Webquests

What is a WebQuest?
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.

Here are a few examples from [|www.webquest.org]

Kemps Ridley Sea Turtles
 * Alert! Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles are endangered! So what? Who cares? What's one less turtle? WELL...we're going to find out just why everyone is worried about this little fellow! **

[|Earth's Biomes] Students become biome experts and research a biome in order to create both a model of their biome as well as a PowerPoint presentation. It includes the forms needed for the students to work on the project. Grade 5.

[|Westward Expansion - Webquest] This is a WebQuest that lets students exlore the Westward Expansion of the 1840s and 50s through various roles they take on. It is designed for 5th graders

[|America Then and Now: Learning About Colonial America] 5th graders compare a typical day in their own life to a typical day for a child during Colonial times by writing parallel journal entries.

[|Help Dirty Doug Learn Hygiene Skills] This WebQuest was written to teach hygiene skills to 3rd- to 5th-graders, but could be used for older or younger pupils as well.

[|Energy Conservation] A WebQuest for students in grades 3-5 on saving energy within the home and the classroom.