Web Quest(Social Studies)
- 1. Introduction Today we are going learn more about our very own state of Oklahoma. This Web Quest is to help learn to research information on the internet. You will be able to visit several different websites to find the answers to your questions. So, hold on to your hats and lets do some exploring.
- 2. Task You are going to use the websites provided to answer the questions that you have been given.
- 3. Process You and your partner should take turns finding information or divide it up equally and then share your answers with each other once your finished. This should be a fun activity but educational at the same time.
- 4. Resources This lesson activity will go along with lesson 3 material but will also include some of the material that has been covered over the last week of class. Students will use a WebQuest to research material and discover the information they are required to locate. This WebQuest was created by compiling sites that contain relevant information about the state of Oklahoma. A list of these sites are as follows: 50 States Info: http://www.50states.com/oklahoma.htm Oklahoma Timeline http:// www.worldatlas.com Oklahoma Mesonet http:// www.climate.mesonet.org/climate_trends.html Enchanted Learning http:// www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/oklahoma History and Statistics of Oklahoma http://travelok.com/about/index.asp#03 Oklahoma’s Disaster Center http:// disastercenter.com/oklahoma/oklahoma.htm
- 5. Conclusion Are you having fun learning about Oklahoma? Do you feel like you learned something new that you didn’t know before? We live in great and interesting state. There is so much to learn about and we are just scratching the surface. We will discover more interesting and cool facts about our state but I encourage you to learn as much as you can on your own. And now you have more resources to find your information. How did you like using the internet to help you find the answers? Can you think of other ways the internet can help you with school work? Now that you have completed your assignment, think about how you could use the internet to research other topics and use this technology to help you with other areas in your school work.