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. Working in small groups, students get to learn what they want to learn at their own pace.

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

Native American Tribes & Regions Students will explore the survival skills of Native Americans from the Eastern Woodlands, The Great Plains, Southwest Desert, and Northwest Coast. Students will explore shelter, food, clothing, and culture of the four regions. Students will work in teams to create a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating an understanding of how environment affects the culture and lifestyle of Native American tribes.

[|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

[|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.