Webquest is a successful way for teachers to engage students to understand and work on a certain topic. Teachers can get through to students by helping them understand knowledge more clearly, make assignments interesting. Students will more likely gain knowledge. With the help of technology thinking skills can be adapted.
A positive outcome from webquest will require the educator to consume time and technology skills. The Curriculum must also be clear and interaction with various media formats like videos, music, podcasts, articles, blogs, and forums will make the webquest project more interesting and engage students to get the job done with a full understanding of the topic.
Students will be able to understand the effects tobacco has on the human body and share their thoughts with the help of media and web design.
This assignment is intended for 9th grade high school students.
Task 1. Students will watch a short film on tobacco developed by discoveryeduction.com followed by short multiple choice questions.
Task 2. Students will answer a survey dealing with tobacco and adolescent use.
Task 3. Students will make an anti tobacco ad with either graphic or video tools. The multimedia can include examples of what health issues are important and how tobacco can affect these health issues.
Task 4. Students will combined all videos and graphics, using windows movie maker. Final video must include facts on tobacco, some of the 4,000 different ingredients found in tobacco, statistics about adolescents and the use of tobacco, various forms of tobacco and ways of quitting.