WEBQUESTS

    WEBQUESTS are  dynamic lesson plans using an inquiry approach designed by teachers to help students use the Internet to solve imaginative problems.  The concept of WEBQUESTS was created by Bernie Dodge, a San Diego State University professor.  At the San Diego Internet site, there are numerous WEBQUESTS designed by his graduate students listed by  curriculum topic and by grade level.

Training Slide Show

    The students need to get excited about the concluding activity from the beginning of the WEBQUEST.  Some types of concluding activities are:

•        a series of questions that must be answered,
•        a summary like a newspaper article to be created,
•        problem to be solved with solution sent to important person,
•        position to be defended by writing a letter
•        oral debating of points of view
•        creative work, or
•        anything that requires the learners to process and transform .

How To Evaluate Good Webquests

A Matrix  of Ready to go Webquests

Blue Ribbon Webquests - go to the Search engine and type in Webquests to see the lesson plans identified by Blue Ribbon as top Internet lesson plans

More Sample Webquests
The American Dream http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/dream/toc.html

Viajamos Webquest Resources   http://www.unm.edu/~jeffryes/RETA/WebQuest/WebQuest.htm

George Mason U Webquests (Civil War, Dr. Seuss, Science Fair, VietNam, Pets, Biomes, Battle of Manassas, Book Mania, Time Travel, Inventions, Westward Movement)  http://mason.gmu.edu/~dspragu1/quests.html

China Quest   http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html

1960's Museum by Kathy Schrock  http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.htmlOzline

Prince Williams Schools Samples of Webquests: Middle School  http://204.122.127.80/i-tech/techint/middle/index.html

Ancient Egypt     http://users.massed.net/~mdurant/AncientEgyptWebquest.htm

Strategies with Webquests   http://www.ozline.com/webquests

Mrs. Allnutt's Webquests