WebQuest

This WebQuest was created for an English class for students to do a research project in a fun and interactive way. Any teacher of any subject can use a WebQuest to help teach a lesson because they are very diverse in what you can teach with them. Students can do all sorts of things, it's just up to the teacher's imagination what he/she has them do with it. I had a lot of fun learning how to create a WebQuest and I think I will definitely be using it in my classroom if I decide to teach. We also had to create a lesson plan around the WebQuest, so I have included a link to that as well.

Lesson Plan:



WebQuest:

**Introduction:**



Hello students! Today you will begin your exciting senior year of college. With this adventure comes a mighty big task: deciding your future. With this activity, you will do some research to decide what is the best career for you and what your life might be like when it comes time for your 10-year reunion.


 * Task:**

Your task is going to be to figure out which career you might want to have once you graduate. You will be taking a survey to see what career might be right for you and choosing one to research. You will need to discover your potential salary, availability of the job where you think you want to live, the education or training level required for the job, work hazards, and reasons why the career might not appeal to you. You will then come to class for your 10-year reunion and let the class know about what your life is like, including all of the things you researched about your career. *NOTE: You may need to take time outside of class to complete everything in the WebQuest.



**Process/Resources: ** 1. Go to one of the following sites and take the inventory to figure out what career may be best suited for you. You should print off the results page to turn in. -[] -[]  2. Go to one of the following websites and research what would be your average salary for the career you have chosen. - [] - [] - []  3. Go to one of the following websites to discover the availability of the career you chose in the area you believe you might want to live. - [] - [] - [] - []  4. Go to one of the following websites to learn about the education level required for your career: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">- [] []= (for this website, leave education level as “overall”) - [] (this will tell you if there are any jobs available with the level of education you select, along with other options you choose, such as state and years of experience) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> 5. Go to one of the following websites to learn more about the career of your choosing. They have all sorts of information about every career out there! You need at least 3 extra interesting facts about your career that you didn’t know before. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">- [|http://www.google.com] - [|http://www.yahoo.com] - [|http://www.about.com] - []

(5 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Completed the online inventory but did not choose a career from choices given. (3 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not complete online inventory and chose a career without guidance of the inventory. (0 points) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">__/5__ ** || (5 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided an average salary but it did not match the career chosen. (3 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not provide an average salary. (0 points) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">/5 ** || (5 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided an availability of career but it did not make sense with location chosen. (3 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not provide an availability of career. (0 points) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">__/5__ ** || (5 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided an education level but it did not meet the requirements of the career chosen. (3 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not provide a required education level for career chosen. (0 points) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">/5 ** || (15 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided 1-2 extra facts about the career chosen. (5-10 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not provide any extra facts about the career chosen. (0 points) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">__/15__ ** || (65-45 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not dress up as role of career chosen, included only partial information from above in presentation, did not have a visual aid or visual aid did not help with presentation, apparent effort given. (45-25 points) || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Did not dress up as role of career chosen, included only one or two pieces of information from above in presentation, did not have a visual aid, no apparent effort given. (25-0 points) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">/65 ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Evaluation: **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;"> || **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">Excellent ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;"> || **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">Good ** || **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">Poor ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;"> || **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">Total ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Inventory ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Completed the online inventory and chose a career from choices given.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Average Salary ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided an average salary that matched the career chosen.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Availability of Career ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided an availability of career that made sense with location chosen.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Education Level ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided the correct education level required for the career chosen.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Extra Information ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Provided at least three extra facts about the career chosen.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Presentation ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Gave presentation as role of career chosen, included all of the information from above in presentation, had some sort of visual aid to help with presentation, apparent effort given.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: center;"> || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Total: __/100 ** ||

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Conclusion**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Congratulations! You now have a clear path on what career you should choose. Hopefully this will help you discover the field you would like to pursue. This presentation does not determine your future from now on, but instead opens doors to new possibilities you may not have thought of. If you would like more information, you can contact a school counselor to help you learn more about choosing a career that is right for you.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Teacher Information (advice to other teachers on how to use this WebQuest)** This WebQuest was created for 8th-9th grade English students. If you would like to make this fit your younger class, you could have students find less information and focus on the different aspects of the career, not necessarily taking the survey because they may not be able to judge some of the questions just yet. For older students, you could have them look up even more specific things about their career chosen from the survey, such as work hazards, advancement and training opportunities, or even have them focus their search for jobs that fit people their age.