4.++Webquests

· Jake Beeney-Emints · [|www.emints.org/webquest/3-5soc.shtml] · This particular website has some outstanding webquests in my opinion. It has numerous different webquests focusing on social studies topics. These webquests keep the students involved and interested through the use of a “project” of some sort in order to teach them more about geography of certain areas, historical events, and government. These projects make learning about these topics fun hence maximizing the amount of information the students retain. Also as I reviewed the information on this site it appeared to be accurate and updated recently. These webquests are sure to leave the students with lasting and useful information.
 * Submit your examples of web quests here. Check page 214 in your text if you have questions related to web quests. Please be sure that your submission contains your name, website title and address (hyperlinked), and at least a 100 word review of web quests (see** **submission example** **with questions).**

= · Casie Golliday – “WebQuest, Connecting Students to the World” = = · [] = = · The other of this site is the Guilford County Schools in  Greensboro, North Carolina. This site is great for finding WebQuests. It has WebQuests sorted by different grades or sorted by different subjects, and has WebQuests categorized as from around the world. The grades go from K-12. The subjects include: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, The Arts and Vocational. A teacher can come to this site and find Webquests that are specifically made for their grade and then for their specific subject. For examples the WebQuest: “Insects” is for grades K-2, and it is also for a K-12 science class. =

Elise Davidshofer—Cooking with Fractions [] This is a webquest that was created by a seventh grade teacher for her students to do. In __Cooking with Fractions__, the students have to find a receipt and be able to convert the measurements. Once they are converted, then they have to figure out how much of each ingredient they would need to make the receipt for the whole class, which would involve multiplying fractions. The students would have to summarize their results. Or for fun, the webquest mentions the students could make their food and have a mini party with the class. This assignment would be best for middle school students.


 * Kelli Hogan-Let's Go On a Bear Hunt
 * [] --Click on Task.
 * This webquest was created by a first grade teacher for the students in her classroom to do. In "Let's Go On a Bear Hunt", the students are instructed to explore and identify bears in the zoo, the wild, and in stories. They should take notes and also make a map showing where in the world bears live and what they do there. If they are able to it is encouraged that they visit a zoo and draw a map of the zoo showing what the bears do there. Lastly, the students are instructed to read a story with bears in it. They should then make a story map showing who the bears are (characters), what they do (plot), and where they live (setting.) The last activity, the story one, is especially good for the students because it teaches them to not only learn about bears but also to learn about the different elements of stories.

· Amanda Hannan –Tornadoes! Tornadoes! All Around! · [] · This web quest was created by a third grade science teacher, to better her classes understanding of tornadoes and how they work. Their assignment is to get in a four person group, this group making up their weather team. Each person in the group has a specific job, which helps them give you information on Tornadoes to the public. Each member of the group has a series of questions they have to answer and present in front of the class aka the public to get them to safety. At the end of this web quest I found it very interesting and helpful that there is a virtual tornado tour for the students to go on and learn even more about them.


 * Benjamin Culik - Fairy Tale Court: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
 * [|Fairy Tale Court]
 *  This webquest was created by Rosalena Hefferle and Pamela Thompson for a third grade class. The class was to read __The True Story of the Three Little Pigs__, and was then assigned the roles of Judge, Jurors, Bailiff, Police Officer, Court Reporter, and Lawyer. The Students then had to research the various assigned roles, and carry out a mock trial using the information they had gathered. In addition to researching their assigned roles, the students also were required to research a number of different types of wolves. Also, the webquest provided links to help the students research their given roles. This webquest was particularly useful because not only did it have a student page, but it also had a teacher page, outlining the curriculum standards.


 * · Cara Philpott- ABC Is This Job For Me?
 * []
 * · This web quest was made by a teacher for her students to do. They are supposed to make an ABC book with different careers that they could do when they grow up. It’s a web quest designed for fifth graders and it is designed to make students aware of all the careers that you could possibly have. It helps teach in language arts and career education. They are supposed to read many ABC books to look at the author's writing style, the illustrations, and the format of each book then assign jobs to each person in the group for example editor, writer, illustrator, and publisher.

· Alanna Blackburn – El Cinco De Mayo · [|**http://www.hilliard.k12.oh.us/sec/webquest/subpages/Cincodemayo/**] · El Cinco de Mayo is a website that would be helpful for students learning Spanish at level two. The web quest takes a different approach in exploring Cinco de Mayo. The first thing students were supposed to do was watch a video about the history of Cinco de Mayo. They were then assigned to do additional research with a group of 2 – 3 people which would later be presented to the class. Some activities that the students had to complete were: vocabulary, write a newspaper article about this holiday, write a storybook, and finally prepare for the fiesta. I really like the way the teacher designed this web quest. It was easy to navigate and a good way to change up lesson plans in order to allow the students to explore on their own. This website was created by a high school teacher for his student's use.


 * Sarah Sedivy- Education World
 * []
 * Education World The Educator's Best Friend is a website that does many things. The webquest I picked is called, "Thanksgiving is More Than Giving Thanks". Its for the ages of 3rd through 6th grade. The U.S Congress thinks that Thanksgiving should be called a different name because they think its a day of giving more than thanks. They asked the class what they think it should be called. The idea is to be in teams and come up with a new name for thanksgiving. Each member of the group will have a different part of the group that they will have to focus on. At the end they will have to put a short powerpoint together talking about the research of thanksgiving to why it should be a different name.


 * Trevor Mitchell- SDST
 * []
 * The webquest is a quest through world war two histories which allows the students to explore American war efforts from home, Americans in the battle, and foreign countries experience in the battle. The task given to the students is to make a scrapbook like you were someone to live through the war through research of one of the three topics. Resources and websites are provided to the students allowing them to discover what people had to go through during the war. Either by the perils of flight or the use of war bonds the student is engaged and is able to use creativity to complete the task while researching history.

Zach Wolf - AACPS [|http://www.aacps.org] AACPS.org offers numerous different web quests for grades 9-12. The site arranges them into different categories based by subject. They especially have a large number of social study web quests that help explain past historical events, as well as current issues and how our government works. AACPS.org is nice because it is constantly being updated and offers web quests for just about every subject taught in today’s high schools. All of the web quests are even rated based on what grade level they are most suitable for, as well as the ideal times in the semester as to when they should be taught.


 * ** Ashley Brinkman-Kid's Court
 * []
 * Kid's court: finding justice in fairy tales web quest is designed for 3rd through 6th graders. In this web quest students examine a crime scene, collect facts, and talk to witnesses. They then chose a villain and take them to court. The students work in teams and try the villain case, while the rest of the class acts as the jury. The students are graded in five different areas and can earn a total of 75 points, this rubric is found under the evaluation link on the left hand side of the page. After the students finish the web quest they can do some fun activities found on the conclusion page. There is also a teacher page link to help teachers prepare for the web quest.