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Purpose of the Website: This informational website is a resource for teachers that help them to develop webquests. All of the components of the webquest are explained to help teachers create their own webquests. There are also links to sample webquests that can be used by students or viewed as samples before you create your own. Grade Level: Professionals Classroom Connection: The resources on this website offer for a variety of different webquests that can be used throughout the year on many different topics. Negatives of this Website: Some of the links have not been updated and are no longer working.

3-12 Teachers and students can create a hotlist, treasure hunt, sampler, scrapbook, or webquest.

A different take on a webquest. I have used this website resource before and the framewrok of creating one of these is easy to use and the students understand it with ease.

Grade level- 7-12 CC- This site is filled with links to sites relating to ancient cultures, webquest and much more. This could serve as a review tool for students. Overview- Filled with many resources relating to Anicent Cultures that range from Mesopotamia to the Aztecs. It is very interactive with hosting virtual tours. Cons- Since the site has a lot of infomation it might become a distraction to students.

Grades 3-8 Interactive- step by step process for students to do a research project. Links are included at each step--to provide students help with that step/skill. Classroom Connections: * Use to teach each step of the process whole group- interactively using SmartBoard--Teaching one step per day. * Students can do interactive activities as a center choice

Purpose of the Website: This is an unbelievable tool for introducing the research process to students. The website is particularly helpful for the visual learner. Students can explore different ways to plan their research, search for information, take notes and use the information they find. Grade Level: 3-8 Classroom Connection: Using this website as a learning tool, students can use guided inquiry to develop a plan for research. Students could also use the information on this website to participate in a webquest in which they need to develop a "research guide" for their district to help new students understand how to perform a research project.