Introduction to a WebQuest

A WebQuest is a teacher-designed lesson that uses the Internet for most of the information needed to solve problems posed by teachers for student inquiry (Schrum & Levin (2009) p. 83).

WebQuests are intended to be completed over the course of a few days. Although it is not impossible to complete a WebQuest in one day. Your child will be expected to complete the WebQuest over the course of a few days, perhaps even a week. Recently students have been introduced to the five senses in the classroom and in order to develop higher order thinking and problem solving students will create a WebQuest on the five senses. There are five components to a WebQuest. Each component will be introduced to the student and then completed as independently as possible without teacher assistance. The goal of the WebQuest is to use online sites that include audios, visuals and videos to learn more about each sense and what body part it is related to. The challenge or final product is for students to create a collage of images that they find online, in magazines or drawings that relates to each of the five senses. The WebQuest will be completed in school but the link will be available to reinforce the lessons learned so you may use it at home.

Citation:

Levin, B., & Schrum, L. (2009). Leading 21st century schools. (2 ed.). California : Corwin