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Teachers have been creating WebQuests for the
past several years.
Here are some that will make your unit preparation easier.
HOT
SITES CAREER
WEBQUEST PORTALS ELEMENTARY
WEBQUESTS SECONDARY WEBQUESTS
HOT SITES
Virtual Career Quest
Virtual Career Quest lets you explore the world of work, now and
in the future, utilizing stories from USATODAY, online experts and
interactive features that can help you decide what career to pursue.
A wealth of occupational and career information, activities, downloadable
pages, and critical-thinking features will ensure that you're prepared
for exciting career possibilities. Source: USATODAY
CAREER WEBQUEST PORTALS
WebQuest Portal Do a search using the keyword career to find a number of WebQuests on the subject.
Source: Bernie Dodge
Career WebQuests Links to interactive
lessons for career exploration. Source: Rutherford County Schools,
KY
ELEMENTARY WEBQUESTS
Bright Beginnings In this WebQuest, you will choose
a business that's right for you and create advertisements
for your business. Source: Melinda Smith
Cool Careers in Science and Technology Upon viewing this
Web site students should be able to get an idea about what career
they might be interested in having as adults. They can also learn
about resumes, goal setting and exploring colleges.
Economics:
An Exciting Entrepreneur Experience Each group of
three students creates a business plan using Hyperstudio. Students
will assemble their economic plan explaining their strategies
for supply and demand, advertising, and finance issues.
Source: Emily Rue / Lindsay Whiting
Weekend@Bernie's (4-6) A budgeting WebQuest for students to research,
budget, use a spreadsheet, and design a slide show.
Source: Darien Deimling / Doug Stotts
What
Will I Be When I Get Big This project allow students
to develop a personal vision statement of what they would like to
be when they grow up with the help and guidance of Stephen R. Covey
and the help of the Franklin Covey Corporation.
Source: John Clay
SECONDARY WEBQUESTS
Butcher,
Baker, Candlestick Maker Unemployed students find
out how to search for a new career. Source: Susan
Brooks / Bill Byles
Career Web Quest As a 12th grader, who is completing
the Career Pathways process, the student
task is to create a Career Web page pertaining
to a career of your choice to be viewed by the 9th Grade Academy. Source:
Berks County S.D. PA
Careers Past and Present (7-9) Students will explore
the history of careers and in the future, these "surfing"
skills will help them find career information to determine openings
and apply on-line for the position they want.
Source: Kathy Fish-Gilbert
Choices
into Action Webquest Student will develop
a portfolio of career interests. Source: Doug
Peterson
Congratulation$! Now Win! A WebQuest for 12th
Grade Advanced Marketing
Each student group must create a successful sports franchise. Source:
Christopher Kersting
Exploring Careers A WebQuest for Seventh Grade classes to
develop job exploration skills. Source: Deborah Johnson, Arizona
State University
FutureQuest
Students assume the role of a high school career counselor.
This project is designed to be a collaborative classroom
activity during which all students in the class learn about Internet
resources that are available to help them in college and career
planning. Source: Leanne Twidell
Get
Me Out of Here! Transition planning for high school
students includes writing a resume and cover letter, planning for
college and career interview guidance. Source:
Jessica Garnett
Goal
Reaching Process Students will career options, formulate
a concrete and measurable goal and
design a plan for attaining this
goal. Source: Carolyn Burleson
It's
My Life In order to be prepared for a career, students
will research an occupation of their choice and through outlined
steps, find a job, place to live, create a budget and forecast their
net worth in five (5) years based on their salary.
Source: Shellie Hughes
Quest
to Find the Perfect Careers! Discover the perfect
career for you. The quest is to examine each student's unique skills
and interests and make a career choice that is a good match for
them. Source: Stutzman
Making Ends
Meet: A Comprehensive Budgeting Project for the Secondary Classroom
Students will get a job in a new state, buy a car, find a place
to live, develop and analyze a monthly budget and present their
experiences to their peers. Source: ITSCO
Our
Brilliant Careers Students answer the question "what
do you want to be when you grow up?" They then research these
real careers and save their findings in a career database.
Personal
Budget Webquest This lesson has two purposes. The
first and apparent purpose is to have students set up a budget,
with the intention that they will practice using percents. The second
objective is a hidden one; namely to make students aware of the
cost of their dreams, and the education needed to achieve them.
Source: S.Bzinak
Real
World And Careers: Closer Than You Think A career exploration
WebQuest where students learn about themselves and investigate a
career. This project includes a classroom presentation.
Source: Karen Blazosky
and Sharon Dogruel
Rising
Cost of College Where do students plan on going to college
and how do they and their family intend to fund college expenses?
Source: Mrs. Branham
Where
Will You Go from Here? This is a career exploration WebQuest
designed for 8th grade students. Students begin by researching several
careers then they narrow their search down to a specific career.
They are then required to do a more in-depth investigation of that
career. Source: Jane Perzyk
Zoom
in on Your Future In this WebQuest,
students have an opportunity to find careers suited to their personal
interests, check out colleges and universities that offer training
in those careers, and the future prospects for those careers.
Source: Regina Meeks
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