Denise+Cafora+-+WebQuests

A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners’ time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners’ thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
 * WebQuest **


 * **The WebQuest Page**
 * [|http://webquest.sdsu.edu]
 * Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University developed the concept of WebQuests and uses The WebQuest Page as his main information dissemination vehicle.


 * **Peeping At Penguins**
 * http://questgarden.com/47/06/1/070222080914/
 * Peeping At Penguins is a web quest that incorporates Art, Music, Language Arts, Science and Technology to explore the habitats, types, diets, and predators of penguins. Students must research/gather and develop information about penguins and be responsible for a specific role in the assignment.


 * **Butterfly WebQuest**
 * http://questgarden.com/44/64/8/070104172507/index.htm
 * This webquest is designed to teach students about how butterflies live, grow, and migrate. Students must complete 5 different activities that incorporate skills in reading, writing, science, social studies, art, and technology.


 * **A Home Away From Home**
 * http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/mges/mvonins/webquest/TitlePage.htm
 * This webquest is designed for students in the lower elementary grades. Students must organize a team, choose and research an animal, design a habitat, plan and present. Used to enhance writing, speaking and listening skills, research/technology skills.


 * **Fifty Nifty United States**
 * http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquests/elementary/General/FiftyNiftyUnitedStates/FiftyNiftyUnitedStates.htm
 * A webquest designed for 5th graders. The task is to gather information for what their classmates want to know. Each group is assigned several states that they must “visit” on the internet. Each member of the group has a specific task (fact finder, tourist, historian, navigator). After researching the specified information the group must decide on which state would be the best state to visit on a field trip. Groups present their information in a power point presentation.


 * **Flower Power-The Journey of a Seed**
 * http://manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/elementary/Science/FlowerPower/Flower%20Power%20Home.htm
 * A webquest designed for third grade to expand their knowledge of Botany. Students explore the processes in the life cycle of a seed, including germination, photosynthesis and pollination.