WebQuest Created by: Lindsey Barkley, Teacher
Purpose: This WebQuest was created for 6th grade Middle School students focusing on Health and Wellness. Students were pre-exposed to health-enhancing behaviors and avoiding or reducing health risks.
Standards:
Suggestions: If a group is having a hard time choosing who researches each topic, it will be a good idea for the teacher to step in so groups are stuck on this task. Teacher will want to give one-on-one feedback when each counselor is finished with Step 2. This will ensure students are on the right track to start with so they are not having to go back and correct something that should have been caught early on.
Purpose: This WebQuest was created for 6th grade Middle School students focusing on Health and Wellness. Students were pre-exposed to health-enhancing behaviors and avoiding or reducing health risks.
Standards:
- The Georgia Performance Health Standards include the following:
- HE6.7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
- Description: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks. Sixth grade students will practice health-enhancing behaviors that contribute to a positive quality of life. By accepting responsibility for personal health, students will build a foundation for living a healthy and productive life.
- HE6.7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
- ISTE Standards for Students:
- Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
- Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
- Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Suggestions: If a group is having a hard time choosing who researches each topic, it will be a good idea for the teacher to step in so groups are stuck on this task. Teacher will want to give one-on-one feedback when each counselor is finished with Step 2. This will ensure students are on the right track to start with so they are not having to go back and correct something that should have been caught early on.