WebQuest 2000 ~ Session 2 Website References

Sites with Matrices of Teacher-made WebQuests:

• Matrix of WebQuests - SanDiego State Site (Bernie Dodge list)
• Another Good Matrix of WQs
• A Canadian Site with Great Resources (Saskatchewan site)
• Social Studies WebQuests (sample of the Yahoo WebQuest links)
• Math WebQuests (examples that align with the NCTM standards)
• Spartenberg District 3 County Schools (excellent example of a school district site)
• Region 20 Service Center
• KIKO ~ Knowledge In Knowledge Out Showcase and KIKO additional links

Other Miscellaneous Web Resources at the Saskatchewan Site:

• Online Tutorials
• Scavenger Hunts
• Internet Projects
• Keypals
• Virtual Tours and Field Trips
• Evaluating Websites

• AAA Clipart Collection -- Seach a variety of useful clip art categories, takes time to look through pages to find specific clip art needed; complete alphabetical listing of clip art categories; rated list of 30 additional clip art sites.
• The Clipart Connection -- Allows key word search, limited images but links to site with more; clip art link goes to extensive archive divided by topic; variety of easy to locate animations; links to other clip art sites.
• Clipart.com Collection -- Extensive directory of clip art sites; Graphics Chat Forum where you can post a clip art request for others to respond to.
• Best of the Web Collection -- Theme specific free clip art: select topic or search by key word, leads to listing of pages and clip art found on each page, easy to locate image needed; additional links for each topic located on page very helpful; can see larger version.
• Yahooligans Clip Art for Your Classroom -- Can search for sites with graphics on specific topic not just clip art collections; good clip art directory for kids, but can be time consuming to locate specific clip art; lots of holiday clip art.
• School Discovery Clip Art ( Kathy Schrock) -- Excellent source of school related clip art categorized by subject; can choose to see all images in category on one page making easier to locate needed image)

Web Search Engines:

• AltaVista -- Comprehensive general purpose search engine in which you find by category or conduct a power search by words (inclusive or boolean), date, language, location (region, country or URL), or using search tools (guides, maps, directions, yellow pages, or people)
• Ask Jeeves -- Simple to use search tool whereby you just ask a question or search by areas of interest
• Google -- Search tool used at Ashburnham-Westminster School District that allows basic word searches (assumes AND, allows OR), does not support use of wildcard and is not case sensitive
• Northern Light -- Business and personal search tool that allows simple and power searches with intelligent searching features that save time finding what you want – supports both natural language and boolean searching
• Yahooligans -- Search tool for kids, enabling them to search by category or ask a question of Earl
• Yahoo Education Links -- Browse by category, locate the Yahooligans Teachers Guide, or access 101 useful websites

Student Information Websites:

• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators -- Content Rules Winners -- Kathy Schrock’s award winning content rich sites usable for students and teachers, divided by subject categories.
• Blue Web’n Learning Sites Library -- Excellent content table listing student tutorials, activities, hotlists, references/tools, and other resources by subject area; can search by content, subject and grade level.
• Educator’s Toolkit -- Kid stuff links students to listing of fun and educational sites, themes link students to listing of information categorized by topic.
• Searchopolis.com -- Education Resource Center -- Expert picks for elementary students and teachers to explore by subject and specific topics, some with links to other resources on topics or key word search on specific topics.
• Study Web -- Links for Learning (extensive list of subject categories and topics for students reference, can do directory search and key word search.
• How Stuff Works -- Listing of articles in a variety of categories describing how different things work, lots of useful and fascinating information for students.

Good K-1 Sites: