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Baby Chick WebQuest - (3-5) Students learn about hatching chicken eggs. |
Barnyard Friends--A Visit to a Farm (K-2) You and your partner are about to visit a farm. It is your job to find out about the animals and people that live there. |
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Bats WebQuest - (2-4) Student learn about bats. (Some of the links do not work) |
Bat Quest - In search of Stellaluna - (2-4) This WebQuest is based on the literature book Stellaluna by Cannon. Students should have read the story or be in the process of reading the story. In English and Spanish. |
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Create a Zoo Exhibit (3-5) This truly multimedia WebQuest challenges students to research animals and habitats to develop an appropriate exhibit. |
Endangered Animals - Are you interested in learning about the plight facing the Northern Spotted Owl? This WebQuest challenges students to take opposing roles to determine the future of this endangered species. |
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Pick a Pet - (Science, Language Arts, Reading 1-3) Students will explore the responsibilities of owning a pet as they choose a classroom pet. |
Conflict Yellowstone Wolves - (9-12) Your task will be to analyze the Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf problem, and draw your own conclusion to the following question. Should the wolves in Yellowstone National Park be removed? |
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Zelda's Zany Zoo (3-6 ) - Your mission is to design a new habitat for an animal that could live in a zoo in your area. |
Zoo WebQuest - You will be going on a field trip to a zoo to see several endangered species. Planning for the trip is in your hands. You must see one animal from each of these categories: cat family, a reptile and a hoofed animal. |
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Savannah Safari - (2-6) Take a trip to an African savannah as a newspaper reporter. |
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Monarch Butterfly (k) - Students learn about the Monarch Butterfly. |
Journey of the Monarch Butterfly - (2-5) As a butterfly detective, your job is to look for answers to questions about the Monarch butterfly. You will learn about its body, food, habitat and migration. |
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Deserts of the World - (6-8) The Chief Curator of the Chihuahuan Museum of Natural History has selected your team to create an interactive exhibit comparing the Chihuahuan Desert to other desert areas of the world. Your task is to inform the public of the differences and similarities of the desert habitats. |
EcoQuest: Desert Edition: (6-8) This web quest was designed by a teacher to introduce middle school students to the desert ecosystem. |
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Birds and Dinosaurs - (3-5) Many links to additional sites. |
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Dinosaurs (4-5) Your assignment if you accept: To travel back into time to recover some dinosaur DNA. It seems that many birds are dying off from some mysterious reason and are in danger of extinction. You and your team will need to trace back the ancestry of birds and find any and all relatives, recover the DNA and return safely. |
Dinosaur WebQuest - (4) A WebQuest about Dinosaurs. Students will decide what dinosaur they should bring back to life! |
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The Alley Cat Aqua Adventure - (6-8) You and your partner have been chosen to create a poster displaying the characteristics of your endangered animal for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. With the information you gather from the Internet links, create a poster to support the preservation of your endangered animal. |
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Endangered Species A WebQuest - (3-5) Travel to sites to discover habitats, food, range, status, and reason for each animal’s endangered status. |
Endangered Species WebQuest - (3-5) Student will learn more about endangered animals from different continents. |
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Endangered Species WebQuest - (1-4) Your children will act as researching naturalists for an endangered species committee. Their job will be to find specific information concerning five endangered animals. |
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Insects - A Day in the Life of 4 Insects - (K-3) This WebQuest is a comparison of four different insects: bee, ladybug, ant, and cockroach. Children will be asked to explore the habitat, eating habits, and physical characteristics of their assigned insect. |
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Insects - (3-5) Icky, sticky, creepy, crawly, beautiful bugs. Students will investigate incredible insects. |
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Create-A-Creature - (4-8) Help! Many species of marine life in Blue Hill Bay, Maine are threatened with extinction. The Brooklyn Academy of Marine Science is depending on you, to genetically engineer a new creature that could survive and thrive in Blue Hill Bay. |
Dolphin-Safe Tuna? - (4-6) This WebQuest attempts to explain the issue of 'dolphin-safe' tuna by dividing the class into different roles. |
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Fish Features - (2-3) You and your friends are apprentice marine biologists. You have discovered a new fish never seen before by humankind. Your job is to study your fish's anatomy. |
Gulf Water Monitoring - (6-8) In this quest, students will discover some causes for changes in water quality along coastal areas. |
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Indiana Wetlands - (3-4) When students completed this WebQuest, they should have lots of basic information about wetlands. |
The Ocean's in Trouble -(4-6) Use the Internet to explore and identify why oceans and beaches are in trouble. In your learning, look for relationships between humans, animals, and the ocean. |
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The Shell Island Dilemma: Students investigate the issues concerning the fate of the Shell Island Resort and then debate the future of this and other oceanfront structures threatened by coastal erosion. |
Shocking Sharks! - (3-5) You and your partner have been hired by Sea World to study sharks and write/produce a shark commercial or adventure story. |
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Intertidal Zone Tour Guide - (4-6) You have been hired by the San Diego Beach and Wildlife Tourist Bureau to develop a guide for visitors to use as they visit our Intertidal Zones. After conducting your research, your group will develop a physical and an electronic intertidal zone guide. |
