect starter webquest
2 AN INSECT'S PERSPECTIVE
 http//projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/
Creative and original webquest for second grade--students will write a letter to humans and design a poster, explaining why they (in the role of insects) should not be exterminated.
3 THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR WEB ACTIVITY
http//olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/webquest/caterpillar/caterpillar.htm
This interactive activity extends the book by Eric Carle with fun language arts and math exercises for K-1 students.
4 CREEPY CRAWLY CRITTERS
http//www.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/insects/insects.htm
Suitable for grades one and two; comparisons are made between insects and spiders, with lots of fun activities and sites to explore.

 

DESERTS

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1 CITY LIFE OR DESERT LIFE?
http//projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/desert/
Grades 3 and 4 students--or rather, grade 3 and 4 alien representatives ) must research life, work, and play for the human species in both a big city (San Diego) and the desert (Anza Borrega Desert) and by comparison and contrast of their findings, decided which would provide a better alien habitat.
2 DESERT EDITION ECOQUEST
http//members.aol.com/QuestSite/1/index.html
Both written reports and multimedia presentations will be the outcome of this special investigation into desert habitats and inhabitants. Students are assigned roles as either desert ecologist, meteorologist, land developer, landscaper, government employee or utilities manager and will work in teams to complete internet research and present their findings.
3 DESERTS OF THE WORLD
http//www.horizon.nmsu.edu/ddl/wqdesertworlds.html
Students will get to create a desert habitat for a museum, while taking on roles of horticulturalists, zoologists, and anthropologists. Several online resources will serve to compare and contrast desert habitats around the world.
4 OUR DESERT BACKYARD
http//horizon.nmsu.edu/ddl/experiments/backyard/backyard.html
By careful and extended observation of their own habitat, students will take an in-depth look and recording of weather, environment, and organisms within that environment. They will be learning data recording and weather observation skills -- a good lesson in the scientific method, weather, and the environment.
5 DESERTS
http//www.allabery.com/courses/webquest/fagerland/index.htm
Elementary students will visit deserts to learn about the plant and animal life they harbor, and how these species survive. They will illustrate their findings with a picture and five sentences.

WEATHER

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1 WEATHER WEBQUEST
http//www.community.k12.mo.us/webquest/drobnett/quest.htm
Students get to play the role of meteorologist, with the eventual task of presenting a live weather broadcast. First however they must research local weather conditions, weather terms, etc. and predict the weather patterns for the week.
2 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
TEACHER'S CYBERGUIDE
http//www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Cloudy/cloudytg.htm
Students will relate weather and weather formation to food production, and food pyramids. They will also measure weather conditions, write a narrative, interpret diagrams and charts, and classify weather and food groups. The content is aligned to grade two standards.
3 WEATHER UNIT WEBQUEST:
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/weather/weather.htm
Especially created to meet fifth grade science standards, this particular webquest constitutes a whole unit on weather, including the water cycle, cloud types and formation, local climate, climate in general and climate patterns & regions across the United States. Students will complete worksheets, charts, and graph Spreadsheets, with a final online exam testing their knowledge.
4 ***CHILLS and THRILLS
http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/Ben/Welcome.html
Find a location that is safe from severe weather to create an amusement park.
5 SEVERE WEATHER FORECAST:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/brfranke/webquest/webquest1.html
Develop a worst case scenario for severe weather conditions approaching some region of the United States. Presentations can be completed with multi-media authoring or developing a web page
6 TORNADO WEBQUEST:
http://www.milton.k12.vt.us/WebQuests/APlantz/TornadoWebQuest.htm
A research article by "journalism students" will be written after tracking and developing tornado infor-mation in Kansas. Students will use word processing skills and targeted online references.

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AUSTRALIAN WEATHER WEBQUEST:
http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/courses/ciee624-60/weather%20webquest2.htm
Just in time for the Olympic theme, visit down-under via internet stops to determine weather patterns & predictions. Why? Because your student group has to create a travel brochure/newsletter, complete with a weather guide,  photos, satellite images, etc.

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BEST WEATHER WEBQUEST
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/weather.html
Grades 4 - 8 can complete this webquest on where in the United States might you find the "best" weather? What constitutes our ideas of "best weather" patterns in the first place? Spreadsheets will reflect gathered data on 5 American cities; final presentations take the form of a poster for exhibit.

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CLOUD WATCHING
http//www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/clouds.htm
Besides watching clouds in their own backyards, students will also visit weather websites to match up stratus, cumulus, and cirrus cloud formations and create a cloud journal. They will also create a jigsaw puzzle of their favorite cloud.

