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WebQuests Created By Milford Teachers

Each year since June 1999 the Milford Public School System has had week long workshops for teachers to create WebQuests connected to their curriculum. Using the theory and templates provided by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University teachers have developed essential questions that promote higher order thinking skills. Internet sites have been evaluated for authenticity, relevence, currency and content by the teachers. Sites that were found most valuable were included in the WebQuests. Below are the WebQuests created by Milford teachers. You are welcome to use any of the WebQuests that support your teaching. As a courtesy we ask you to email the teacher giving feedback, suggestions or a thank you for their hard work. If you would like to participate in a WebQuest workshop in June 2002 please email Debbie Hourigan at dhourigan@milforded.org.

Revised 10/2/07

Elementary

Middle School

High School

Elementary Level

	A Guide to Connecticut's Treasures Lorraine Hawkins and Diana Simington 6/2001 dsimington@milforded.org	Fourth graders will love using this WebQuest to learn about the unique and famous resources Connecticut has. Students will act as tour guides for the Connecticut Department of Tourism. The task is to create and design a Connecticut Travel Brochure.
	Amazing America: American Revolution WebQuest Jeanne Cox, Lisa Pike, and Elizabeth Zito 6/2000 jcox@milforded.org	With a partner, students will study a famous person who lived during the time of the American Revolution (1775-1781). The team will evaluate the achievements of the person to determine how he or she contributed to our American culture.As a final activity, you will make a medal to present to your famous person at a testimonial ceremony. The special award of will be given to the person voted as best by the entire WebQuest team.
	Art Gallery Trip MaryEllen Antar 6/2001 mantar@milforded.org	This WebQuest will prepare students for a visit to the Yale Art Gallery in New Haven,CT .Each student in the class will be a participating artist and actually make art similar to some of the famous artists they will be seeing at the Yale Art Gallery. Each group will cooperatively research a famous artist.
	Exercise Your Search Skills Elizabeth Baiardi, Helen Pappas, Eileen Skruck and Diane Strumello 6/2000 eskruck@milforded.org	Search engines are fast but dumb. They need to be told what to do. Take control and make them work for you.In this WebQuest you will exercise and define your search muscles. You will explore a variety of search engines and search strategies that will allow you to conduct future searches with ease and confidence.
	Love Those Lepidopterans Butterflies and Moths Jill Bracksieck 6/2001 jbracksieck@milforded.org	Students will learn to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth. Students will choose a butterfly or moth to research, create and share a report on the butterfly or moth to present to the class.
	Take a Vacation on the Planet Mary King 6/2000 mking@milforded.org	As travel agents you are responsible for developing a brochure/advertisement and travel commercial promoting your planet as the best place to vacation in the solar system. Every planet is different, so it is your job to give as many interesting facts, information and pictures as you can so that we will pick your planet as our vacation destination over anyone else.
	What's Your Holiday Gloria Marino 6/2001 gmarino@milforded.org	Discovering the history and significance of holidays is also a lesson in learning and respecting other cultures and people. When we learn about the history of the holiday, we learn about different people around the world. Students will work to discover the importance of the major holidays in spring, winter and fall.

