* Hopefully, the following resources will help in the developmental stages of DESIGNING WebQuests or Internet / Online Projects. The hyper links provided should serve as some helpful, visual resources and references while in creating original projects - or modifying existing ones.

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A. Examples of the different Internet Projects / Online Activities
B. Steps for creating original (or modifying existing) Webquests / Online Activities
C. An accompanying webpage with a HOTLIST of WEBQUEST galleries (http:www.mtwp.net/~jane_glass/minds.html)
...Are you willing to take that leap to try something (instructionally) new that could be fun, challenging and rewarding? Well, until you try, you'll never know! Good Luck! ...Your efforts will survive!

A. Examples of the different types of Internet projects that are INCLUDED:
• Topic Hotlist - compilation of key works or resources; ideally a webpage with hyperlinked bookmarks
..... Examples:
..... China on the Net: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/hotlist.html
..... Crool Zone- School Safety Issues: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/hotlist.htm
..... Especially Espanol: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/espanol/index.html#hotlist
..... Science Hotlist: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/space.html
..... Space Hotlist: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/space.html
• Multimedia Scrapbook - links to photos, maps, stories, facts, quotes, audio clips, virtual tours, etc. to explore
important aspects of a topic
..... Examples:
..... Donner Online: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/index.html
..... Exploring China: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/scrapbook.html
• Knowledge / Treasure Hunt - list of webpages and questions for gathering up-to-date information and knowledge
..... Examples:
..... Banana Quest: http://www.biopoint.com/banana.html
..... Black History - Past to Present: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html
..... Wonders of Science CyberBee: http://www.cyberbee.com/scihunt.html
..... HEALTH & PE Examples:
..... Five Senses: http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/senses.htm
..... Heart Internet Hunt: http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/heart.html
..... Hunt For Dental Health: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/hwhatley/shunt.htm
..... My Lungs: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/joannregruto/shunt.htm
• Subject Sampler - small number of topic-oriented links to engaging, interactive or emotional sites
..... Examples:
..... An Insect’s Perspective: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/
..... Crool Zone- School Safety: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/sampler.htm
..... Money Matters: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/sampler.html
..... My China: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/sampler.html
..... Sampling African America: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_sampler.html
• Webquest - complex or debatable issue to be investigated and evaluated from an authentic perspective
..... Examples:
..... Big Wide World: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bww/
..... Bones and the Badge - Know Where the Truth: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kearny/forensic/
..... F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 1920s:
..........http://www.natick.k12.ma.us/schools/nhs/departments/english/hagemeister/fitz_webquest/Fitzgerald.html
..... Little Rock 9 - Integration 0: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock/
..... Look Who’s Footing the Bill: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/debtquest.html
..... Our Community and the White-Tailed Deer Population: http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/NN/Welcome.htm
..... Shh - We’re Writing the Constitution: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/constitution/
..... Show Me The Money: http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/DGN2/Welcome.html
..... Sticks & Stones... An Anti-Teasing/Bullying Activity: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Burkhardt/index.htm
..... HEALTH & PE Examples:
... . Ginseng - Should You Take This? http://www.biopoint.com/wq2/herbquest/ginseng.html
..... Let's Squash Tobacco Use! http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Musket/index.htm.....
..... Preventing a Heart Attack: http://www.biopoint.com/gvsu/heartattack.html
..... Real Scoop on Tobacco: http://www.itdc.k12.ca.us/curriculum/tobacco.html
..... School Safety: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/intro.htm
... . Too Hot to Handle - When Athletes + Heat = Tragedy: http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/nicher/toohotwebquest/index.html
..... Microsoft Word Webquest Examples:
..... Searching for Just the Right Planet: .wqmsword1.doc
..... Shopping for a Healthier Planet: wqmsword2.doc 

