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This site offers help in how to use a WebQuest, tips on using WebQuest, how to use them in a classroom, and how to make a WebQuest. I found this site helpful in learning about WebQuest.

This is a free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high-quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials. This is a great site for everyone to utilize. I have used this website with all four of my boys, and they love it.

A website where you can use the current WebQuests or change it to fit your class. Good examples for grades K-3

A website with a list of different activities involving webquests. I find it helpful because as a teacher, I will not necessarily have the time or resources to create a unique webquest lesson plan. I may have to adapt what is already in place for my class but use the main ideas as a foundation.

This site helps you walk through a set up of a web quest.

This site gives an overview of how to design a webquest and why they are useful. The information is useful to know because it is step by step and shows how a well-planned webquest can enhance learning.  Links to pre-existing webquests are found here as well.

Everything I need to know-about Education is a great Web-Site to use if you want more information on using I-Pads in your classroom. The goal of this Web-Site it to promote innovation in education through the use of technology.

A useful website with information for all grades and science activities. Useful for both the classroom and individual science projects.

This site has math, science, and reading curriculum for first grade.

This is a website that has a free first grade curriculum and there are different subjects with printable to use for these subjects.  There is also a spot for parents as well so they can use this website as well.

This is a great math web-site to use for Elementry students. Kids that might not like Math so well should take a look at this cool Math web-site.

Here is a guide to creating and using WebQuests. This takes you through each step to help you be successful with the WebQuest.

This is another site I found really helpful on how and why we have WebQuest. There is a 90 minute tutorial that I find very useful.

A WebQuest site with numerous WebQuest that can be used or changed. grades 3-5

http://www.desktoprating.com/wallpapers/movies-wallpapers-pictures/dinosaur-wallpaper-thumb.jpg Dinosaur Web Quest Introduction Students will begin a dinosaur hunt. This very easy web quest will introduce students to the concept of using various links to find information. They will also develop skills for opening and closing various windows in Internet Explorer. Using the various links, they will discover facts about dinosaurs.

This website was great because it gave ideas for teachers to teach with using Webquests for Pearl Harbor. 

This website discusses how to use cooperative learning techniques with pre-schoolers. It focuses on teachers concerns about using cooperative learning with low status students who will not participate and/or that high status students will take over the group. Teachers must create groups that are equitable so that all students participate fully and use multiple-ability strategies (Cohen, 1998) if cooperative learning is to work. Teachers also need to convince students of three things: That different intellectual abilities are required in cooperative learning, that no one student has all of the abilities needed, but that each member of the group will have some of the abilities (Cohen, 1998).

The National Science Foundation website detailing different sources of information for future STEM teachers. The site includes awards, scholarships, and information for teachers who want to use technology and science in their classroom.

Shared US History curriculum's from Kentucky High Schools.

This site gives a variety of online games and activities, printables, and a long list of premade WebQuest. These links are all about health and Nutrition for children. These links could be used during health class.

This website offeres a expansive list of Cooperative Learning activities for the students to do. These can intergrated into lesson plans or used as a introduction activity.

Cooperative Learning Structures Explanation Jigsaw Groups with five students are set up. Each group member is assigned some unique material to learn and then to teach to his group members. To help in the learning students across the class working on the same sub-section get together to decide what is important and how to teach it.

A website that offeres a overview of what exactly Cooperative Learning is. Also includes the elements and some examples for teachers to run through with their students.

The website gives a good description of cooperative learning, gives reasons to why you should use it in your classroom, and gives a nice list of different activities that could be done with this strategy. 

This is a list of different Webquests you can use for a Social Studies curriculum. This list includes both the high school as well as the middle school levels.

This offers many different activities for students to take part in, and learn about history. 

Mrs. Large is a second grade teacher that created this web site for her students to use as they study each of the themes throughout the year. She encourages everyone that comes to her page to just try them out.