Middle School

	A Creative Journey Into History: Discovery Story Project Lynn Coleman 6/2001 lcoleman@milforded.org	Imagine you are an author who will be writing a new story. The editor at your publisher, Harborside Press, has asked you to base your story on an American historic figure and time period in order to bring your story and a key character to life for your reader.
	Gift of Life Dorothy Franco-Reed, Betsy Ratner, Charlene Beers, Marjorie Kelley 6/2001 cbeers@milforded.org	The task will be to become an informed citizen concerning the issue of organ donation. The mission is to acquire information to create a unique presentation.
	I Went to D.C. Too! David Maus 6/2000 dmaus@milforded.org	Students will become a certified "WTG" or Washington Tour Guide.A Virtual tour of D.C. will be created by each group.
	Immigration: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Ann Gekas, Barbara Olszta, JoAnn Rizza and Ann Donnells 6/1999 agekas@milforded.org	In this Web Quest, students work cooperatively to learn about past and present immigration, make predictions about future immigration trends, and present findings to your peers.
	Legacy of Earth Shawna Dionne, Cordelia Isiofia, Michele Cassel 6/2001 cisiofia@milforded.org	Students will be creating a museum city that uses architecture currently on the earth. They will choose the monuments or buildings you feel best represent the achievements of the human race.
	Living On the Edge How Volcanoes Affect People Who Live Near Them Pat Tivadar 6/2001 ptivadar@milforded.org	Students will investigate how volcanoes affect the people who live near them. Each group will make a documentary about life in a volcanic region. Eachr group will prepare a multimedia documentary, which includes a PowerPoint® presentation, about the volcanic region, for presentation to the rest of the class.
	Medieval Drama ID Austin Cesare and Pam Begin 6/2001 pbegin@milforded.org	A medieval band of merry travelers must create a play that will both entertain and inform the court. This play must include details about medieval times (500AD-1300AD).
	Multicultural Exposure Beth Keen and Marietta Meyer 6/1999 bkeen@milforded.org	Students need to become familiar with the country they are assigned to visit as an exchange student.. They gather information and prepare a presentation to share the information with classmates.
	Play Ball!! Robert Morelli 6/1999 rmorelli@milforded.org	The city of Milford wants to attract a minor league baseball team. The mayor has appointed you and your WEBQUEST team to create a presentation that will convince either the BLUEFISH or the RAVENS affiliates that our city is a better location/choice for their team.
	Protest Songs of the 60's Bruce Bednarsky 6/2000 bbednarsky@milforded.org	Did the demonstrations,sit-ins,protests and music really change anything? Looking at history through a variety of views students will try to come to consensus to answer the essential question.
	SOS: Save Our Sound Helen Mainhart and Joyce Swanson 6/1999 jswanson@milforded.org	Students are asked to develop an emergency clean-up plan in this simulation. An oil tanker has just hit a sand bar and is now leaking gallons of oil into the Long Island Sound. This plan should also consider the other kinds of pollution that might occur in Long Island Sound (sewage spillage, litter from careless boaters and beach goers, and aftermaths of severe weather).
	Roping in Your Summer Reading Joan Raucher 6/2000 jraucher@milforded.org	You are to be the creator, illustrator and critic for one of the books that you have read for your summer reading requirement. You will become an expert on the author and the piece of literature you have chosen, and you will introduce your class and teacher to your choice. You will decide what information from the author's life, and what information about the book, will be interesting to teach to your fellow classmates and your teacher. .
	A Personal Perspective of Prejudice Eileen Doyle & Kristina Sancher 6/1999 edoyle@milforded.org ksancher@milforded.org	Prejudice touches us all, and you will have an opportunity to experience some of the consequences of intolerance towards ordinary people like you. You will also discover that many people had the courage to care. During this WebQuest, you may become a Jewish person being persecuted during the Holocaust, an African American struggling against segregation and discrimination in America, or a fearless freedom fighter who has the will and determination to combat these evils.
	Take a Vacation on the Planet Mary King 6/2000 mking@milforded.org	As travel agents you are responsible for developing a brochure/advertisement and travel commercial promoting your planet as the best place to vacation in the solar system. Every planet is different, so it is your job to give as many interesting facts, information and pictures as you can so that we will pick your planet as our vacation destination over anyone else.

