After much deliberation between creating a WebQuest for my current math classroom, my future computer classroom, or for our teachers as part of our professional development, I've decided to do it for my current math classroom. For a WebQuest, you need to have a specific goal and task, and a "cover story." Out of my three options, I think a math WebQuest would be the most appropriate choice.
Last year, I created a worksheet for my math students where they had to "build a flower bed," well really just do the math calculations needed to build a flower bed. It only took one day and was a review of many of our Academic Content Standards. It covered choosing the correct measure (perimeter, area, surface area, or volume), calculating geometric measurement, and algebra to calculate how much it would cost. I figured that I could take this worksheet, and turn it into a WebQuest that the students could really be engaged in. The "cover story" will be that they were selected to landscape for the school, and they would have to design a flower bed. They will have to research the cost of all of the items needed to build a flower bed, research what type of flower they would like to plant, and make a scale drawing of their flower bed.
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