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3) Are you wondering WHAT COMPONENTS to include?
The following “6 Building Blocks" are described at http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
..... ..... • Introduction / Scenario (this could share background info, set the stage, provide a “hook,” and establish an ..... ..... ..“authentic” situation)
..... ..... ..... ..... Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... ... The Ocean's in Trouble! http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/oceanpollution/introduction.html
..... ..... ..... .......... Westward Ho! http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/sessions/westwardho/introduction.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Snapshot in Time: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/teen/introduction.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Rock the Vote: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/rock/index.html#Introduction
..... ..... ..... .....HEALTH & PE Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Junk Food Webquest: http://kelvinwong.net/webquest/
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Let’s Squash Tobacco Use: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Musket/index.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....March Madness: ....... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... .....http://www.madison.k12.ky.us/district/projects/WebQuest/MarchMadness/mmwebquest.html
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Too Hot To Handle: http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/nicher/toohotwebquest/index.html
• Task / Essential Questions (this could outline a plan - or course of action, pose an essential question that ..... ..... ..... .. usually requires some type of decision-making, and identify a culminating product)
..... ..... ..... ..... Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....An Insect's Perspective: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/task.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....The Children's Pool: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/pbelem/childrenspool/task.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Snapshot in Time: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/teen/task.htm
..... ..... ..... .....HEALTH & PE Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....I Am Joe’s…: http://www.ufrsd.net/staffwww/stefanl/Webquest/joe/index.htm#introduction
..... ..... ..... ..... .....It’s Your Choice - Random Drug Testing: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~traceyl/webquestintro.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....NHL Salary Creator: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/neiswender/default.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Nutrition For a Healthier You: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/egreen/index.htm
..... ..... • Process / Roles / Resources (this could describe steps of action, explain strategies, include a set of ..... ..... ..... ..... .. accompanying questions to help gather info, and provide hyperlinked resources)
..... ..... ..... ..... Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....An Insect's Perspective: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/process.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Westward Ho! http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/sessions/westwardho/process.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....The Amistad Case: A Mock Trial: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amistad/#Process
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Return of the Great Game: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kearny/greatgame/process.htm
..... ..... ..... .....HEALTH & PE Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Identifying Sexual Assault: http://homepages.gac.edu/~kleif/wqstep1.html
..... ..... ..... ..... .....School Safety Webquest: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/intro.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Where Do I Go.From Here?: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/mbiros/index.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Xtreme Sports / Xtreme Safety: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/kbauer/index.htm
..... ..... • Evaluation / Assessment Rubric (this could describe the method of assessment and offer an grading rubric)
..... ..... ..... ..... Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Family of Nations: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/balboa/nations/evaluation.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....The Ocean's in Trouble: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/oceanpollution/evaluation.html
..... ..... ..... .....HEALTH & PE Examples:/p
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Healthiest Fast Food: http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/cheeseburger/index.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .....The Human Body: ..... ........ ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... .....http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/EMPOWER/reitz/phyedept/HUMANBODY.html
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Nuts About Nutrition: http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/aperhamus/WQ/index.htm#evaluation
..... ..... ..... ..... .....Why Shouldn’t I Smoke: http://www.geocities.com/stepht7s/page5.html
..... ..... • Conclusion / Summary (this could wrap up the project and encourage student reflection)
..... ..... ..... ..... Examples:
v..... ..... ..... ..... ....Farmers, Farmers Everywhere: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hawthorne/farm/conclusion.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Finding the Lighthouse Diamond Thief: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/scimethod/#Conclusion
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Genocide: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/ofarrell/genocidewebquest/conclusion.htm
..... ..... ..... .....HEALTH & PE Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Dealing With Drug Addiction: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Mhorst/Index.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Fat Facts Webquest: http://teacherweb.com/MD/OxonHillMS/FatFacts/h5.stm
..... ..... ..... ..... .... FitQuest: http://imet.csus.edu/imet1/freeman/fqconclusion.html
..... ..... • * Teacher Page (this could include include extra notes, standards information, samples)
..... ..... ..... ..... Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .....http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
..... ..... ..... .....HEALTH & PE Examples:
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Addiction: http://technoteacher.com/WebQuests/ADDICTION/index.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Diabetes Webquest: http://www.dutiel.com/webquests/diabetes/teacher.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .... Eating Disorders - A PSA: http://www.mathrocks.net/webquests/ED_Webquest/t-index.htm
..... ..... ..... ..... .... The Real Scoop on Tobacco: http://www.itdc.k12.ca.us/curriculum/tobacco.html#notes

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