WebQuest/High School/The Altitudinist

Your Impressions

WebQuest	Strengths	Weaknesses
Gorillas	There are several why and how questions which will make the students think more than just recalling info.  I also like that students can research about different organizations.  Being that their conclusion should be how they would save gorillas is impressive.	Some of the questions are just factual, simple answers.  However, that's not as much of a bad thing since there are other questions that make you think.
Shakespeare	This one is very good.  There is a lot of creativeness in this WebQuest which will make students think and more likely to be interested.  I like that the word 'analyze' is sprinkled through out the WebQuest.  Being responsible for researching information and then presenting it through the way of a play/scrapbook/PowerPoint presentation/etc. is nice.  It gives the children a wide range of options but still requires them to do a fair amount of work.	Can't find any major ones.
Earthquake	This allows students to create something on their own and I'm sure most students would find this activity pretty fun.  Students work together in groups and are responsible for different tasks.	I understand the building requirements and that they are a vital part of the activity.  However, this may cause groups to be less creative and play it safe.  There's also the possibility that groups will produce very similar projects because of this.
Foreign Country	I really like the overall idea and it does have some positive aspects to it.  I like that the students are trying to convince people why their trips were the best.  Choosing where they would go and how they will present the information are good.  It's good that they have a choice when it comes to certain parts of the project.	The actual information presented on the trips may be plain and simple.  I would see Wikipedia being used by many students.
Waves & Sound	In the Task section it points out that you are supposed to logic and high level thinking.  The process of the assignment requires a lot of thinking.  The word describe and solve pop up quite a lot.  Very good.	It would probably get pretty boring pretty fast.  That may prevent better work being done on the assignment.