Bay Classroom - Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan
Option 1 – Individual Web-quest

  1. Give students the student handout and allow them time to preview the questions they need to find answers to on the web.
  2. Direct students to the Bay Classroom website. It is easiest for students to type in www.savesfbay.org then click the green “Bay Classroom” button to access the site.
  3. Give students 40-50 minutes to read through the various pages of the website and answer the questions.
  4. Collect the handouts when students are done.
  5. If students finish early, invite them to try the Bay Quiz link from Save the Bay’s home page.

Option 2 – Expert in an Area Web-quest

  1. Assign students to one of 4 groups: Bay History, Bay Basics, Bay Nature, or Bay Problems. Students are only required to find the correct answers to their assigned topic on the website, although the whole worksheet must be completed by the end of the period.
  2. Give students the student handout and allow them time to preview the questions they need to find answers to.
  3. Direct students to the Bay Classroom website. It is easiest for students to type in www.savesfbay.org then click the green “Bay Classroom” button to access the site.
  4. Give students 15-20 minutes to read through the various pages of the website and answer the questions. If students finish their section early, have them move onto other sections.
  5. Bring the class back together and have students that had the same topic sit together. Give them 2-5 minutes to quickly compare answers to the questions in their specialty and come up with a list of other facts they learned while researching their section.
  6. Each group should pick a speaker and report the answers they found and the facts they learned to the rest of the class. Students in other groups should follow along and fill in their own worksheet as they go.