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WEATHER FOR KIDS -- THE WATER CYCLE WEBQUEST
http//www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/wthrkd/wthrkd.htm
Much fun and learning here for young learners--read an online raindrop story together to learn about the water cycle. Students will then illustrate the stages of that cycle using Kid Pix software (available at http//www.learningcompanyschool.com).

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HURRICANE WEBQUEST
http//gailsresourceguide.com/hurricanewebquest.html
How do hurricanes form, and how are they categorized?
Why are hurricanes potentially very dangerous to humans? What do hurricane hunters do? Students in grade three and up will use several online resources to track down hurricanes, their origins, their classifications, and more.

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WEATHER WATCHERS
http//itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/weather.html
This primary weather webquest will explore weather and climate patterns around the globe, introducing young students to maps, clouds, weather terms, basic geography, and the awareness of how weather can affect their everyday lives.

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CLOUD QUEST
http//www2.lhric.org/kat/wq3rd.htm
Third grade students are asked to locate three different kinds of clouds, create a cloud catalog, and write brief descriptions of each. (In lieu of the first weather link, please use the following site http://seaborg.nmu.edu/clouds/types.html
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WILD ABOUT WEATHER
http//teach.fhu.edu/technology/EDU330/weather.html
After visiting several sites and learning about clouds, measuring temperature and precipitation, and participating in hands-on activities, elementary students will create a meteorologist report on the weather for their own region.
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IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
http//www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/weather/index.htm
Which can cause greater damage, a tornado or a hurricane? Pose this question to 4th through 8th grade students before they begin this weather webquest, where they will assume roles to collect and provide information on both types of severe weather. With a collection of data, student groups will create a PowerPoint presentation and debate their findings with other class groups.
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FOURTH GRADE WEATHER TRIP
http//www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Tulley/default.htm
Using a general weather worksheet, students visit a collection of weather web sites to learn about the water cycle, clouds, weather fronts, and precipitation. The emphasis in this webquest is on how weather affects our everyday lives.
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TORNADO WEBQUEST
http//edweb.sdsu.edu/edweb_folder/Courses/EDTEC572/f96projects/final/disasters/tor/webquest.html
The basis of internet research for this webquest is to complete a student comprehension worksheet on tornadoes.Students can select from a variety of online sites on tornadoes.
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WILD WEATHER
http//www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/misc99/wildweather/Default.htm
Wow... no less than the National Geographic has hired your own students to investigate, photograph, and report on tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and tornadoes around the world. They are interested in finding out if these natural but often disastrous events can be predicted, what some common myths surrounding these phenomena are, what conditions prompt their occurrences, and what safety precautions might be taken. Results should be formulated in to a group multimedia presentation.
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WEATHER WEBQUEST
http//www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/weather/weather.htm
Each sub-topic includes its own student worksheet, with selected resources tailored and linked to each question. Topics for this fifth grade science webquest include the water cycle, clouds, local weather, weather patterns a-cross the United States, and climates. Students will create spreadsheets to graph their data, as well as work collaboratively on Kid Pix presentations to illustrate cloud formations.
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SEVERE WEATHER WEBQUEST
http//www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/brfranke/webquest/webquest1.html
Student research must answer to the background factors contributing to and supporting severe weather conditions, while categorizing and choosing one severe weather type to present is a multimedia report. Numerous selected on-line sites support student research.
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BEST WEATHER WEBQUEST
http//www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/weather.html
Middle school students will decide which factors are best for ideal weather patterns. They will then select five cities across the United States (or choose around the world) from which to collect and graph data. They will choose one of those cities as the best weather location, charting their data and presenting it for display as a poster.

SPACE

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 JUNIOR ASTRONAUT WEBQUEST
http//www.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/astronaut/index.htm
What exactly do astronauts do, and how does one become an astronaut? Let your second and third grade students find out if they really want to be an astronaut when they grow up, by following along three junior level web-sites and answering a student worksheet.
2 5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF
 http//www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/blastoffquest.htm
Students choose one planet to explore, and answer a few questions through composing a PowerPoint presentation for the class.
(If you don't have PowerPoint, try Kid Pix )
3 MARS QUEST
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Quemarsintro.html
Students are "hired" to act as interplanetary travel guides, and must provide the best possible information available to tourists visiting Mars. Imagination and creativity are re-quired as K-12 students create a travel brochure, and possibly even a website. Students are appointed to team roles and given assignments, including meteorologist ,mission specialists, journalists, etc.