Water Pollution WebQuest - (4-6) Students will research water pollution and design a brochure about pollution. |
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WaterQuest - (4-12) Welcome to WaterQuest! California has a long and storied water past. The Governor of California and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) both need your help. They want you to be a water detective. Using the links to the internet, your mission is to find out about the future of California water use. |
Welcome Aboard Noah's Ark - (3-5) Congratulations, you have been chosen to assist Noah in selecting and researching animals for his journey. Noah has been instructed to bring a pair of every air breathing species onboard the Ark. The four species are mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. |
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Under the Umbrella of the Rain Forest: (9-12) A web quest about the environment, this site asks students to travel through the rain forest and keep a journal in which they consider perils to the environment. |
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Animals of the Tropical Rain forest -(5-8) In this Quest, students learn about the animals of the Tropical Rain forest. |
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To Recycle or Not to Recycle - (5-8) Students will work together to decide whether a mandatory recycling program is the best option for the town. |
Recycling WebQuest- (3-5) Working in groups of two, you will search several web sites, read portions from a few books, create your own homemade recycled paper from old paper scraps and write a letter about the importance of recycling. |
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Blackholes: Journey into the Unknown - (9-12) You and your traveling companions, a group of scientists, are currently enjoying a remarkable and relaxing tour of the local universe. Your tour guide suddenly informs you that the rocket's engines have failed and a blackhouse will help. |
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Classifying The Planets - (3-5) Scientists classify planets in many different ways. Today you work for NASA and will use information you gather from the Internet and/or other references to make decisions on how you will classify the planets. |
Comet WebQuest - (6-8) A team of prominent scientists you work with has just discovered a deadly comet headed for earth. It will impact the earth in just one year. Your team of scientists must find solutions to this threat within 2 months and present your findings to an international task force on the Impact Hazards of Comets. |
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Is there really Water on the Moon? - (5-6) Your task will be to learn about the Moon and Lunar Exploration to determine if we should go back to the Moon and how we can do it. |
Journey Into the Universe: Students engage in a problem-solving trip through our Solar System. They must decide what items to bring along to survive on a distant planet. |
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The Nine Planets Of Our Solar System - (3-5) Welcome to a search about the 9 planets of our solar system. You are going to visit a web site about the planets and our solar system. |
Planetary Web Quest -(3-8) Welcome to the intergalactic Web Quest! You will shortly begin an exciting exploration of the Planets in our Solar System. The web sites you will soon visit have a variety of exciting facts and photos of the different planets. |
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Searching for Just the Right Planet: Students create a multimedia report recommending a planet for an orbiting space hotel. The assignment links to resources to support research and includes an evaluation rubric. |
Solar System WebQuest - (6-8) When students have completed this project they will have a greater understanding of our solar system and earth's relationships to the other planets regarding size and distance from the sun. |
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Star Ship Adventure Is There Life Up There? - (6-8) The purpose of this Space Ship Adventure is to start you wondering, when you look up into a starry sky in the night, "Could there be life up there?" What do YOU think? |
Sweet Home, Outer Space a WebQuest on Space Settlements - (9-12) Students will explore possibilities of space settlements and will prepare a model of a space station. |
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Sun WebQuest (5) Students will be able to identify and describe characteristics of the Sun. Students will also demonstrate knowledge in using a scanner, sending e-mail, and using the World Wide Web to get information on a topic. |
What Is an Inferior Planet? - (3-5) Students will visit a web site to find out what an inferior planet is. |
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Atmospheric Studies WebQuest - (4-6) Students will study the weather, ozone and acid rain. |
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Clouds - (3-5) Students will learn what a cloud is. Students will observe and describe clouds. |
Disasters - (6-8) Nine days of lessons about disasters. Students will learn about Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes. |
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Earthquakes Vs Volcanoes: (6-8) Student teams research and debate whether they would rather live near an earthquake fault or a volcano. Web links help students learn earth science principles as they consider their task. Students finish the quest by writing e-mail to a geologist. |
Tornado Alley : A Wild Weather Web Quest - (5-8) Students will investigate the history and science of tornadoes and design two public service presentations on tornado safety. |
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Weather Quest - (k-2) Multidisciplinary - What's the weather like today in your part of the world? Do you think it's the same all over the world? No matter where you live, weather is an important part of your life. Let's find out about weather and how it makes a difference all over the world! |
Weather WebQuest - (7-9) You have been chosen for the Housing Explorer Team for the new frontier colonies. Your mission is to explore the weather for your specific colony. |
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WebQuest Tornado! (6-8) Students complete a worksheet as they explore hypertext links to sites on the WWW about tornadoes |
The Wind - (K-4) Designed to enhance students' appreciation of how winds relate to overall weather conditions and the uses of wind. |
Last Updated 9 May 2001
