WebQuest

I have a few ideas for things I may want to set up a WebQuest for. I'll be doing it for 2nd grade, so those are the standards I'll be focusing on. One I think would be neat is for Social Studies Standard 2, Objective 3, indicator a: describe traditions, music, dances, artwork, poems, rhymes, and stories that distinguish cultures. Another one I'd like to do is for Science, Standard 3, Objective 1, indictor b: Describe the life cycle of local plants and animals using diagrams and pictures. Another I'm considering is also science, Objective 2: observe and describe weather. Objectives 3 and 4 under standard 3 would also be good. Objective 3: investigate the properties and uses of rocks. Objective 4, indicator c: locate continents and oceans on a map or globe.

The one I think I have the most interest in is either plant and animal cycles or observing and describing weather.

Web Site Evaluation

The web site evaluation form I liked the best was at http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/tutorial/WWW.eval.html. I liked that one because each area has a point system and the total points tells you whether the web site is credible enough or not. One thing I discovered about one web site using the evaluation was that the web site hasn't been updated in a while. The value of using a website evaluation form is that it's easier to decide whether the site is a credible source or not. It reminds you to check for things that you might otherwise forget about. I would use a formal evaluation if I was doing research for something or if I wanted my students to get information from a website.