OCEANS

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1 THE CORAL REEF PROJECT:
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/drussert/WebQuests/KeithFinlayson/Coral%20Reef%20Project.html  (COPY & PASTE  2 Line URL)
A solution-based webquest wherein students at Middle School level or above will consider the coral reef system and foster an understanding of ecological processes.
2 DOWN BY THE BAY
http//olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/bay/bay.htm
A simple webquest for primary students explores creating game cards to match rhymes for the song, "Down By the Bay" Using the rhyming song, "Down By the Bay", students must find a rhyming answer to the letters in red, all geared to beginning reader level, by clicking on the correct answer picture.
3 WHALES -- A WEBQUEST
http//topcat.bridgew.edu/~kschrock/ED572/henry/index.htm
Your class will create a whale book with this webquest on the different types of whales and how they live.
4 SEA WORM AQUARIUM
http//members.aol.com/wmjbkr/SeaWorms/institute.html
Students can learn all about sea worms and then create their own virtual sea worm aquarium.
5 VIRTUAL AQUARIUMS
http//www.oceansonline.com/links_equariums.htm
Take a virtual class field trip to visit any of these world class aquariums online. You can create a mini web
hunt of sorts by having your students pre-choose a sea creature to learn about and illustrate after your visit. Compile the drawings for either a class bulletin display or a field trip book.
6 TALES OF WHALES, TURTLES, SHARKS, AND SNAILS
http//www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov/tw.html
Online stories complement the exploration pages of sea animals. Visit them with your class, and create a class book of drawings and facts using Kid Pix
7 UNDER THE SEA WEBQUEST
http//www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/misc99/undersea/Default.htm
K and grade 1 students will still require guidance with this webquest, but with help they will be able to fill out the simple student worksheet and identify a few undersea animals.
8 SEA WEBQUEST
http//kmahan.esc17.net/webquests/water/webquest.html
Again, kindergarten students will not be able to work independently; nevertheless they will be able to follow along this webquest with guidance. Questions are geared toward early elementary interest, and as students learn about their chosen sea animal, they can create a class-room diorama. Resources are excellent; some can comprise an undersea unit in and of themselves.
9 WHALES -- A WEBQUEST
http//topcat.bridgew.edu/~kschrock/ED572/henry/index.htm
At the very early elementary level, use this webquest more for class visits to learn about different whales together, rather than use the role assignments.
10 WHALE WEBHUNT
http//olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/webquest/jfk/whale.htm
See if your class can complete this student worksheet together after visiting the assigned resources. The questions are very basic, though pre-readers will require help. You can create a class poster using the information your class will learn at these sites.
11 SEA ANIMALS:
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall99/pfeiffer/wgwq/Default.htm
Early elementary students will take on the task of finding out what they would need to do to take care of a whale, a dolphin, or a shark. Worksheet included
12 ANIMALS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR  
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/oc... (taken from St Anne School Award winning web site = great!! for 2nd Grade.
13 OCEANOGRAPHY ABC BOOK
http//projects.edtech.sandi.net/valencia/oceanabcbooks/
Using internet links to look up ocean animals and facts, your students will create their very own ABC book--with an ocean theme. Specific topics are suggested, such as sea mammals, fish, sea plants, etc. Kid Pix is used to illustrate your letters and write up the text,

MEDIEVAL TIMES

REF# Title and Desdription
1 KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE ROLL CALL
http://edtech.suhsd.k12.ca.us/inprogress/act/wqkingarthur/kingarthurwq.htm
What does it take to create a Round Table government for Camelot? Students will form teams to review potential candidates in this webquest, and judge their ability to advise and be close to King Arthur. They must consider morality issues, military prowess,
and political acumen. Finally, round off their projects with a Kid Pix or powerpoint presentation.
2 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDIEVAL KNIGHT
http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq14/knight.htm
Just exactly what was a Medieval knight? Where did he live, what clothes did he wear, what kind of food did he eat--and most importantly, what exactly was his job description? Students will use online resources to find out in this webquest for Upper Elementary and Middle School students.
3 CASTLE BUILDER WEBQUEST
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/castle_builder/
Students are assigned to build a Medieval Welsh castle for a wealthy land baron--but first they must research daily life in the Middle Ages, as well as castle uses and specifications. They can present their final design as a poster, 3-D model, or sculpture. (You might also let them try designing via multi-media software. For Kid Pix, see http//www.learningcompanyschool.com)
4 LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
http//topcat.bridgew.edu/~kschrock/ED560/thaxter/index.htm
Project choices include building a catapult, a replica of a castle, a medieval coat of arms, a stained glass window, or creating armor and weapons. Students can also choose to create a play, of a day in the life of a serf, or create a Middle Ages tv newscast. They can do a multi-media tour of a castle, or create a diary of a monk. Find many more very creative suggestions for completing online research and creating accompanying projects on Medieval themes.

