Here's a webquest for Columbus Day:
This webquest is designed to help 2nd grade students to understand Christopher Columbus and his voyage to America. Christopher Columbus was an explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. In this webquest, you and an adult will discover Christopher Columbus voyage into a new land.
This is yet another Webquest on World Hunger done by a student to help other students recognize important issues like world hunger. She utilizes an article from the United Nations.
A webquest on World Hunger - Something that might be hard to talk about in schools because some of our own students might be hungry - but vey important!
This is an interactive way for students to research the five regions of Virginia. Students will select one region and research the geographical characteristics, location, industries, and interesting facts. They will construct a travel brochure that highlights all of these key points. Virginia's regions are different in many ways, both geographically and economically.
A great Web Quest for second grade students! Students learn about the Arctic region by reading and researching Arctic animals and the weather in the Arctic on the internet. They then make a "Picture Encyclopedia". So fun!!
A great Web Quest for 2nd grade students! Students pretend they are scientists and are exploring the stages of the butterfly life cycle. Students are split up into groups and explore one specific stage. They find their information from books, the internet, and YouTube videos! Then groups then share their findings!
Such a fun activity for 2nd grade students, especially around Halloween!! Students learn all about bats so that they can convince their teachers to turn the classrooms into bat caves! Each pair creates a slide about bats that is put into a slideshow to show the teachers!
Today we are going to explore several websites in order to learn more about FRACTIONS. Then, we will use what we have learned to make sure everyone in the lunchroom gets some food.
The year 2009 marked the bicentennial anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. What can be learned from the life of this man with seemingly ordinary beginnings who is now remembered as "a visionary leader, a gifted orator and one of America's greatest presidents"?