WEB QUESTS

Traveling through the Solar System— A great group project for learning about the solar system.

http://wizard.hprtec.org/builder/worksheet.php3?ID=1141

Brochure to the Solar System—A group project for fifth graders to explore the solar system and create a brochure.

http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/SPierce/index.htm

Beverly Cleary—A great website for students—they are asked to pretend they are Beverly Cleary and are answering questions at a book signing. Great music on this site!

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/coram/wq/lmanghan/

Author Cards—A creative site which has students choosing an author to make an author card for, similar to the format of a baseball card.

http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/ms/author/Default.htm

Sarah, Plain and Tall—A great source to use with the book—students are asked to choose a character to keep a journal for as they read the book.

http://infosys.pls.uni.edu/nielsen/nielsen/spatintro.html

Folk Tales—This web quest has students reading and comparing different folk tales, then writing their own original folk tale.

http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/nixa.k12.mo.us/sullivan/tales/index.htm

Fairy Tales – In this web quest, students learn about the elements of a fairy tale, then write their own fairy tale. Another site with great music!

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/ridge/wq/savona/

Realm of Fairy Tales—Students read and analyze fairy tales online, then they use the recurring themes to create their own fairy tale.

http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/jhwebquest.htm

Poetry—This quest has students visiting various sites to read poetry, then they are using hyperstudio or powerpoint to make their own poetry collections.

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/poetrywq.htm

Jungle Web Quest—Students work in groups to choose an animal, then they write a diamonte poem about that animal.

http://www.cesa8.k12.wi.us/teares/it/webquests/poetry/index.htm