WebQuests
Class Links and Books

What is a WebQuest?

The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
--the original WebQuest page from Bernie Dodge and Tom March
 
"The Student WebQuest"  ISTE - L&L vol. 26 no. 7 April 1999
--a succinct article which gives an overview of WebQuest basics

Kathy Schrock's Guide to WebQuests
--If Kathy likes WebQuests, they must be great!

Why WebQuests?
--rationale for including/developing WebQuests in your classroom

ozline.com - WebQuests & more
--basics of WebQuests as well as an alternative format to extend Tom March

The WebQuest Experience

A WebQuest about WebQuests
--everyone in class will participate in this exercise, which takes about 45 minutes to one hour

Elementary WebQuests

Ellis Island WebQuest
--students take on the role of immigrants and create a scrapbook to share their experiences

Learning Roman Numerals
--students use websites to learn this important numbering system

Secret Agent WebQuest
--with its fabulous introduction, this WebQuest could be used to replace the same old boring country reports

WebQuest Example Matrix K-3
--elementary WebQuests from the original WebQuest Page

WebQuest Example Matrix 4-5
--elementary WebQuests from the original WebQuest Page

Secondary WebQuests

1960s Museum WebQuest
--another cool creation of Kathy Schrock's

Art in the Millennium
--a cool interdisciplinary WebQuest about pursuing a career in art technology

The Burial of King Tutankhamun
--a WebQuest that illustrates students each taking on a role as part of the Process

Healthy School Environment WebQuest
--students examine contaminants of our air, how to test for them, control them, etc.

Presidential Campaigning: Past and Present
--a very interesting WebQuest in which students choose two former presidential candidates and give them a campaign strategy for today

Units of Measure WebQuest
--7th grade science WebQuest in which students forming a new country develop a new standard set of weights and measures

WebQuest Example Matrix 6-8
--elementary WebQuests from the original WebQuest Page

WebQuest Example Matrix High School
--elementary WebQuests from the original WebQuest Page

Other lists of WebQuests

iwebquest.com Discover the Joy of Learning
--professionally designed WebQuests for use in your classroom

Webquests - Lesson Plans Webquests
--includes links to 1078 WebQuests--be sure to evaluate them thoroughly before adopting/modifying one

Designing your own WebQuest

WebQuest Taskonomy Cluster
--useful in helping you to choose the type of task you wish students to accomplish

WebQuest Rubric
--a rubric for evaluating the WebQuest you created

WebQuest Template
--from the original WebQuest page

WebQuest Template
--a good template which assigns each of four students a role

 

Books
These books are available from every IMC in Unit 5.

Basch, Shari.  The Best of Internet Activities from Teacher Created Materials.  Westminster,
CA: Teacher Created Materials, 1999.

Berger, Pam.  Internet for Active Learners: Curriculum-Based Strategies for K-12.  Chicago: ALA, 1998.

McLain, Timothy.  How to Create Successful Internet Projects.  N.p.: Classroom Connect, 2000.