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Cell City WebQuest.(TRIED AND TRUE)
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Science Scope
- Article date:
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January 1, 2008
- Author:
- Rasmussen, Clay; Resler, Amy; Rasmussen, Audra
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When faced with a dwindling budget and supplies, I began using more online resources to provide students with engaging, affordable activities. WebQuests, online activities that require students to read, analyze, and synthesize information found on the web, are one of my favorite ways of facilitating instruction and student inquiry. In this article, I will describe how I use a WebQuest called Cell City to teach students the names and functions of all the major cell organelles.
City in a cell
Prior to the activity, I save the URL of the WebQuest in the Favorites folder on each of the computers students will be using. Each group of four or five students will need access ...