WebQuest

For my webqust my subject was on climate change. This subject important for elementary students start learning about because it is such a large concern in our society today. The first website that I used was called "climate change," and the second website that i used was called "Eco Kids", which is a website full of activities and games that have to do with learning about wildlife, climate change, Energy, the North, water, waste, and land use issues.


1) http://www.climateclassroomkids.org

The website "Climate Change" has so many opportunities to play online games that get the students interested in the subject that they are learning about. For my webquest assignment I wanted the students to create a poster from information off of the "climate change" section off of the first page. After creating a poster I wanted the students to write a summary of what they learned and do a presentation for the class. This gave students the opportunity to work in groups and also learn how to summarize information from the web and present it.

2) http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm

This website called "Eco Kids" is another fun and exciting website that has many options to work with the subject of climate change. On this site I had students play the educational games that are offered and then gave them the opportunity to gain extra credit by taking the quizzes online. I was not grading on whether they got the answers correct but I graded on whether or not they could gain enough information to write a summary. If the students were doing the extra credit they needed to write down the answers that they got wrong and then write down the correct answers so they could try to understand why they got those answers wrong.


I know I only have 2 websites, but i feel like they both offer so much educational and fun learning that it is the perfect amount of websites. This class activity is for 4th graders and I think doing these assignments are a great opportunity for students to learn how to work online and gain information from the web.