1. Go to FAVORITE INTERNET SITES on Peterson Homepage.

Click on Connecting Students.
Explore Themes, Literacy, Interactive Sites, & Teacher Resources
Print out the first page of two sites that you found useful.

2. Go to FAVORITE INTERNET SITES on Peterson Homepage

Click on Busy Teacher's Website K-12.
Click on four topics that interest you and explore them.
What four topics did you choose? _________________________________________________

3. Go to SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION on Peterson Homepage.

Click on K-12 Standards & Curriculum.
Click on the state you teach in.
What is the state's grades for:

Standards and Assessments _______________
Efforts to raise teacher quality ____________
School Climate ______________
Resources (funding)

Adequacy ________
Equity __________
Allocation _______

Click on BACK.
Click on State Data Comparisons.
Click on your state and two other states to compare them.
Click Compare.
Go to the bottom of the site and find out what the Education Spending Per student was in 1997.

Your state: __________ $ per student __________
Other state: __________ $ per student __________
Other state: __________ $ per student __________

4. Go to SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION on Peterson Homepage.

Click on Pathways to School Improvement.
Click on Curriculum.
Click on "What Is Thinking Curriculum?"
The research states that "thinking curricula fulfill a dual agenda by integrating content and process." According to the 1st section/last paragraph - "The Characteristics of Successful Learners Revisited," what does Content include and what does Process include?

CONTENT: ____________________________________________________________
PROCESS: _____________________________________________________________

5. Go to SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION on Peterson Homepage.

Click on Constructivist Teaching.
Click on "Students Take on an Active Role."
Print out the document.
Click on "The Teacher's Role Changes as Well."
Print out the document.

6. Go to INTEGRATING CURRICULUM.

Read the article and complete this statement from the article.
One important word of caution: ___________________________________.

7. Go to ASSESSMENT AND RUBRIC INFORMATION.

Click on and print out two rubrics that you can use in your classroom.
What are the names of the rubrics you printed out?
_________________________________ & _________________________________

8. Go to TOWARD AN INTEGRATED CURRICULUM.

Print out the ten views for integrating curriculum.

9. Go to MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES.

Find one activity for each of the multiple intelligences:

Linguistic: _____________________________________________________
Visual Spatial: __________________________________________________
Musical: _______________________________________________________
Body - Kinesthetic: ______________________________________________
Math Logic Problem Solving: ______________________________________
Interpersonal: ___________________________________________________
Intrapersonal: ___________________________________________________
Naturalistic: ____________________________________________________

10. Go to WEBQUEST MATRIX OF EXAMPLES.

Choose your grade level.
Find 2 webquests in your area of teaching and print them out.

11. Go to FAVORITE INTERNET SITES on Peterson Homepage.

Click on Teaching is a Work of Art.
Click on a subject area that interests you and explore the sites.
Print out the first page of 2 sites that you found useful.

12. Go to ONLINE ACTIVITIES.

Choose 4 of the activities to complete.
Which four did you choose? _____________________________________________________

13. Go to MATH INTERACTIVE SITES and complete an activity in each of the six standards.

Name one site that you think students would enjoy doing. ___________________________

14. Go to MAKE AWARDS and create one certificate and print it out.

15. Go to TRACKSTAR.

Choose by keyword.
Enter your search term on a topic that you study in your curriculum.
Click on your grade level and click Go.

16. Go to QUIA - WHERE LEARNING TAKES PLACE.

Click on Top 50 or Subject Categories and play 5-8 curriculum games.

What games did you play? 1________________2________________3_________________
4________________5________________6________________7______________8__________

17. Go to MY KEEPERS PAGE.

Find a saying that you like and copy it below.
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

18. Go to PETERSON'S WEB PAGE and research topics of interest to you.

Scavenger Hunt Homepage

Arlys Peterson's Web Site
Created 7/25/00 by AEP
Updated 7/9/01
Comments to Arlys Peterson email at
arlys.peterson@usiouxfalls.edu