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Macbeth Webquest: Researching Elements of Shakespeare’s Play

“Macbeth Quest: Historic King / Tragic Hero” is a Macbeth webquest for high school English classes. It was published by Ms. Deborah Borden.

This Macbeth webquest is a fairly traditional English project, transformed into an internet based activity. It’s nothing revolutionary, but it is based on sound instructional planning, a good set of questions and topics to explore, and a decent set of resources. The students must research an individual question or element of the play, and then they need to teach or present their research to the rest of the class.

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Colonial America Webquest: Experiencing the Life of a Colonist

“Journey to Colonial Times” is a colonial America webquest for elementary school kids. It was published by Melissa Warren.

In this history webquest, the students’ task is to research life in colonial America for a person with a given occupation and/or social class. At the end of this inquiry webquest, students must make this character come to life through journal entries and either sharing a game they would have played or making a recipe they would have eaten.

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Integer Webquest: Learning About Integers and Creating a Teaching Aid

“Integer Webquest” is a math webquest for early middle school students. It was published by Ms. Young.

In this webquest, the students’ task is to research what integers are and how they can be added, subtracted, etc. When they are done, students need to complete a teaching aid that will help other students learn how to use integers. For example, they might create a poster or a game.

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Animal Farm Webquest: Peeling the Layers of Allegory with Matryoshka Dolls

“Animal Farm Webquest” is an English webquest for high school students. It was published by Mrs. Cassell.

In this webquest, the students’ task is to research the history behind Orwell’s novel Animal Farm. After they’ve learned about the Russian Revolution and the allegory built into the novel, the students need to illustrate their understanding of a character by creating a kind of matryoshka doll.

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Geologic Time Webquest: Pitching a Vacation To Another Era

“Geologic Time Webquest” is a science webquest for middle school students. It was published by Sarah Banks, a Michigan school teacher.

In this webquest, the students’ task is to create a commercial pitching a special kind of vacation – a vacation back in time. The students need to study a specific time period in the geologic time scale and use their knowledge to make it sound attractive to a potential time traveler.

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Crusades Webquest: Creating a Recruitment Video for the Christians

“Crusades” is a crusades webquest for high school social studies students. It was published by Lance McConkey.

In this history webquest, the students’ task is to create a recruitment video for the Crusaders. They must work as a team to research the first three Crusades, and then they must use their knowledge to storyboard and produce a short video encouraging other Europeans to join the Crusades.

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Decimal Webquest: Going Shopping on a Budget with Discounts

“Order It All!” is a decimal webquest for middle school students. It was published by Mrs. Dawson.

In this math webquest, the students’ task is to go shopping and buy whatever they want within a certain budget. In addition, they need to apply discounts at various stores, simulating sales and coupons that they might have. It’s a good exercise in budgeting, shopping, and personal finance.

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Figurative Language Webquest: Creating a Photo Montage

“A Figurative Language Webquest” is an extended, student-centered project teaching kids about figurative language. It was published by Melissa Lefebvre.

The students task in this English webquest is to create a photo montage that teaches a family member about different types of figurative or descriptive language. Over the course of two weeks, students are guided through an exploration and reading of different types of language, and then they create the video to showcase what they’ve learned.

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Ancient Greece Webquest: Exploring and Writing a Traveller’s Journal

“Let Me See a Piece of Greece” is an Ancient Greece webquest for middle school students. It was published by Brian Conway and Jennifer Dibley.

In this history webquest, the students’ task is to explore Ancient Greece. They have been “abandoned” there by their parents (accidentally), and as they travel through the country they need to keep a journal of all their adventures and discoveries.

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