Middle School Science
WebQuests use World Wide Web resources for inquiry-based
instructional activities. Missouri teachers have created the high-quality WebQuests
offered here. All have been evaluated by eMINTS staff using a scoring guide. Show-Me
Standards met by each WebQuest are listed.
 Accepted under new submission criteria (beginning January 2006)
| Title |
Description/Standards |
 No Bats in My Town |
The mayor of the town is not sure whether to keep or get rid of the bats in the cave at the edge of town. Therefore, she has hired cinsultants from around the United States to give her their expert opinions as to how to proceed. Students become experts in four fields of study--Mythologists, Biologists, Vampire-ologists and Ecologists. After doing research, they collaborate and summarize their findings in a business letter.
ISTE NETS-S : 5. Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, Web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4); 1. Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively. (1) ; Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources. (6)
Show-Me Standards: See WebQuest teacher page |
| The Newton Car Project |
This project originally was an activity posted on the NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Project. However, a colleague and I expanded it into a project with a nod to “Junkyard Wars.” This lesson is one part of a unit on Motion, Forces and Energy that includes activities and demonstrations. Students apply Newton's Laws of motion to construct a vehicle that moves forward by propelling an object backwards.
ISTE NETS-S:
Show-Me Standards:
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| Mother of Inventions |
Mother of Inventions is a higher order thinking skills WebQuest. This project is not recccomended for the early initiate into Web Quests. In this Quest participants will determine criteria, rank inventions and create both a presentation and a scale model.
ISTE NETS-S:
Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when using information and technology.
Use content specific tools, software, and simulations to support learning and research.
Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.
Show-Me Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 2.3
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| The Migrating Armadillo |
Have you seen an armadillo in your area? This WebQuest looks at the northward migration of this typically southern animal. Students are asked to examine the lifestyle and habits of this species and evaluate how it will coexist on the food chain in the more northern states. Students will also trace the migration of an armadillo and place it on a food chain to determine if this migration endangers other species in the new regions.
Show-Me Standards: Goal 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 1.1, 1.2.1,4, CA: Reading 3C; CA Information Literacy 1A, B, C and D; Science: Strand 4; Social Studies: Strands 5 &7
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