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 BECOMING A KNIGHT WEBQUEST
http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq59/PAGE2.HTM
Middle and High School students can complete this fun and informative webquest, learning about the journey and code of ethics of a knight. Final class presentations will be completed in PowerPoint.

NUTRITION

REF# Title and Desdription
1 FAIRY TALE MEAL WEBQUEST
http//www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall99/pfeiffer/rbnfwq/Default.htm (COPY & PASTE)
Students will use online resources to explore food groups, the food pyramid, and nutritional concerns to create an appropriate meal for Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother. They will then put this meal together using Kid Pix stamps
2 YUMMY FOODS... Learn more about the food pyramid...
www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/misc99...
Do you like your school's cafeteria food?  Why do they serve the foods they serve?  Would you like to plan the school menu for one day? You will be the school's expert on food selection, menu planning, and grocery shopping.

ROCKS and MINERALS

REF# Title and Desdription
1 ROCK HOUNDS
http//www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/lesson.htm
This unit on rocks and minerals allows students to learn about rock cycles and mineral identification using several exercises, most employing online skills.
2 ROCKS & MINERALS DETECTIVES
http//cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html
Collaborating in groups, students will locate natural minerals and learn about their physical characteristics, as well as how they are mined and other minerals they are associated with. Scoring rubrics are included; the webquest is suitable for upper elementary students.

EARLY AMERICAN LIFE

REF# Title and Desdription
1 NATIVE AMERICAN WEBQUEST:
http://users.massed.net/~abisson/nativeam.htm
Grade 2 to 4 students become part of a news team who will travel back in time to learn the way the Wampanoag and other tribes lived: what kind of shelters did they build, what kind of clothes did they wear, etc.
2 THE PILGRIM LIFE ADVENTURE WEBQUEST:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/pilgrimlife/
Students in grades 2 to 4 will use Venn Diagrams and journals to collect about the Pilgrim experience and then compare it to their own lives. The culminating activity will be the creation and production of a student play.
3 4TH GRADE ELLIS ISLAND JOURNALING WEBQUEST:
http://www.k-lschools.org/webquest/elliswq.htm  Go back in time to create a museum quality scrapbook reflecting the immigrants' experience upon coming to America.
4 COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG WEBQUEST:
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/Colonial%20Williamsburg/index.html
Students will use appropriate links to discover daily life in Colonial Williamsburg, exploring different trades and customs of colonists. An elementary level webquest, grades 1-4.
5 GOLD RUSH PLAYERS:
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edt628/ouray/index.html
Not only do your students get the opportunity to conduct research on the internet (something they rarely refuse), but they also will be writing a play--and performing it!--as part of the function of this creative webquest for upper elementary classes.
6 A JOURNAL ON THE OREGON TRAIL WEBQUEST:
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq58/page1.htm
In order to better comprehend what trials a journey along the Oregon Trail must have entailed, students will complete online research on the trail, compiling a list of absolute essentials to take with them and defending the inclusion of each one.  They will also create daily trail journals, planting themselves back in time on a virtual journey.  Upper elementary level.

7

 THE DONNER PARTY ONLINE WEBQUEST:
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/index.html
Whereas the Oregon Trail webquest above can be accomplished by Upper Elementary students, send your Middle School (and even High School with some added challenges) students to this web-quest for a more challenging, role-playing webquest.  Excellent and abundant resources support this project, where students will create a multimedia scrapbook as part of their task.  Roles students must choose from include historian, journalist, photographer, provisioner, and scientist.  Includes a page for downloading templates.

8

 BILL OF RIGHTS WEBQUEST
http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq68/
This webquest will provide a thorough examination of the Bill of Rights. Students will research its meaning and history, and discover how it has influenced our country and its people. They will imagine a scenario without the Bill of Rights, and finally give examples of how the Bill of Rights functions correctly in real life.

9

 THE GREAT DEPRESSION WEBQUEST
http//www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq1/webquest.htm
Each student is assigned a profession and a yearly salary appropriate for the 1930's. Students must then visit web sites to determine what materials they require for daily living, and what resources are available to them for survival. Printable student worksheets are available.

10

 CHILDREN IN COLONIAL AMERICA
http//www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM
In this webquest students will be using online resources to compare daily life in Colonial America with their own modern lives. Topics include leisure time, dress, education, and holiday customs.

11

 EVERY JOB IS IMPORTANT
http//www.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/jobs/jobs.html
How do Colonial times jobs compare to modern day ones? Students will visit sites in order to answer this question, and then learn the advantages and disadvantages of specialized labor forces and division of labor. Templates included.