High School

	A Future In The Arts Rachael A. Murphy, MFA 6/2000 rmurphy@milforded.org	Welcome to your future! This Web Quest has been designed to help you focus your goals, research colleges and prepare your portfolio for college admission.
	ATCG Enterprises Biology Webquest Chris Noel 6/2000	Use the concept of genetic engineering to design the production of the protein or enzyme of your choice, and then present this proposal.
	A Vacation in Spain Melanie Sanchez 6/2000 msanchez@milforded.org	You are about to enter a contest, and the winners will be awarded a nice prize! The group that comes up with the most comprehensive itinerary for the trip will be the winners. The work of planning your vacation will be divided among the group and each is responsible for planning a part of the trip, such as flights, hotels, places to visit and what to eat. Make sure you include prices in US Dollars as well as in Spanish pesetas!
	Dust Bowl Austin Cesare 6/2001 acesare@milforded.org	Welcome to the Travels Through Time Webquest series created to offer you an in depth look at an important event in U.S. History. In this particular WebQuest you will look at a very challenging and troublesome time- THE DUST BOWL.
	Design a Greenhouse Dawn Davis, Melissa Garber, and Donna Chaney 6/2000 ddavis@milforded.org	The Plant World executives require students to take a basic botany entrance exam, create a greenhouse maintenance plan for one specific plant, and compile information about the plant for at-home care. Students will be required to describe modifications the plant would need in order to survive in another biome.
	Kosovo War Tribunal Diane Bourque, Barbara Rudzinski, Louise Uchaczyk 6/2000 dbourque@milforded.org	Should Milosevic be turned over to the War Crimes Tribunal? Will this process be an effective weapon in curtailing others leaders from directing genocide and other heinous war crimes?
	Las Aventuras de Manolito Ed Connolly 6/2001 econnolly@milforded.org	¿Dónde estará nuestro amigo Manolito estos días?
	Medieval Times Robert Scaramella 6/2000 rscaramella@milforded.org	Students will embark on a WebQuest, an inquiry-related activity using the Internet and other sources. The area of investigation will be England during the Anglo-Norman period of the Middle Ages, the period from 1066, the date of the Battle of Hastings when the Normans of France invaded England, and ending around 1500.
	Physical Science WebQuests George Benedetti and Doreen Jaekle 2/2001 gbenedetti@milforded.org	Physics is present in all that you do. When you hit a ball, score a touchdown, or sink a putt, the laws of physics determine the outcome. You will be using this web quest in order to define the relationship between physics and a sport of your choice. Working individually you will use these internet sites listed below, as well as any other print or electronic resources you may find to gather your information.
	Seven Wonders of the World Barbara Schmidt 6/2001 bschmidt@milforded.org	Members of the class will act as members of the National Geographic Society and will vote as to which sites will now remain as the six Wonders of the Ancient World ,and which site should be permanently dropped from this prestigious list.
	Spanish Art Christine Sullivan 6/2000 csullivan@milforded.org	Tu - si, tu - eres un empleo importante del nuevo Museo, encargado de comprar unas pinturas. Antes de hacer una decision, hay que inspeccionarlas y analizarlas. Entonces, es necesario hacer una presentacion al presidente del museo explicando, y mostrando en las pinturas, las razones para tus decisiones.
	Revised Stem Cell WebQuest Old Stem Cell Research-Promise or Problem Janet Wislocki 7/2001 jwislocki@milforded.org	The technology exists to use human stem cells for medical purposes. These cells can be harvested from several sources. This is an extremely controversial isue which the National Science and Technology Council must consider. To do this, they must have advice from people who are experts in this area. You have been asked to be part of a committee consisting of a a scientist, an ethicist, and a politican. You will take on the roles of the experts and will make recommendations based upon your research.
	Stock Market Investing WebQuest Mr. Kuhtlhau 6/2000 kuhtlhau@milforded.org	Your long lost rich uncle has just given you $100,000. Consider investing in the stock market. "Money has the opportunity to grow by investing in companies that are publicly traded on the stock market." This would be a great learning experience and students should do research on stock market investing.
	The Ideal Culture Janet Acampora 6/2000 jacampora@milforded.org	The United Nations is going to finance the creation of a new country! A committee will be accepting and reviewing proposals for the next month. They will then make their choice based upon how complete the proposal is, how persuasive the creators are, and how successful they think the society could be.
	Understanding Eating Disorders Karen Ohrenberger 6/2001 kohrenberger@milforded.org	The task is to create a newsletter to inform parents and teens about the causes and symptoms of eating disorders to encourage early detection and treatment.
	Vengan a mi Pais Jo Milano 3/2001 jmilano@milforded.org	YOU ARE A VERY STUFFY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO IS ABOUT TO BE FIRED BECAUSE YOU ARE SOOOO BORING. YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU ARE WORTHY OF YOUR POSITION. YOU MUST INVENT AN OUTRAGEOUS, OUT OF THIS WORLD LESSON WHERE YOU WILL IMPART ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ENTHUSIASM, ABOUT A SPANISH SPEAKING COUTRY, IN FIVE MINUTES OR LESS, TO A GROUP OF NONCHALANT, DISINTERESTED STUDENTS.
	Voices of Protest Barbara Rudzinski Lisa Peterson 6/2000 brudzinski@milforded.org	You are going to become a news reporter for the Voices of Protest Gazette over the next few days so put on your thinking caps and ìstrain the brainî! You will write the lead articles on the front-page of the Voices of Protest Gazette.
	Who is an existentialist? Mary Ellen Minichiello 3/2001 mminichello@milforded.org	Would existentialists enjoy music and feel euphoric when experiencing a new piece of music? ...Would they enjoy satire and humor in prose and poetry? ...Or would they feel that life is absurd and meaningless, so that it is futile to experience any type of happiness?
	World War I Kathy DeFonzo, Louise Uchaczyk, and Richard Walter 6/2000 kdefonzo@milforded.org	Having studied the factual aspects of World War 1, students will now take on the persona of a person directly affected by the war and produce a document.
	You have the Power, Take the Smoke Out of Milford Robert Asmussen 6/2001 rasmussen@milforded.org	Each student is going to compose a letter to the City Council urging Milford to become more of a smoke free society. There are many things that could be accomplished to meet your criteria. For example, your letter could focus on abolishing vending machines that sell tobacco in restaurants and bars. There are many other avenues you could explore in your letter to City Hall.