WebQuest Reviews

WebQuest Review

Subject: Webquests     ID: 3529
Title: The Old Man & The Sea   
Description: In this excellent novel by Ernest Hemingway a Cuban fishermen struggles with a giant marlin (sounds very boring BUT  . . ).  The Webquest is based around this novel and requires students to view it from a variety of perspectives through the eyes of individual characters in the novel.
Rating: ***** 
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-12  On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3530
Title: Where Do All the Animals Live?   
Description: In this Webquest students learn about the different habitats in which animals live.  After doing some introductory work students would have to take two animals, two birds and two reptiles back to live in the habitat that they have designed. 
Rating: *****   
Level: Ideal for year levels 2-5   On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3531
Title: A Girls Place: Menstruation Webquest  
Description: This Webquest deals sensitively with the issues of the female ovarian cycle.  In this task the student has been given the job of director of students services in the school division of a feminine supply company.  The goal of the program is to help young girls such as yourself to feel comfortable about getting their period.  You need to create visual aids, such as a music video, skit or a TV commercial to get the attention of the girls. 
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 5-7  On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3532
Title: An Update on Ecuador   
Description: For this online Webquest each group of students has decided to use their lottery winnings and visit Ecuador in South America. But where is it, what should you visit, and what is the climate like?  Students will take on the job of being a television reporting team.  They will need to write/compose news stories to submit to the channel back home.  
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 5-12  On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3642
Title: Ancient Egypt Webquest
Description: With a focus on ancient Egyptian daily life, mummies, hieroglyphics, kings, Egyptian games and archaeology this extensive Webquest provide schools with an excellent online unit of work complete with resources.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 7-9   On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3533
Title: And Now For the Weather: WebQuest   
Description: As a meteorologist for the evening news, you and your co-workers need to write a script for tonight's broadcast.  Before your team can start, you need to research for important weather information and local activities in your city.  Watch out. 
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 3-10   On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3534
Title: Ascending New Heights  
Description: Mountaineering requires a high level of team work where often the lives of the team members are dependent on each member carrying out very specific tasks under extreme conditions.  This online Webquest will take students through the process of organising teams, assigning roles and tackling the ultimate mountain.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 9-11  On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3535
Title: Back to the Future   
Description: In this maths Webquest the year is 2540 AD.  The world is fully computerised and books no longer exist.  A ruthless group of terrorist mathphobes have hacked into the mainframe and released an evil virus.  The virus has destroyed a large part of the “history of mathematics”section of the hard drive.  The students role is to go back to the 20th century and retrieve information from the past.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-12  On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3536
Title: Can You be a Millionaire?   
Description: In this Webquest students will use the software spreadsheet program Excel to manage an income of $3000 per month.  They will need to familiarise themselves with the potential of the spreadsheet and use their monthly income to pay for what they need to survive as well as invest some of it in the stock market to see how much money they can earn. 
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 8-10  On the web

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Subject: Webquests     ID: 3537
Title: Castle Builder   
Description: During the medieval era of history, life was lived by a very different set of political, economic, and social rules.  In this Webquest students take on the role of being a medieval Castle builder living in Wales in 1076.  The task of the Castle builder is to design the Castle for the local Baron according to his wishes and in keeping with the location.
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 4-9  On the web

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