These health webquests will help
teachers to select and assign safe Internet and project-based learning
activities that improve or increase health knowledge, skills and
attitudes for their students.
These webquests and their related web sites have
been reviewed or prepared so that they reflect generally accepted health
education guidelines and research. They have been screened or prepared
from reputable sources to meet high standards for educational design,
avoid commercialism and to follow research-based evidence as to what
should be learned by students in health education classes.
However, teachers should check their
curriculum to ensure that the webquest meets
their respective outcomes. Further, it is the
professional responsibility of teachers to determine if a specific webquest is appropriate for their students.
It may also be
appropriate for teachers to require
parental consent before assigning specific webquests to their students.
Consequently, we expect that teachers will
review each web site and review each learning activity within each webquest before assigning it to their
students. Teachers should feel free to download, revise and adapt a
webquest if a particular activity or web site is considered to be
inappropriate for their students. You are hereby given permission to do
so. (Please let us know if you do that, so we can review the quest
ourselves.)
The Canadian Association for School
Health, the sponsors of individual webquests, Health Canada and the
Canadian Health Network hereby indicate that they do not necessarily
agree with the content, nor approach of the webquests or web sites
listed here. They are presented as a tool for consideration by teachers,
school boards and education authorities. Further, readers should note
that individual web sites can be changed or taken over by publishers
other than the original authors. The publishers of this webquest web
site will try to ensure that all links and selected sites remain
appropriate, but teachers are also encouraged to exercise due
diligence.
Those cautions being stated, we are pleased to
offer you a variety of webquests that will provide meaningful
opportunities for students to learn about health and to participate in
Internet-based and other activities that will promote their health,
development and well-being.
We also recommend that you ask students to use a
Personal Health Journal as part of their Web Quest experience and for
overall use in health education. We have prepared a short summary on
journaling in health education for your convenience and we have
provided an online, down-loadable
Personal Health
Journal for your
students.