MISCELLANEOUS

REF# Title and Desdription
1 WebQuests - - The world of Dr. Seuss, or  A Quest for Disneymania, or Pet Quest.  Interested in creating an a new invention?  Try INVENTION QUEST.  Give BOOKMANIA a try for creating a great project for your students
2 CREATE A SUPER HERO
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq104/
Students in grades 5-7 will research protagonists, antagonists, and qualities of superheroes before creating a spectacular new one of their own.
3 LET'S MAKE A GARDEN
http//curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/webquest2000/student/sheatherpartridge/home.html (COPY & PASTE)
Students will click on pictures of flowers to learn more about that plant, including plant parts and the needs of a plant. They will choose one particular plant and create their own book--try using Kid Pix (available athttp//www.learningcompanyschool.com) to make the project more interesting and incorporate technology in to the assignment.
4 THE WORLD OF PUPPETS -- WEBQUEST
http//www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/services/educational/cctechnology/webquest/puppetry.html
Students in K through 2nd grade explore the many cultures of the world through puppetry (you might be amazed at all the different types of puppets). As they finish their world tour, they will make their own puppets, write a play, and put on their very own puppet show.
5 UNITED STATES SYMBOLS WEBQUEST:
http://www.nashville-schools.davidson.k12.tn.us/webquests/united_states_symbols.htm
Now might be a good time to have your elementary students complete this simple webquest on American symbols, including the flag, the Statue of Liberty, the White House, etc
6 BRIDGE BUILDERS
http//students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_f98/jfuentes/jfindex.html
A webquest in physics and engineering for grades 4-6; students will thoroughly research different types of bridges--arch, beam, suspension, or cable, to make a recommendation to a design group for repairing a span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
7 Web Quest Anthaology for Northside School District, San antonio Texas - lots of samples
http://www.northside.isd.tenet.edu/cmptecww/DeptWebSite/tiftech/webquest.html
8 Chincoteaque Travelers - Maryland and a study of this Island and the horses that inhabit it.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/student/jappleyard/webquest.htm
9 Author Cards
http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/ms/author/Default.htm
10 GOING PLACES
http//www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/Transportation.htm
Kindergarten students will visit transportation websites to learn how people go places--including on hot air balloons and motorcycles.
11 WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE?
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/countries.htm
Prepare yourself; next stop is Brazil! Pack well, because you will also be flying off to Greece and Australia.  You and your three other team members have been chosen as the world's best tour guide group, so you'd better know your stuff! Create tour brochures for world geography, climate, etc. Middle school level.
12 FARMERS, FARMERS EVERYWHERE
 http//projects.edtech.sandi.net/hawthorne/farm/
Early elementary students will design a farm after learning about the roles of farmers, the crops they grow, and playing a farming game.
13 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING, PAST AND PRESENT:
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq67
This webquest is specifically geared to the 2000 Presidential elections, using excellent online resources to support the research.  Students will become familiar with campaigns of the presidential candidates both today and in the past, and scrutinize the issues that candidates must face in today's elections.  Follow the project up with your own mock election.
14 FROGS WEBQUEST
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq107/
 http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/species/index.html
 http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/index.html
The frogs on this page will not turn into princes ) but 2nd and 3rd grade students will learn much about these little green favorites while comparing similarities and differences between frogs and toads. Use the 2nd and 3rd URLs above for information on how to take care of frogs.
15 CINDERELLA, CINDERELLA, CINDERELLA
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/cinderella/
Everyone knows this most favorite of fairy tales, right? Are your students really sure?
Here they will examine many different versions on the theme, and then use their creative writing skills to exchange synonyms, create a diamante poems, and then write their very own version of Cinderella.
16 WHO NEEDS A FAIRY GODMOTHER ANYWAY?
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq121/
Grades 1 and 2 can complete a Cinderella webquest using math instead of magic to buy her a ticket to the ball, drawing a map, and designing a castle and picture book.
17 NATIVE AMERICAN THREE SISTERS GARDENS
http//horizon.nmsu.edu/ddl/wqthreesisters_k.html
This excellent webquest focuses on the beneficial relationships of the traditional companion planting of the "three sisters" crops. Students will learn with both the internet and hands-on experience, and extend their research with several related and creative activities across the curriculum.
18 APPLES APPLES WEBQUEST
http//www.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/Apples/apples.htm
Primary students will learn all about apples, their different varieties, the story of Johnny Appleseed, and tall tales.


SPECIFIC GRADE SAMPLES

REF# Title and Desdription
1 Grade k-2 lots of samples
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/k_2.html
2 Grade 3-5 lots of samples - GREAT!
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/3_5.html
3 Grade 6-8 lots of samples
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/6_8.html

 

 

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