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Lab Activity - WebQuest Place a link to your WebQuest here along with an explanation on how you plan to implement it in your classroom or professional setting.

[|Sports Statistics]

Here is WebQuest the invloves sports and statistics. It deals with finding the mean, median, mode, range, creating a box and whisker plot, and creating stem-and-leaf plots. I hope to use this this year with my students when we finish our unit on statistics.

Adam Brewster


 * [|Guitar Quest] **

The Guitarist web quest is a tool designed for my high school guitar class. It allows them to research their favorite guitarist and come to an understand of just who much this person influences their musical style on the guitar. It should be a fun activity but also very educational.

The Cell The animal cell, it is amazing, and super hard to teach as a first year science teacher! The last time I learned about the cell was in high school. This year, I had my students create a Jeopardy game. Here is the WebQuest I wish I had when I was doing this unit earlier in the year. H Pontius

[|Metal Classification] I created a webquest for my Metals Tech students, they range in grades 9-12 so there will be a wide array of writing experience level. I have them making brochures on the different metal classifications and some examples of each. When I have taught this lesson in the past it is hard to keep the students engaged because there is so much information. I think that if I have them find information that they are going to use to find the correct metal for their project they might find the material more meaningful. This would be something new for me to have the students learn from each other and to do a writing assignment outside of teh book work that they do. I am just hopeing that they take away more information from this activity than they do from the lecture and bookwork.

Yasmin Oberlin

[|Math Idol Project]

I created my WebQuest for 7th grade pre-algebra students. I did this activity during my student teaching experience. After the students learn how to compute two-step equations, they create their own poem or song that explains the process. At the end of the week, the students are able to perform their poem or song in front of the class. The students truly enjoy this project and most of them forgot they were doing math. This project helped them study the process of solving two-step equations and work in groups. When we did this in class there were not as many volunteers to share their poem or song, but all of the students did a great job. I think having the information on a WebQuest will make the project even more interesting and fun !

Emily Lehmann

[|Benchmarks for Measurement] I was inspired by my 6th grade students from last year (now my 7th grade students) to create a webquest involving units of measurement. I, along with my co-teacher, were shocked to find out how many of our students lack understanding of units of measurement. They didn't struggle with just converting units, but simply wrapping their heads around what they meant. When we talked about a pound they didn't know what that would feel like in your arms. When we talked about a gallon they didn't know how much liquid that would be. We tried describing it as a gallon of milk, but some students still confused it with the milk cartons they get at lunch. You assume sometimes that kids gain that knowledge from home - that someone is cooking and baking with them and using measurements, but that's not always the case. Not until we brought in benchmarks (or examples) of those units of measurement did they start to understand. I wish I had thought of doing this last year, but hopefully it can help future students as the standards this webquest covers seem to be an area of weakness for our district.

Liz Wascher

[|Penguin WebQuest] I created a 2nd grade WebQuest about Penguins. My students have been learning about Cause and Effect, Author's Purpose, and Generating Questions through the Tacky the Penguin series. The art teacher and I are working together to create art / digital storytelling pieces with my class.

In second grade science, students learn about animals and life cycles. My students enjoy learning about penguins so I plan to use this WebQuest in science to help my students learn about arctic animals. This activity will be used in my class during stations/centers. One group will be able to work on this WebQuest while my other groups are working at their reading, spelling, and listening centers. We will rotate until all students have completed all stations.

Lindsay Forsman

Discovering Mathematicians I created a third though fifth grade WeQuest about a math lesson. Students will research a famous mathematician and answer questions that relate to their research. They will also present their information while being dressed at the mathematician they chose. This lesson is a great way to hold math class without having the pencil and paper solving equations. It takes the students into the computer lab to research where the math concepts began and who started them. Even though I do not have my own classroom, I can see my future students using this for a math lesson.

Kelly Christenhusz

__**[|__**Infant Oral Health Exam**__]**__ The WebQuest that I created is for first year dental hygiene students. This WebQuest will be a resource for the student as they learn about the steps involved in an infant dental visit. Provided resources will allow the student to visually see how the knee to knee technique works. This WebQuest should also provide information to caregivers of young children in the hopes that all children will have a dental exam by their first birthday.

Enjoy! Allison Restauri

All About Democrats

I created this webquest for Civics & Economics students learning about the major political parties in the United States. This webquest is designed to meet the requirements of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Standard Course of Study for the Civics & Economics currculum.

-Jason Kessler

//**[|The Airman's Roadmap to Success]**// //** I created this webquest for the ne airmen. To help evaluate the airmen’s understanding on their military education requirement. They have a four years window to complete their degree and this academic accomplishment can be one of basis for continuance, promotion or termination of their military career. Associate of Applied Science degree completion on the airman’s assigned career field is a requirement for them to progress. Pathways to education is one of the initial training for First Term Airman to guide them on pursue their education requirement in the best and quickest possible way to ensure successful performance of their job. **// //** This webquest can be used as an initial education training activity. I will be able to determine if they have understanding of the requirement and know the resources available to help them succeed. **//

//** Gloria Basa **//

[|Are You A Fool For Gold?] //** I have used webquests in my classroom for some time. I have always used one to review the concept of density before the Michigan MEAP test. It used the story of Archimedes and the Kings Golden Crown to determine density. I have made this one using the concept from the TV Show "Storage Wars". This webquest will satisfy several of the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations in Science **//.

Tim Maher

[|Los países hispánicos]

This is a WebQuest to get my Spanish I students exploring the Spanish-speaking countries of the world. They will work in groups of two to research and create a PowerPoint to present the information of their country. Each group will share the information about their country to the class. The class will vote on which country they would like to visit based on the presentations.

Jenna Mate

[|Energy at Work] Our second unit in our reading series is called "Energy at Work". It talks about renewable and non-renewable enegy sources. I thought it would be timely to have the students pretend they are a presidential candidate, and present a persuasive speech on which form of renewalble energy is the most eco-friendly, and economical. I also attached a rubric instead of using the one on the site, because I needed more categories than the site allotted.

[|Alcohol & Tobacco Project]

This WebQuest is designed to help students better understand the effects of the the two "legal" drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco. The project is an in depth look at the results of using alcohol and tobacco. The presentation will be a PowerPoint project that will be completed in groups. The assignment covers 7 of the content standards for health education set forth by the State of Michigan Department of Education.

Frank Kyewsk

[|How to apply fluoride varnish]

I created my WebQuest for first year dental hygiene students. At the University of Michigan there is ongoing research concerning dental treatments. We recently made a change to move from topical fluoride trays to fluoride varnish exclusively. The students will still need to know how to use fluoride trays in private practice. I included the steps for using the fluoride trays for their benefit. My WebQuest walks the students through the fluoride varnish lab and shows a few videos of how to apply the varnish in different settings.

Jenny Dennings

[|The Digestive System]

I created a WebQuest for my 7th grade Science class. We are learning about the digestive system. This assignment will take them through the parts of the digestive system and introduce them to key terms and their functions. Each group will visit links and present to the class their findings.

[|FDR and Criticisms of the New Deal WebQuest]

I designed a WebQuest for my 9th grade students in US History. We are learning about FDR and the New Deal. FDR faced a lot of opposition to his New Deal policies and my students are going to examine these by staging a debate on the left and right wing issues. Each group will then debate in front of the class.

[|My Very Own Company] I created a WebQuest for my 8th grade Business students. This assignment will guide my students in creating a Business from the ground up. They will give their business a name, and list products or services they provide.