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At the beginning of this year the junior class found out the
senior trip which had always been to Disney World was now
going to be to Washington D.C. The school board reasoned
that they wanted the trip to be an educational. Many of you
were furious with change and fought to have the trip changed
back to Disney World. The school board agreed to allow the
class to travel to Disney World however; you have been asked
to put the details and expenses of the trip into a proposal to be
presented to and approved by the school board. Your team has
been chosen to create the proposal which will include an
itinerary, budget, and description of the trip.
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Describes what the students will be
doing and sets the stage for students
to prepare themselves.
The task can:
Explain procedures
Identify roles in a group
Provide links to any worksheets or graphic
organizers that need to be completed
Example:
http://www.fccps.org/meh/teachers/misenheimer/egyptwebquest/e
gyptwebquest/atripdownthenile.htm#introduction
Explains how students should complete the
webquest. Remember that a webquest should be
designed for students to work independently with
the teacher working as a facilitator.
The process should:
Written at for the grade level of the students
List the steps the students will go through.
Include any links need to accomplish the taks
Example:
**STEP 1** Get into groups of three. Once in your group, each
person must choose one of the following roles : Volcano Expert,
Eruption Alerter, Facts Boy/Girl (depending on your gender of
course)
**STEP 2** Once each person in the group has a role, each of you
will go to the computer lab and research the assigned questions
given to your particular role. In addition to researching the
information regarding your role, each student must find five pieces
of information (about volcanoes) that they think are important and
would be most helpful in teaching another person about volcanoes.
**STEP 3** After researching is complete, meet back together and
share each of your findings. After hearing each of the member's
five pieces of important information (about volcanoes), your group
will decide on the top ten pieces of information that they find to be
most valuable. Your group will, in addition, keep the research
information regarding the questions assigned to each role.
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This is were you will list the resources
for your students.
In a webquest the main resources
should be internet based but you can
supplement with other resources.
You will want to make sure that the
resources are the appropriate grade
level and reading level.
Example:
Desert USA contains all kinds of resources about the desert.
Desert Life in the American Southwest has lots of
information about the Sonoran Desert.
Sonoran Desert contains more information about the
Sonoran Desert.
Desert Botanical Gardens is located in Phoenix, Arizona and
is a great resource for information on the desert.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a Arizona State Park that has
resources about the plants and wildlife of Arizona.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is located in Tucson, Arizona
and is another great resource about the Sonoran Desert.
Tucson Botanical Gardens is, also, located in Tucson, Arizona
and it contains lots of information on the desert.
Desert Photos has several pictures of the desert.
The Desert Biome is a virtual tour of the desert. You can
learn all about deserts.
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/desertwq.htm
Explains the expectations.
Rubrics (http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php)
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Tieseverything together and has
students reflecting on their learning
and the process they went through.
Congratulations on a job well done! Ms. Ima Fake is eager to look
at all the playground designs and I’m sure all the children at
Notfo Real School are very grateful.
Why let the fun and learning stop here? Put your new found
knowledge of simple machines to use some more. Perhaps you
can design a new amusement park ride that makes use of simple
machines. Maybe you can think of a problem that could be
solved with a simple machine, such as an invention that helps to
get you out of bed in the morning. These would also be great
topics to incorporate into your writing during Writers Workshop.
Just don’t let your discovery of simple machines end here. Look
all around you. I think you’ll be amazed to discover how often
you use simple machines.
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http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/
http://questgarden.com/
http://www.webquest.org/index.php
Look at the content you teach and
either:
Create a webquest or
Find a webquest
That you can use in your classroom.