A number of global projects with free registration. Focuses on math, science, and information technology.

Collaborate with a writer electronically through a Grassroots project.

A variety of projects are offered in English and French.

A collaborative writing activity for grades 6-8 and 9-12. Procedures for the play writing are described with worksheets and specific dates for communicating with the circle of classes.

Included are: Field Trips, GeoGame, Make a Difference stories, On-Line Expeditions, Newsday, and a Projects Registry where you can join your class in a ready-made project or post your own.

Register to access an online project-- assignment and support material available. - Secondary school content

The world's largest online classroom community and leading provider of student-safe e-mail. This is a safe-site because all messages (incoming and outgoing) must be approved by both teachers before going to the student's inbox.  Not only do students get a chance to practice their writing, keyboarding and internet skills, they also get a chance to learn about other countries and make new friends from all around the world.

Consortium Partners: Artsedsge, EconEdlink, EDSITEment, Illuminations, Literacy Network, Verizon Foundation, ReadWriteThink, Science Netlinks, Smithonian's History Explorer, Xpeditions.
Free online resources for Teachers, Stutents, Parents, and Afterschool workers.

This is an American site but the lesson plan format can be adapted to Canadian historic sites.

• Create Your Own Lesson

Sign-in for free to access these online tools to engage students in higher level thinking:

• Visual Ranking Tool
• Showing Evidence
• Seeing Reason Tool

View a Webinar that introduces thinking tools and how they engage students in making their ideas visible

Extensive lists of online cyberhunt for many subject areas. If you do not want to use the cyberhunts, you can use the great links for student research.

Links to how to construct your own treasure hunt.

A list of printable scavenger hunts with links. Great models to use for your own on-line hunts.

Ready-made on-line field trips on: deserts, dinosaurs, fierce creatures, hurricanes, insects, natural wonders of the world, oceans, salt marshes, sharks, temperate forests- biomes, tornadoes, volcanoes and more...

• Virtual Field Trips versus Webquests

The basic structure of a Sampler is to list a small number of really cool links (maybe 6 - 10). Then ask students questions that prompt them to explore each link from their personal opinions, experiences, and preferences. 

Overviews and underpinnings, specific aspects, complete workshops

• A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests

Read this article to determine how to use webquests in your teaching.

Training Materials

• Some thoughts about WebQuests
• Building Blocks of a WebQuest : Follow the steps to make your WebQuest- Write the Introduction, Task, Process, Evaluation, Conclusion
• The WebQuest Design Process
• Template Choices
• Templates: Choose a template on your computer and follow the directions on each page
• WebQuest Process Checklist

Articles and templates to support WebQuest writing and student use by Tom March.

• Why Webquest?
• The WebQuest Design Process
• WebQuest 101
• The 3r's of WebQuests
• Webquest Template

Take this webquest written by Bernie Dodge to determine what kind of webquest you want to create.

• Grades 3-4 Version
• Middle School Version
• Middle School/High School Version
• High School Humanities Version

A Review of the steps to creating a webquest.

Lists of hierarchy of task with examples.

Create an on-line worksheet for your students.

A tutorial for teachers outlining how to create a webquest. Complete webquests for all grades are listed.

• WebQuest 101 -Take the tutorial

This tutorial walks you through making an on-line research module where students focus on higher level thinking.

The Web Quest Database: A Complete Guide to Creating Web Quests
This site provides links to how to create a webquest and where you can find ready-made webquests.
The Web Quest model was originally created in February, 1995 by Bernie Dodge, PhD for a San Diego State University course. A web quest is an online activity in which an instructor outlines a quest or project, and asks students to visit specific websites to obtain information, to fulfil the requirements of the quest. 

 An on-line slide presentation that takes you through the process of developing an on-line project. References, examples and templates are included.

At this site you can create an on-line worksheet for your students. You will need to have collected content, urls to link to your page and a page layout in mind before proceeding through the site.

A fill-in-the-blank interactive website that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners. Your are directed to build Hotlists, Scrapbooks, Web Hunts, Samplers, or Webquests. This is an excellent way to collect and post selected sites for your class to use rather than have them surf the web.

• What to do with a sampler Page-- What is a Sampler?

Tom March selects webquests for early grades to adult learning - all subject areas.

A listing of webquests across the curriculum and grades based on Bernie Dodge's model.

Kathi Mitchell has compiled a useful selection of links to Social Studies and Science WebQuests.