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WEBQUESTS SEARCH SITES


The first two below are sites that have webquests on them that have been screened and selected. There are also many university sites with webquests created by university students.


Bernie Dodge’s Webquest Page
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
Examples are organized by grade level. There is also a webquest template on the site.

Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Webquests are graded using stars. Use the search engine to look for webquests in your subject area and level.

Lynne Schalman’s Sampling of Webquests on the Web
http://www.teachingcompany.com/Webquest2.html
Lynne lists several links to sites with webquests created by teachers and university students.


WEBQUESTS




America Dreams Through the Decades
http://www.internet-catalyst.org/projects/amproject/toc.html
 "American Dreams" uses the resources provided by the American Memory sections of the Library of Congress website. Students define the American dream and examine how it has changed by looking through the vast collection of rare print documents, early motion pictures, rare prints and photographs, and/or the library's recorded sound collection.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: History & Social Studies (United States History), English

The Desert is Ours
A WebQuest about the Arizona Sonoran Desert
Designed by Stephanie Tennille
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/desertwq.htm


This is a straight forward, visually beautiful lesson on the desert that can easily be completed by students of varying ability levels. Students are asked to created hyperstudio projects and a diaromma as final projects.



WebQuest : The 1960's Museum
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/museum/webquest.html
This simple web quest has students research events during the sixties and create a “room” of a virtual museum with links to web pages about the events. A sample “museum” on the year 1962 is available for viewing.




Little Rock 9, Integration 0?
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock/
This WebQuest, designed by Tom March for Pacific Bell Education prompts students to think about the nine African-American students who, back in 1957, chose to attend an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas and thus forced Americans to question segregated schools. This webquest is about the world we lThis activity takes the WebQuest strategy one step father by using interactive Transformation Builders to facilitate higher order thinking. One caution, some of the reading and activities may be difficult for middle school students.
A WebQuest on Cultural Diversity For Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade Students
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/webquest.html
This simple webquest has students work in groups to explore Native American and Hispanic culture through websites, books and interviews. The students keep a journal as they research, and create Hyperstudio projects and a virtual museum as culminating projects. The webquest includes rubrics and questions for self-evaluation. One major problem with this webquest is that it is worded in a way that sounds like Native American culture is one culture and Hispanic culture is one culture, instead of each being many different and overlapping cultures. The teacher may want to ask students to study one specific culture from each group.



WEBSITES


HISTORY
Score
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/index.html
-applicable to all grade levels and for all disciplines
-tied to california curriculum
-has a series of links divided into resources and activities for each subject area

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
-lesson plans available
-doesn’t divide the links into subject areas
-plethora of links, but a bit overwhelming


Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov
-impressive link for k-12 educators
with activities, lesson plans, educators’
programs, research tools and essentially
web quests, quizzes
-fabulous page! full of information that
is easy to navigate through

PBS On-Line
http://www.pbs.org
-multidisciplinary
-includes teacher’s guides, program information, and special web-based lessons for teaching with technology

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School;
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
-all primary sources, pre-18th Century-20th Century, including a fair amount of British documents
-search by authors, titles, subjects


The Underground Railroad @ NationalGeographic.Com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
-interactive role-playing game, with great graphics,
where you decide whether or not to follow the underground
railroad or remain a slave
-historically accurate
-excellent for middle school students especially




Exploring Amistad
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/main/welcome.html
-contains curriculum materials, time lines, and primary sources all pertaining to the Amistad revolt
-beautifully designed site, full of information

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Foreign Language Resources on the Internet
http://mdavies.for.ilstu.edu/class/welcome.htm
-links for Spanish, German, French, Japanese with a few linked to other tongues (e.g. Dutch, Portuguese)
-geographical guides, grammar, literature, activities, etc.
-combines links in both English and the native tongue, including search engines


SCIENCE & GEOGRAPHY
NASA
 http://education.nasa.gov/
-links to curriculum support materials and educator resources
-resources for students in geography, technology, science and mathematics
-Another great NASA site is:
http://www.nasa.gov/kids.html

Discovery Channel School
http://school.discovery.com
-has lesson plans for k-6 and 7-12 filed separately
-lesson plans focus mainly on the sciences and history
-interactive games and activities for children
-resources for students, teachers and parents

Exploratorium Teacher Institute
http://www.exploratorium.com/ti/index.html
-a great page of links for all sorts of science, mathematics and technology web pages

Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html
-printable outline maps for the entire world
-includes historical and contemporary maps of the world

The GeoNet Game
http://eduplace.com/geo/indexlo.html
-interactive game
-employs the five themes of geography
-keyed to the national geography standards


EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES
www.teachingcompany.com

An Overview of the Countries of the World.
http://www.emulateme.com/ Below is an example of topics which are addressed.
• Russia http://www.emulateme.com/russia.htm

• Russia Economy
• Russia Defense
• Russia Geography
• Russia Government
•Russia People
• National Anthem
• Related Links: explores some of the topic above and others such as history and society in more depth.
• Current Weather
• Various Cities
• Map




PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
•Online search for PBS programs. The subject of Anastasia Romanov yielded the 54 sites. Examples:
• NOVA Online | Teacher's Guide | Anastasia - Dead or
Alive?
• Online NewsHour Forum: History in Art-- March 19, 1998
• PBS PREVIEWS: May 20-26, 1996
•NOVA Online | Teacher's Guide | Anastasia - Dead or
Alive? | Who's Ear is it?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachersguide/anastasia/anastasia_sp1.html
 The ears of Anna Anderson and Anastasia were compared. Compare the ears of your eager Middle Schoolers. A cool activity!



Score: Find Resources & Lessons by Grade Level http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/

•Each topic is divided into resources and activities for the designated level. Annotated websites are listed under each category.
Topics for grades 6-9:
•World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations
•World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times
•U.S. History and Geography: Growth and Conflict
•Geography


SCORE VIRTUAL WEB MUSEUM
 http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/virtproj.html
•Virtual Interactive Projects allow students to connect to and work with others across the classroom or across the world. Students e-mail one another, access information, complete collaborative research and/or publish on the web. Select one of these projects and join the action!

An example: E-Pals
Set up a free classroom profile and ePALS Webmail to collaborate on school and cultural projects, develop language skills and establish global epal friendships. http://www.epals.com/index_en.html




CALENDARS THROUGH THE AGES

•Calendars of the world e.g. Islamic and Mayan; the week, the year, daylight savings time. http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html


GOOGLE
www.google.com

•Earth Science search (good site for geography too). This site includes thousands of cool questions that students may ask and can do on their own.
http://www.sci-ctr.edu.sg/ScienceNet/cat_earth/cat_earth.html
Sample question: Q8968: What will happen if one pours water in space? Will the water float as the astronauts or any thing else? click below to find out.
http://www.sci-ctr.edu.sg/ScienceNet/cat_space/cat_ast08968.html

•Terrific Web Sites.... Just For Middle School Kids

This page has been commended by NetGuide, Netscape's "What's New?" and National Public Radio. These citations, including many excerpts of reviews and articles about this page, are provided on our Recognitions Page. This site lists by discipline categories with a number topics. Under each topic are numerous links
http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/Kids.html

•Just click on the the Mars Exploration site.
http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/Kids/Science.html#Mars