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Web Quest

Page history last edited by Audrey Remkus 8 years, 9 months ago

 

Web 2.0 Web Quests

 

 

 

What exactly is a Web Quest?

A Web Quest was an idea initially founded by Bernie Dodge, a professor from San Diego State University. His goal then and now is to "create lessons that make good use of the web, engage learners in applying higher level thinking to authentic problems, and use everyone's time well." A typical Web Quest contains sections for the Introduction, Task, Process, Evaluation, Conclusion, and Credits. Occasionally a 'teacher page' is added to reiterate the purpose of the Web Quest.

 

Teachers can utilize Web Quests to teach almost any lesson! For the creative folk, creating your own Web Quest from scratch may be ideal, but creativity (or enough time) is not in everyone's vocabulary. Therefore there are several websites that allow teachers to browse already created Web Quests of all subject areas and all grade levels. Listed below are a few of my favorite websites you may want to check out if an integrated Web Quest lesson sounds intriguing. 

 

Quest Garden- Provides examples of teacher made Web Quests. A search engine allows you to search for grade and content specific Web Quests.

 

Webquest.org Portal - Allows teachers to search, create and share Web Quests.

 

Zunal- This website allows multiple people to collaboratively work on developing a Web Quest together.

 

 

 

Below you will find a Web Quest I created using Microsoft Powerpoint that is specific to teaching a science lesson on aquatic ecosystems. While the actual Web Quest presented does not require internet connection to access its contents, it does require the most updated version of Microsoft Powerpoint to open or Adobe reader. Again, although the Web Quest is not powered by the internet, all the research students will be asked to complete will require reliable access to the internet search engine, Google Junior

 

 

Aquatic Ecosystem Web Quest

 

This lesson is made for students in 4th-6th grade. It can be adapted to fit higher level grades as well if necessary. The Web Quest itself is very self explanatory. Students will simply open up the Powerpoint presentation and begin at the Introduction page. As explained on the introduction page this is a short 2-3 day lesson on the aquatic ecosystems. This lesson can be used to study all of the aquatic biomes. Perhaps other Web Quests could be created for the other biomes around the world and students could rotate through each Web Quest, researching information and exploring the world virtually. 

 

The Introduction page is followed by the Task page. This page simply states the objective as to the virtual journey they are about to embark on. Next, the Process, explains the materials they will need and how to go about completing the task. Each 'checkpoint' allows students the opportunity to dive into their research using the kid-friendly search engine, Google Junior. The checkpoints provide different variations of collecting and displaying their data, such as printing maps, or sketching photos. 

 

Once the research is completed, a rubric is provided for students to view and determine if their data collection is ready to be turned in and the Web Quest is complete!

 

 

 

Happy Questing!!

 

 

 

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