This weeks assignment was especially fun! I had never heard of a webquest and in research I found so many great ideas. The webquest I created is geared for students that are ages 7-10. I decided that as part of science we could make our room into an ocean aquarium. This project will take several weeks of researching different fish and ocean life to put into the aquarium. The goal is to get students to learn about different species and become aquarium experts. After our aquarium is completed we will share with other classes. I have the idea that each classroom can complete a similar project. Other classroom habitats can be safari, rainforest, freshwater aquarium, typical forests etc... Each class will have the chance to showcase their habitat and teach theirs peers about those habitats.
To start I decided that each student will have both partner and individual work. The task page helps students get started by letting them gain a little knowledge before completing any work. The process page has 3 assignments that will be done within a week’s time. Each student is asked to draw a picture of their favorite shark. At the end of the week will choose 6 pictures that will be displayed in the classroom. Those students will be responsible for teaching other students about that particular shark. This webquest is a fact finding mission. This webquest will lead into other webquests about other fish and creatures of the sea.
I really had fun creating this webquest and think it is a great way to get students excited about what they are learning. I tried to make it simple but at times it seemed the wording I used was a little above grade level. I originally had more assignments but after looking at what I felt the overall task was I felt it was best to keep each webquest short because we will have many others to come. I really didn’t understand some parts of the webquests such as the standards page. Since I am not actually teaching yet I am not sure what curriculum standards this meets and the webquests that I referenced back to all had some type of curriculum standard. I thought that Questgarden was very easy to use and had everything I needed to make a good webquest. I think there could have been more designs to choose from and inserting pictures exactly where I wanted them was a little difficult. Other than that this was a really fun activity and I plan on implementing webquest’s into my classroom. I am exicted to share them with student’s in the future!
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