In other words, the students must prove the old Chinese proverb, Paper Can't Wrap Fire . Dan Fickett created a WebQuest to enhance his students' reading of Erik Haugaard's The Samurai's Tale. A rich set of Web links add cultural information that should help students as they put the themes of the book into a historical and a personal context. This is a nice example of using the Web to tap into more multicultural resources than we would ordinarily have access to. The WebQuest was created using Filamentality .
Students look at characteristics and challenges of the desert from different perspectives.
After they learn about the desert and complete the assignments given to them, they design a multimedia presentation describing what they have found and present it back to the class. This project was designed to take about a week to do, with kids in groups of 5 or less. In this WebQuest, student teams research and debate whether they would rather live near an earthquake fault or a volcano. Web links help students learn earth science principles as they consider their task. Students finish the quest by writing e-mail to a geologist.