Webquests
Black Holes
This is a really
cool webquest on black holes and the mysteriousness
of them. It is directed more to an upper
level physics class because of the content, but any level would be intrigued
any excited by it. This is definitely
something I could use in my own classroom.
Date visited:
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/blackhole_webquest/hole5.html
Circuits
This is a great webquest activity on electricity and circuits. It would work perfectly along with the unit
on resistors and capictors. The activities involved are fairly simple and
could be used for any age level.
Date visited:
http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons99/electricity.html
Roller Coasters
It is important
when teaching physics to bring in a fun and interesting topic every once in
awhile, so that the students don’t burn out from all the difficult
information. This is a great webquest activity on roller coasters. It’s not very difficult at all and the
students are still learning in the process.
Date visited:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/rollercoast.shtml
Asteroids
This is a really
cool and exciting webquest that would be perfect for
an astronomy or general physics class.
The whole premise behind it is the thought of asteroids actually
crashing into the Earth, which is kind of morbid for most adults, but perfect
for the typical high school boy. The activiy is also very informative on asteroids and would
work great in a unit on them.
Date visted:
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/misc99/ASTEROIDS/Default.htm
Light
This is another
great webquest that would be perfect for a unit on
light in any general physics class. The
activities are not difficult to accomplish, but still challenge the students
and they can be a lot of fun. Light is a
topic that cause a lot of problems with many students, but this webquest does a great job of breaking things down for the
students.
Date visited:
http://kie.berkeley.edu/KIE/web/hf.html