 RESOURCES created by and for Middle School Teachers Graduated from or Partnered with UM-St.Louis |
| Best Examples of CURRICULUM UNITS : Examples of Constructivist Units |
| POWER POINT Presentations : (includes Keynotes exported as PPT) |
WEB QUESTS : (1-Copy Track #; 2-Click on selected WebQuest Title ... to arrive at TrackStar site; 3-Paste Track # as indicated within TrackStar site; 4-click on "View in Frames" |
Instructional VIDEO : "Building and Maintaining Community" (DVD created by Barbara Numoz, Rebecca Dikeman, Cindy Ivancic, Kristin Paider, and Lean Roberts) Web Video available here. |
| Social Studies Literacy and Constructivist Units : Built by students of MID ED 4253 and ELEL ED 4253 |
| WORKS in PROGRESS (functional and instructive, but await further development) | |||
| WebQuest Title | Track # | Additional Resources | Creator |
| Math For All Ages | # 333877 | Basic Math Instruction Topics with Interactive and Useful Info | Chris Cordonier, Steven Wilkes |
| Rates, Ratios, and Proportions | # 333814 | Chris Leffeler | |
| Plunging into the Pythagorean Theorem | # 335490 | Providss students withexperiences and practice with the Pythagorean Theorem. | Kim Allen, Stephanie Mitchell |
| Figurative Language | # 334089 | Amy Perry | |
| Prime Factorization | # 333816. | Reinforces the concept of Prime Factorization. | Christina Diewald |
| Adding and Subtracting Integers | # 336593 | Provides 7th graders an intro to understanding and working with Integers. | Brad Snyder |
| # 335499 | After presenting the history of Metrics, provides painless practice in conversion. | Eric McDowell | |
| Storms | # 338513 | A closer look at the "Wild Side' of weather. | Justin Seele |
| March Madness Math | #345304 | Supplements a unit on statistics for 6-7th graders | Matthew Wessel |
| I'm Lost | #348746 | A survival-adventure in the 13 Colonies ... circa 1750 a.d.(Study Guide) | Hallie Whitney |
| Speedy
Snakes and Puzzled Pirates |
(This is created in Quest Garden and requires NO track #.) | Sara Tomlinson | |
| Traveling Through France | #366519 | Provides a "connection" with France for beginning French Language students | Shauna Kelley Bridgett Sayre |
| Astronomy | # 350302 | beginnings of a webquest | Jennifer Judd |
| COMPLETE(Further developed and instructive; some classified as "Advanced") | |||
| WebQuest Title | Track # | Additional Resources | Creator |
| Robert Frost | # 317937 | Introduces students to the life and works of Robert Frost. | Amy Perry and Betsy Voss |
| Missouri Road Trip | # 300771 | Andrew Donovan + Nicki Kolb | |
| Famous Missourians | # 348739 | A survey of famous Missourians for 4th graders. | Cassetta Johnson + Bridgett Wieczorek |
| Favorite Places in Missouri | #346317 | Q quick tour of the state for 4h graders. | Cassetta Johnson +Bridgett Wieczorek |
| Martin Luther King. Jr. |
# 303336 |
Laura Butler and Paul Franwicz | |
| Let's Add Fractions with Unlike Denominators | # 315886 | Helps 6th grade students add fractions with unlike denominators. | Katie Pagano |
| Measures of Central Tendency | # 336473 | Helps 6th grade students understand mean, median and mode. | Katie Pagano |
| Sensory Details | # 336406 |
Helps students write with powerful description that which can be perceived with any of the five senses. |
Kris Schulze |
| Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance | # 340952 | Study Guide | Jamye Rodgers |
| Discovering Latin America | # 348423 | Study Guide. Comparison-contrast study of Latin American Geography | Cryslynn Billingsley |
| Fractions
Review |
# 349756 | This webquest is a practical reveiw of fractions math. It takes students through three different fun puzzles that challenge their ability to use fractions. | Eric McDowell |
| Teaching Concepts of Money | # 350173 | A Resource for Teachers | Steve Brown |
| National Holidays | # 346316 | Economics for Elementary Students | Brian Lawson and Tara Owen |
| From
Allowance to Buying a House |
# 349600 | Economics for Elementary Students | Brian Lawson and Tara Owen |
| Digestive System | # 351089 | Middle School Biology and Health | Dan O'Heron |
| Evaluating Equations |
# 350793 |
Middle School Math | Melissa Horstmann |
| Graphing Linear Equations | #366968 | Learn how to solve and graph linear equations which will be the basis for the many other lessons that will come your way in the near future.Use Youtube with this. | Jonathan Jarrett, Darielle Morris |
| Moving Now and Then | # 369288 |
Moving. St. Louis to Oregon, 1850. One home to another, 2009. Supports 3rd Grade Unit |
Barret Waite |
| On the Move | # 369205 | . Take a look at what it was like then and now. The reason, transportation, supplies, feelings, chores and the arrival. Supports 3rd Grade Unit | Kathryn Kohut |
| Moving to Oregon | # 367617 | Supports 3rd Grade Unit | Lindsay Scott, |
| Moving West | # 367621 | Moving. St. Louis to Oregon, 1850. One home to another, 2009. Supports an 8th Grade Unit | Joan Aleman |
| Moving to Oregon | # 367608 | Supports an 8th Grade Unit | Jessica Hug |
| Moving to Oregon | # 367625 | Supports an 8th Grade Unit | Bill Taylor |
| Atoms and Elements | # 383047 | Chemistry Lessons on the Components of Everything" | Lisa Newcomer |
| Two Koreas | # 393313 | Created by a Geography preservice teacher from Korea for 6th-7th Gr | Kiyoung Park |
