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Introduction: As computers have become a part of your everyday lifestyle, you are accustomed to using them for all sorts of reasons. You are familiar with using a computer for games, research and typing your school papers that are due. In this computer classroom, you as students have evolved from being “taught” to developing teaching strategies that may be shared with others. You are now embarking on a new adventure with a team member to create a web-based project that many others will benefit from, including elementary students and teachers. A Web Quest is an inquiry-oriented activity where some or all of the information comes from students accessing the Internet. Congratulations on becoming the teacher and coordinator of a Web Quest!

Task: With a partner, you will create a Web Quest for elementary students using the 5 building blocks of a Web Quest. You will create this Web Quest in a Power Point web page along with a created activity link that will show the elementary student has understood the requested information.

Process:

Visit the link below to gain a greater understanding of a Web Quest.

Web Quest Tutorial

Think of the following areas as you review some Web Quests that teachers and students have created. How can you use some of these ideas in your Web Quest?

Stonewall Web Quests Elementary Web Quests Web Quest Collections

Topic
How the topic is introduced and what the big question is
Job or task to do
The steps to complete the task and specific directions on how to complete the activity
The project or activity that will show what the student has learned through the information that is found on the Internet
The scoring guide that is used and especially to look at what the student is being graded on
The concluding statements and what additional information the student may learn about the topic

Select a topic from the table below. If you are interested in doing another topic, you must it have it approved by the teacher.

Musical Instruments	Tornadoes
Rainforest	Space
Dinosaurs	Weather
Safety	A specific zoo or farm animal
State	Bugs/Insects
Country	Endangered Species
Plants	Transportation
4 Food Groups	Simple Machines
Holidays	Oceans

Create a web in Inspiration or draw a graphic organizer on a sheet of paper. Create a main idea and 4 supporting categories. The supporting categories must support the topic. Remember, this is to be geared toward an elementary age student. Under each sub-category, create a sentence as to what you want the elementary student to find on a web site, such as “Find 3 foods that monkeys eat in the wild.” Do not write the answers to the statements. It will be your job to find web sites that will support the answers you want the students to find.

Identify a student activity that can show the information you want the student to find on the web. Some choices are listed in the table below.

Activities in Word	Activities in Power Point
Cut and Paste answers under correct category.	Create a 5-slide presentation showing the answers to the information.
Draw a line from the topic on the left to the answer on the right.	Create a Jeopardy or Who Wants to be a Millionaire game by downloading the template here.
Create a booklet or brochure showing the answers.	Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game
Create a table and make a graph with it.	Jeopardy Game
Develop a board game that the elementary student can play.	Sounds and Graphics
Make a word search or other activity showing the answers on Puzzlemaker. Copy and paste it to Word.

Each group will explain their topic and supporting ideas to the class along with their intended student activity.

Using your completed graphic organizer as a guideline, find web sites that will show the information you want the students to locate. Bookmark at least 15 sites. Use these safe and kid-friendly search engines.

Yahooligans Kids Click One Key Ask Jeeves for Kids

With your partner, write out the information that will be on each slide. Follow the directions in step 9.

Begin your Web Quest in PowerPoint. Use a white background to begin with and get all the data in before creating backgrounds, transitions and effects, pictures, etc.

Slide 1: Main topic, your names and class hour

Slide 2: Introduction (Minimum 2 sentences)

Does it catch the reader’s attention and provide background information?

Use phrases such as: Did you know… You will learn more…

Slide 3: Task (Minimum 2 sentences)

What will they learn about? (main topic and categories) What is the activity or project they have to do? This is where you will create the hyperlink to your activity or project or give specific directions on how to complete it.

Use phrases such as: In this Web Quest, you will… You will…

Slide 4: Process

Step by step directions. Keep it simple. Keep it smart. Use every detail. Remember, you are writing to an elementary level.

Slide 5, 6, 7, 8:

Each slide must have a supporting category with detailed information you want the elementary student to find and the web site(s).

Use at least 4 different web sites on the 4 slides. Each web link must have a totally different web address.

Make sure to give clues on your slide if it is difficult to find the answer on the web site.

Slide 9: Evaluation

Not only do you get to give the grade, you can create it! How many points do you want to give? You need at least 4 areas the elementary student will be graded on. Is one area worth more points than another? Make sure you give the completed activity some points as well.

Side 10: Conclusion (Minimum 2 sentences)

What will the elementary student learn from your Web Quest? What else could they find out about your topic or explore further? You may create a web link on the conclusion slide for more information or even link to an online game that the student may play.

Slide 11: Sources

Cite every web link you create on your PowerPoint using EasyBib as a guideline. Pictures may be used, but the website must be documented as well.

While one partner is completing the PowerPoint Web Quest, the other partner is to create an activity in Word or PowerPoint. Make sure to save it as a web page. If the student is to do a PowerPoint to show the answers, detailed directions must be given and a sample PowerPoint must be made. The activity is to have a back button on it. The activity page will be saved to a disk and transferred to the computer that has the PowerPoint Web Quest on it. At that time the back button on the activity page can be linked back to the PowerPoint Process slide and the PowerPoint Process slide can hyperlink to the activity page.

Evaluation:

Click here for the Student Web Quest scoring guide.

Conclusion:

The best part is yet to come! You will present your Web Quest to elementary students so that they may benefit from all your hard work. You did a great job working together as a team and following directions to make a quality finished product. Complete the reflection page so that your team coordinator (alias, teacher) may benefit from your ideas.