Sample+WebQuest+Teacher+Page

The Teacher Page should identify the State and ISTE standards covered in the WebQuest, as well as a link back to the standards website. Extension activities, differentiation ideas and questions for further study are included. Below is an example of a Teacher page created by Klista Reynolds, a Joplin, Missouri teacher.

This WebQuest can be found at http://www.joplinschools.org/people/kreynolds/bodysystems/

This lesson was developed as part of Missouri's eMINTS Project (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies).  It should take ten school days to complete. By completing this lesson, students should display understanding of how various body systems work together to carry out life functions and that no system works single-handedly. This lesson is anchored in fifth grade science and involves communication arts through journals, written evaluations, notetaking, and multimedia presentations. By incorporating map making skills and research, social studies standards are met to a lesser extent. This WebQuest could also be used for fourth grade students. Prior to this lesson, students should understand the major functions of the human body. Having prior knowledge in reading maps will also benefit students. [|Missouri Performance Standards] 1. develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research 2. conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas 3. use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information 4. discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in information, ideas and structures 5. organize data, information and ideas into useful forms (including charts, graphs, outlines) for analysis or presentation 6. explain reasoning and identify information used to support decisions 7. identify tasks that require a coordinated effort and work with others to complete those tasks 8. identify and apply practices that preserve and enhance the safety and health of self and others [|Missouri Knowledge Standards] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Science <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Recognize the major life processes carried out by the major systems of plants and animals (e.g., support, reproductive, digestive, transport/circulatory, excretory, response) **<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">SC III 2c a ** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Communication Arts <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. Apply information in format, graphics, sequence, maps, diagrams, charts and index to clarify and connect concepts to the main ideas **CA 3 1.6** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3. Read and follow multi-step directions to complete a task **CA 3 1.5, 1.6** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4. Follow a writing process to <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">b. apply writing process to write effectively in various forms and **types** **of writing CA 1, 4 1.8, 2.1, 2.2** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 5. Use conventions of capitalization in written text <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">proper nouns (departments of government, school subjects) **CA 1 1.6, 2.2** In composing text, use <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In composing text, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">5. Use a **note-taking** system to organize information from written text **CA 2, 3, 4 1.6, 1.8** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">6. Write expository and persuasive paragraphs (emphasizing compare/contrast) with <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">a concluding sentence **CA 4 1.8, 2.1** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">7. Write well-organized communications in a selected form appropriate to a specific audience (e.g., parents, friend, younger child) and purpose **CA 4 1.8, 2.1** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|ISTE NETS-S] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Technology productivity tools <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Technology research tools <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Technology communication tools <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica">Throughout this lesson, students will use the following levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Creative problem-solving will be necessary to determine a creative way out of the body. Teamwork will be critical, and compromise may be necessary for some groups. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Helpful Hints, Differentiation, and Extentions <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* Students may complete tasks with more ease and understanding if they research only one assigned body system per day. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* For students of lower ability, consider assigning just two interrelating systems. (adjust scoring guide as needed) <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* Advanced students could design a travel brochure in addition to the activities described on the Process page. ||
 * Teacher Information
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica">Learners **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica">Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">organize information in a graphic organizer
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">titles (books, stories, poems)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">comma in compound sentences
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">apostrophe in singular possessives **CA 1 1.6, 2.2**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">classroom resources and dictionary to verify correct spelling **CA 1 1.6, 2.1, 2.2**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">write compound sentences
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">identify and eliminate **fragments** in writing **CA 1 1.6, 2.1, 2.2**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">an effective **topic sentence** or a point to prove
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">three or more supporting sentences
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.