WebQuest changes

The WebQuest my partner and I have chosen is Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh Yes! We chose this WebQuest because we really like the premise of it and the students are likely to have a whole lot of fun completing it. Plus, it was very applicable to situations that students may encounter in the "real world". I would like to make mention of the changes that we have decided to make so far.


We would like to make this WebQuest more aesthetically pleasing. We would do this by changing the background and adding more graphics. 


We noticed there is an overabundance of grammatical and spelling errors that need to be addressed.


Further, we decided to make the groups larger, given the complexity of the tasks. It seemed like an overwhelming amount of work for just 2 people to do. Each group will consist of 4 students. 


Instead of every group planning a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo, we decided to have each group research a different zoo. This way, the class can come together at the end of the project and decide which zoo is the most practical and feasible (given location, cost, and so on).


At this point, we have only made it through the introduction and task portion of the WebQuest. We rewrote the introduction to make it more interesting and get the students more engaged in the work.


Finally, in the task portion, we noticed that, even though the introduction mentioned that the students would be locating the zoo, it was not part of the actual task. We had the students find the zoo on a map, determine its distance from the school, estimate travel time, and print a map.
We also added/subtracted a few things from the task, as they pertained to how we wanted each task completed. 


Those were all of the changes that we have made so far.


The WV CSOs we are considering include:


 RLA.O.4.1.16 use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of information resources to support literacy learning (e.g., written directions, captions, electronic resources, labels, information texts).

SC.O.4.2.2 associate the behaviors of living organisms to external and internal influences (e.g., hunger, climate, or season


 M.O.4.1.7 add and subtract whole numbers(up to five –digit number) and decimals to the 1000th place, multiply (up to three digits by two-digits, and divide(up to a three digit number with a one and two-digit number).