Show Them What You've Got

A WebQuest for Grade: 9-12 Study Skills

Walk in My Shoes: How a Disability Changes Your Life

Traveler's Graphic Journal, A       Grade: 9-12
English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers Social Studies Technology

A virtual journey from San Diego to San Francisco which results in a published graphic journal.

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker  Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers

Unemployed students find out how to search for a new career

Choices into Action WebQuest    Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers

Develop a portfolio of career interests from grade 7 to 12.

College Search in North Carolina  Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers

College planning tool for NC high school students

Extreme Sports WebQuest  Grade: 9-12 Business English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers Professional Social Studies Technology

A virtual field trip across the country to create a magazine article (based on a real project)

Find a Need and Fill It  Grade: 9-12 College/Adult English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers Professional Social Studies

Participants learn the value of community involvement as they set about finding and filling needs in their community.

Foods of the U.S.   Grade: 9-12 Health/PE Life Skills/Careers

Create a cookbook that reflects regional US cuisine and put together heart-healthy menus.

FutureQuest      Grade: 9-12  Life Skills/Careers

Learners think about their own career choices by acting like counselors to four simulated kids.

Living Within Your Means           Grade: 9-12  English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers Math

Teaches young adults how to manage money, find a job, find an apartment...life skills

My First Car      Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers Math

Can you buy your own car? Where do you buy it? What about insurance? How will you pay for it?

Personal Budget WebQuest        Grade: 6-8 9-12 Life Skills/Careers Math

Set up a budget and a lifestyle.

Put Your School On the Web      Grade: 9-12 College/Adult English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers Technology

Students take the roles of student, teacher, parent, principal and district administrator and work to bring their varying points of view together enough to create policies to govern a school web site and a mock-up of the actual site.

Ready to Take the Wheel           Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers

High School students learn how to purchase a reliable car, insure it and meet other legal requirements.

The Goal Reaching Process  Grade: 9-12 College/Adult English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers

Research career options, formulate a concrete and measurable goal. Design a plan for attaining your goal.

When I Grow Up            Grade: 6-8 9-12 Business English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers Technology

This is a career exploration WebQuest that asks students to research a career.

Zoom in on Your Future  Grade: 9-12 English/Language Arts Life Skills/Careers

Find and describe a career.

Flavors of the World       Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers

Students explore flavors and ingredients unique to specific countries of the world. Then, in their role as executive chef of the United Nations, they select recipes and prepare a buffet for foreign dignitaries.

Get Me Out of Here! Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers Professional

Transition planning for high school students includes writing a resume and cover letter, planning for college and career and participating in an interview.

Math Models & Economics         Grade: 9-12 College/Adult Life Skills/Careers Math Social Studies

A compilation of WebQuests designed to fulfill most of one semester requirement for Math Models and Economics courses for high schools. It includes: Buying/Leasing a vehicle; Buying/Renting a house; Budget and Career; and Investment.

Choice is Yours, The      Grade: 9-12 Life Skills/Careers

Picture yourself no longer as a high senior, but a parent. Can you choose which type of schooling (public, private, or home schooling) you would send your child to?

On My Road                   

This WebQuest is designed to build thought provoking ideas that can lead to more educated career choices. The WebQuest has an inventory that is modeled after the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.