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Title: Change
the world... how?
Rating: 
Key Learning Areas: HSIE / SOSE; Religious Education &
Values
Grade Levels: Secondary
Location: Canada
Description:
An Internet WebQuest on Activist
Strategies developed by the British Columbia Teacher's Federation, Canada. Students are
asked to investigate three popular strategies for mass campaigns: Strikes and other union
actions, boycotts, and international 'shame' campaigns. Students have to decide as a group
which method is the most effective and convert this knowledge into action.
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Title: Le tour du
monde en quarante jours
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: HSIE / SOSE; Language (LOTE)
Grade Levels: Primary; Middle
Location: Canada
Description:
English: This webquest is designed for students in
Year 4-7. They will work in a group of 4, each of them have a specific role. They must
create a travel agency offering a trip all around the world in 40 days and with a
restricted budget. They will design a website presenting information about every country
(geogaphy,food, weather, sightseeing, transport and accomodation costs, currency, etc). French: Cette cyberquête est conçue pour les
élèves du CM1 à la 5ème. Ils doivent, par groupe de 4 et avec un budget limité,
créer une agence de voyage qui offre un tour du monde en 40 jours. Leur site internet
incluera des informations détaillées sur chaque pays visités (geographie, climat,
attractions touristiques et culturelles, prix des hotels et des transports, monnaie, etc).
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Title: Consider
the Source
Rating: 
Key Learning Areas: HSIE / SOSE; Technology
Grade Levels: Secondary
Location: Canada
Description:
In this webquest, Years 9 -12 students
are asked to analyse race and "hate" sites and begin to answer the question of
whether or not the information is true. The students will: (1) determine accuracy,
relevance, and comprehensiveness; (2) distinguish among facts, point of view, and opinion;
(3) identify inaccurate and misleading information; and (4) select information appropriate
to the problem or questions at hand. In the final stage students will be empowered to
combat "hate" on the net and discover the potential strength of the Internet.
They will be required to create their own web page to express their personal experiences
and views on race relations and identify ways in which they can combat hate crimes. Due to
the sensitive nature of this webquest, some of the material used may be offensive. Last
updated in 1999. Some links may be broken. Contains links referring to the Holocaust, Race
Relations, and Web pages for Combating Hate Crimes.
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Title: LA
CATAPULTE
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: Language (LOTE); Mathematics; Science
Grade Levels: Primary; Middle
Location: Canada
Description:
English: French language webquest. Designed for
students in Year 4 - 7 French speaking students but would be suitable for students in
Years 7 - 9 studying French for the first time. The students learn about weapons from the
Middle Ages in order to design, build and try their own catapult. French: Cette enquête virtuelle s'adresse aux
élèves de 4ème à 7ème année (classes de CM1 jusqu'à la 5ème). Ce projet de
construction d'une catapulte veut leur faire connaître le génie mécanique des gens qui
vivaient au Moyen Âge. Ce projet révèle la créativité technique de cette époque.
C'est leçon d'histoire vivante de mathématiques, de technologie et de physique. Les
élèves doivent créer un plan, fabriquer une catapulte et en faire l'essai à
l'extérieur de l'école.
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Title: L'eau potable:
I'innovation des extra-terrestres
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: HSIE / SOSE; Language (LOTE); Science
Grade Levels: Middle; Secondary
Location: Canada
Description:
English: This fun cyberquest is designed for Year
7-9 students. The students will have to search on the different proposed links about Water
and Environment, write a report using their answers to some questions asked in this quest,
build a device to purify water and present their work. French: Cette cyberquête ludique est conçue pour
les élèves de la 5ème à la 3ème. Ils doivent démontrer comment séparer les
composants d’un mélange homogène aprés avoir effectuer une recherche sur
l’eau pure qui est si importante aux êtres humains et pour l'environnement.
Finalement, ils construiront un mécanisme de distillation et présenteront leur travaux.
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Title: Sources et
transformation d'énergie
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: Language (LOTE); Science
Grade Levels: Middle; Secondary
Location: Canada
Description:
English: This webquest is designed for students in
Year 7. Working in a team of 4, they have to describe the different energy supplies on our
planet, their impact on our environment, how one energy can be changed into another, and
illustrate their presentation. French: Cette cyberquête est conçue pour les élèves de 5ème. En groupe de quatre,
ils doivent: décrire les différentes sources d'énergie disponibles sur la planète ;
décrire l'impact de l'utilisation de chacune de ces formes d'énergie sur l'environnement
; expliquer comment une forme d'énergie peut être transformée en une autre forme
d'énergie et construire un système qui illustre le processus de transformation d'une
forme d'énergie en travail utile.
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Title: Are Schools
Returning to the Dark Ages?
Rating: 
Key Learning Areas: HSIE / SOSE
Grade Levels: Primary; Middle
Location: Canada
Description:
Designed for students in Years 6 - 7.
Students are given the following scenario "The School Board wants to eliminate field
trips in order to save money". Students have to investigate from different roles:
Accountant, Educational Evaluator, or H.A.T. Analyst (Hazards, Accessibility, Technology)
and provide valid reasons in support of or against the proposed funding cuts to
educational fieldtrips. They have to research the different elements and value of
fieldtrips. Some further options listed include: stage a mock board meeting where the
students debate whether or not field trips are an important part of education; have
students create a spreadsheet showing the costs for a certain number of field trips; have
students create a graph that shows their findings. The four field trips investigated are:
Marine Ecology Station; Royal British Columbia Museum; H.R. MacMillan Space Centre; and
Virtual Tour of B.C.
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Title: A Soldier's
Life: The History of Black Soldiers and their Impact on the Status of Blacks in Canada
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: HSIE / SOSE
Grade Levels: Secondary
Location: Canada
Description:
Young High School students are given
the task of acting as a junior newspaper reporter after World War I. Their task is to
interview a black soldier who fought in the War and write a human interest story about
that soldier's experiences. Was their experience of the war the same as that of other
soldiers? Are they also welcomed back as Great Heroes? There is detailed guidance for the
task. Students first read background information about the period and then print out a
sheet of 10 questions that will be the basis of their interview. Although there is
information about specific black soldiers who fought for Canada in World War I, students
must create an historically accurate interview with a fictional soldier, using the
information available. Numerous links are provided to a great variety of primary and
secondary information sources.
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Title: Build A
Space Station Community through Ancient Egypt
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: English & Language Arts; HSIE / SOSE;
Religious Education & Values
Grade Levels: Middle; Secondary
Location: Canada
Description:
Designed for Year 7 students, this
webquest requires students to gather information from rich websites in order to analyse
whether it would be desirable to 'transport' cultural aspects from Ancient Egypt to a
space station set in the year 2525 AD. It necessarily integrates the concept of social
responsibility as students must consider what it is they value about their community.
Students are assigned to a "Transport" team of 5 students. Each person in the
"Transport" team picks a role from the following list: worker, craftsman,
scribe, nobleperson, and high priest. Students must also join a research team to research
their roles.
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Title: Cabinet
Meeting Agenda
Rating:
Key Learning Areas: English & Language Arts; HSIE / SOSE
Grade Levels: Middle
Location: Canada
Description:
Students have to research and decide
how the historical background of First Nations in British Columbia, Canada applies to a
current issue facing the Aboriginal peoples. Students have to "show the Premier"
how s/he could deal with this issue in a way that would support First Nations people and
be thoughtful, creative, and sensitive to First Nations people. Students will need some
background knowledge in provincial politics before commencing this webquest. The Fiirst
Nations current issues include Education, Land Claims, Forestry, Fisheries and Self
Government.
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