Organic Compounds - Design a WebQuest
Academic Biology I 16-17
In this activity, you and a group will create a WebQuest on an assigned molecule.
You will learn all about your molecule while designing the WebQuest and your
classmates will learn all about your molecule while completing your WebQuest.
In the 1st part of this activity, you are CREATING a webquest. The webquest you
design has 5 parts:
A WebQuest has five basic parts: 1) Introduction, 2) Task(s), 3) Process, 4)
Evaluation, and 5) Conclusion. The objective of a WebQuest is to help the student
use (a) analysis, (b) synthesis, and (c) evaluation of information in order to
complete a task or a series of tasks. Many web source URL’s are provided for the
participants because you don’t want them spending their time gathering the
information needed. You want them to spend their time using the information.
You should encourage them, however, to explore other sites to gather more
information, if necessary.
 The Introduction orients students and captures their interest.
 The Task describes the activity's end product (use information from
webquest to create advertisement/mini poster).
 The Process explains strategies students should use to complete the
task (a.k.a. directions).
 The Evaluation measures the results of the activity. (a.k.a. Rubric for
the advertisement/poster)
 The Conclusion sums up the activity and encourages students to
reflect on its process and results. (a.k.a. reflection question(s)) example reflection questions; these go at the end of the assignment and
are completed once the webquest and advertisement/poster is
completed
Additionally, the Resources are the Web sites students will use to complete the
task.
For this assignment, the task will be to create an “advertisement” for
why a person should include your organic molecule in their diet.
Besides that, all the creation pieces are up to you.
→ Getting Started Finding Websites and Writing Questions: So first
thing you have to do is think about what information should be included in the
advertisement. At minimum, there should be some questions about “what” the
molecule is, what it’s structure is, and what are the functions in the body.
Anything is extra and will earn an excellent instead of satisfactory in the rubric.
You will need to write the information you want the group taking your webquest
to include in their advertisement in question form, - so the people taking your
webquest can answer them. Read through websites about your nutrient. Create
questions for students to answer from the information in the websites.
Once you have all your questions and your websites, use google docs to create a
webquest. Here is a basic example for how to set up a webquest.
Another example,another example
The evaluation - “rubric”: your group will also create a rubric by which the
advertisement/poster will be assessed (scored). Think about what makes a
“great,” vs. “good” vs. “not so good” project - then use those descriptions in your
rubric. Here is a “starter” organizer for your rubric. Click file, “save a
copy” - and then you have your own copy you can type on.
The conclusion - “reflection”: The conclusion should be something students
complete individually that asks them to think about what they learned, both in
terms of information about their molecule, but also the process of working with a
group, creating the poster effort they put in, obstacles they encountered, etc. example reflection questions
Grading of your Webquest: here is a checklist/rubric to make sure you
included all the required pieces of the assignment
Due dates:* subject to change as needed
WebQuest, evaluation, and rubric due: Friday 10/28
Interim due dates:
 Webquest: W, 10/26
 Rubric: R, 10/27
 Evaluation: F, 10/28
Completion of webquests: Friday 10/28-Monday 10/31
Advertisements due: Thursday 11/3
Here are the molecules you and your classmates will be doing!
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Vitamins
Fiber
Proteins
Cholesterol
Omega 3 fatty acids (type of triglyceride)
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