WHY WEBQUESTS:

http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html--Bernie Dodge is the inventor of webquests, but the author of this article--Tom March--is right up there in the origins of this fluid, interactive style of learning. He collaborated with Bernie Dodge on several sample webquests, and offers this article to educators on the finer points of using webquests and how they can contribute to your own classroom learning experience.

WEBQUESTS:

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC596/About_WebQuests.html

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html--overview, training and sample webquests.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/dream/toc.html--America Dreams project:

http://www.gnbvoc.mec.edu/rainforest/default.htm--Rainforest webquest

http://wapiti.pvs.k12.nm.us/~Computer/asteroid.html--Just how likely is it that a sizable asteroid would hit the earth and cause mass destruction? Your students will become researchers, reporters, and press secretaries in this webquest on the straight facts on asteroids.

http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/volcano/volcano.htm--Students will examine Hawaii's volcanoes to learn about eruptions and different types of volcanoes. They will progress through seven different tasks, downloading online movies of eruptions, creating a spreadsheet for their data collection, using Kid Pix to create drawings and maps (available at: http://www.learningcompanyschool.com), and creating both a brochure and a multimedia presentation on their findings.

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.

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.

http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/energy.html--In this internet exercise, students will conduct online research on energy and energy conservation to complete student worksheets. They will participate in experiments and setting up an energy patrol at their own school, and complete online quizzes.

http://tuckahoe.blwd.k12.pa.us/faculty/tlh/TourUS.htm--Student teams travel intensely through 17 states and Washington, D.C. to discover the interrelationship of landforms, geography, climate, and natural resources. They will create a visitor's guide, a thematic map, and a travel journal article for a magazine. Team members include geologists, agriculturalists, meteorologists, and environmentalists. Rubrics included. Grades 4-6.

For a webquest activity for grades 3-6 try:

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.

http://www.e-wally.org/justinsurfquest.htm

http://websearch.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.nevada.edu/%257Estrudler/wq.html

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/Webquest/matrix.html

CURRICULUM UNITS:

www.newcurriculum.com--a new website for teachers who want to use technology in their classes.

http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/organization/onecompclass040799.html

http://www.units4teachers.com/features/010.htm

http://ada.lesley.edu/faculty/flescher/team1.htm--Technology Magic and Worlds to Explore-20 plus ways for using the internet for teaching, learning and education model

http://ada.lesley.edu/faculty/flescher/ejaws.htm--Learn about this unique assessment sheet that combines writing and drawing so that students can reflect and review what they have learned.

 MATH ACTIVITIES:

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm

http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/games/math.html

BULLETIN BOARD IDEAS:

http://www.kinderart.com/bulletin/backtoschool.shtml

http://www.kconnect.com/kc-bulletinboards.html

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/bulletin/

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/bulletinboards.html

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT ISSUES:

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fboutin/frame.html

http://geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4127/menu.html

 

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