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In this WebQuest students will be able to:

• Use the internet to find 10 interesting facts about their favorite subject area and topic.
• Write an internet bibliography for each of these 10 facts.
• Compose 10 multiple choice questions using these interesting facts and links.
• Create file folders and web pages - Opening page, Introduction, Task, Resources, Evaluation, and Conclusion.
• Create a WebQuest on this favorite subject area and topic.

Steps for "Student Designed WebQuest":

1.  Have Students find and look at a WebQuest.  Have them identify the parts and things they like and don't like about different quest.  Example:

• Introduction - Describes the WebQuest
• Task - Behavior Objectives
• Process - Steps of the lesson
• Resources- Links and other source materials
• Teacher Advice - Handouts and advice
• Evaluation - Rubrics or test
• Conclusion - Drawing it all together suggestion for extension activities.

• Subject area: Science
• Topic: Robotics

4.  Have them search the internet and find pages that match their subject area and topic.

5.  Produce a resource web page that will link to these sites to their WebQuest.  This web page will be called "resource" and placed in a web folder called "resource."     Students must collect at least 10 relative links to the subject area and topic.

6.  Page must include the following things:

• Title and Resource Page- Example "Butterflies Resource Page"
• 10 links that are relative to topic and function correctly.
• Page title in Title Bar
• Saved in correct format - folder called "resource" and file called "resource"

7.  Using these links have students write 10 interesting facts about their topic. The students must right a bibliography for each of these facts.   The Bibliography must included the page name, URL, and date and time. These links must be on their Resource Page.

8.  Using these facts, have students compose 10 questions.  These questions should NOT be true-false or matching.  Later these will be made into multiple choice questions.  Have them write to correct answer and also 3 possible incorrect answers.

9.  Using these questions, students must produce a new file folder called "task" with a file called "task."   Page must contain the following things:

• Title and Task Page - Example "Robotics Task Page"
• 10 questions - No answers.
• Page title in title bar
• Saved in correct format - folder called "task" and file called "task"

10. Students will now take the 10 questions and make them multiple choice questions.

11.  Using these multiple choice questions, now have students create a file folder called "test"  with a file called "test."  Page must contain the following things:

• Title and Test or Evaluation Page - "Pet Peeve Evaluation Page"
• 10 questions and 4 multiple choice answers - These will be links later on to correct or incorrect pages.
• Page title in title bar
• Save in correct format - folder called "test" and file called "test"

12.  Students now produce 4 pages that says correct and 4 pages that say incorrect.  The names on these should be different and random numbers so students taking the quiz cannot look at the status bar and guess the answer.  Pages should include the following things:

•  statements that says correct or incorrect
• Page title in title bar
• Make followed link and links same color
• Correct and Incorrect answers of multiple choice questions are linked to the correct answers
• Save in "test" folder correct format of random numbers.

13. Now have students open the "test" file and  link each answer to correct or incorrect pages.

14.     Now create a folder called "intro" and a file called "intro".  On this page the students are to tell the subject are and topic and tell why they choose this topic and general description of themselves and this project.  This page should include the following things:

• Title and Introduction Page - "Pet Peeve Introduction  Page"
• Subject area and topic and why the WebQuest was created.
• Page title in title bar
• Save in correct format - folder called "intro" and file called "intro"

15.  Produce a folder called "end" and a file called "end."  On this page you thank the person for choosing your WebQuest and add any concluding remarks or other Web quest and link back to the main page.

• Title and  Conclusion Page - "Pet Peeve Conclusion  Page"
• Concluding Remarks and link to main page.
• Page title in title bar
• Save in correct format - folder called "end" and file called "end"

16.  Now have students create a new folder that will hold all of the other folders and file.  Make sure all folders have different names.  Move all folders into this folder

17.  Create a page called "index".  This is the opening page or splash page of the WebQuest.  It also should have the a link to each of the pages they have just created in this order - Introduction, Task, Resource, Evaluation, and Conclusion Page. following things:

• Title a WebQuest Name - "Pet Peeve WebQuest"
• Subject area and topic and why the quest was created.
• Page title in title bar
• Save in correct format - in the main folder and file called "index"
• Links to Introduction, Task, Resource, Evaluation, and Conclusion Page

18.  Make sure each page has a link to the next step and the index page.

19.  Create a 2 links on each page that says "next" and "home",   Next will take you to the next step of the quest and "home" will take you to the index page.

20.  Teacher or Student should create an index page to list all of the WebQuest created by the students.
  

Resources:

Students can use these links to view WebQuest.

Students can use these links to view Clip art resources.

We have taught this project in groups and to individuals.  Groups move faster.

You will have to create a master page to index all of the differetn projects.  When you do this you must be sure each folder has a different name.  Click here to see a sample page. 

This Project should be graded in stages.  The criteria for each section is listed under each folder.  I have created a rubric based on how this project was described on this WebQuest. See table below for this rubric.

These sites are additional resources that help teachers understand WebQuest and their value in education.

Conclusion:
WebQuest can take on many forms.  This WebQuest is how we did Student Designed WebQuest.   These instructions can be changed to best fit your school and students' needs.  All folders or files do not have to be used.  We called this project "Your Passion."  We wanted students to learn more about what they were interested in but at the same time teach others.