WebQuests

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Scavenger Hunts
Internet Scavenger hunts are used to help students learn how to navigate the internet and use search engines, and provides specific tasks or questions that the students need to answer or complete.
 * **Description** || **Website** ||
 * List of scavenger hunts by subject/category: || http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html ||
 * **Constitution** || http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/puzpro/conproj.html ||
 * **Baseball Scavenger Hunt** || **Baseball Scavenger Hunt** ||

WebQuests
Bernie Dodge started it all and has maintained a website with a database of subject based Web Quests for you to use. Bernie Dodge's definition of a webquest is " an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet" (1)Webquests were originally designed to develop problem solving and higher level thinking skills. [|http://webquest.org/search/index.php]
 * Webquests for your use or modification categorized by subject or grade level:**

Teacherweb.com webquest search: http://teacherweb.com/WQIndexSrch2.htm

Webquests use a specific format and sections as a complete project. Templates can be found at http://webquest.org/index-create.php. Using the one page original template makes creating webquests very easy. 1. click on the original template: http://webquest.org/index-create.php. 2. Save web page to your desktop : File-->save as--> 3. go to the desktop 4. right click on: lesson-template1 document, choose: open with: microsoft word 5. create your webquest by typing in under each category 6. Save as type: web page. ( you will have two pieces: web page and a folder with the same name) 7. Your students can click on the document, and all your links will work, and students will not be able to modify the document. 8. If you need to move the webquest, move both the document and the associated folder.
 * Create a webquest**
 * Introduction
 * Task
 * Process
 * Evaluation
 * Conclusion
 * Teacher Page
 * How to get started:**

http://webquest.org/index-resources.php

Create an online Webquest
http://teacherweb.com/TWQuest.htm

Citations:
1.http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html