Webquest for Environmental Scan for Andre Lucas Elementary School 2007 - 08
	Name __________________	Grade/Subject _______________
Key Question:  What are the most important things we can develop in our students that will help them in the kind of world in which they are likely to live?
Definition:   Environmental scan data is information about society and the world that we may use to determine the skills, knowledge and abilities our students will need in order to be successful in "their future". It helps us understand the world in which our school may exist at various times in the future. It helps us know what we may have to adapt to be successful in such a new world. It pulls together key trends and predictions from good sources to give us a sense of the range of possible futures our students may experience.
Goal: Our goal is to learn about Environmental Scans. Remember that you will not be able to do part of this webquest from home because some of the links are on a server rather than a website. If any links are not working, please move on and try another one. Sometimes it is caused by internet slow down, but we do not want to let it slow us down.
To access this webquest go to the Lucas site and click on Environmental Webquest 1. If you prefer to open this webquest as an Excel spreadsheet to enter your information, please click on this link and save to your h-drive. You can then enter info into the spreadsheet columns, save it, print it OR enter your information on the webquest sheet provided by your Profile Team Leader.
RUBRIC	RUBRIC for Environmental Scan
	Curious Observer	Works through videos, powerpoints, and .pdf's
	Investigator of the Unknown	Works through videos, powerpoints, .pdf's AND comes away with printouts
	Aggressive Researcher	Works through videos, powerpoints, .pdf's AND comes away with printouts AND views 1 or more websites in each of the categories.
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Social/Health/Human Resources		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
printouts	Children's Defense Fund -> Discover the statistics related to Cradle to Prison
website	Children's Defense Fund -> Notice the number of children born without health coverage and other articles.
Website	National Institute of Child Health & Human Development -> Go to Health Education and the alphabetical listing to Search for information of interest
printouts	U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services -> go to Families and Children and find an article or two of interst to you.
printouts	U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services  -> go to Safety and Wellness -> General Wellness & Healthy Lifestyle -> Be a Healthy Person
website	Autism -> View what you would like but check out the Triggers of Autism -> Environmental Toxins
PDF	Food Allergy -> Click on Schools & Childcare -> select Downloads -> Print .pdf School Guidelines for Managing Students with Food Allergies (look for Action Plan)
PDF	National Resource Center on AD/HD -> Check out the .pdf Educational Rights of children
Website	ESL - English Second Language  -> Search for topics of interest
PDF	American Diabetes Association -> Go to For Parents and Kids -> Go to For Schools -> Go to Tips for teachers for a .pdf
Website	Center for Disease Control -> Go to More Data and Statistics and search Highlights and items of interest
Website	PBS -> Go to Health & Fitness -> Search for information by age groups to include: nutrition, illness, safety, emotional health and treatment and medications.
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Technological Trends of the Future		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
Website	Jamie McKenzie: From Now On -> See Biography Maker or scroll down to see Tech Plan. Power Learning, OWL, Digital Portfolios, Promoting Thinking, URL's.
Printout	U. S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Technology ->Printout the Ed Tech Fact Sheet
Website	Northwest Educational Technology Consortium -> View articles of interest
Website	SciTech Daily - http://www.scitechdaily.com/ -> Go to Breaking News and then Daily Tech News to view articles of interest
Printout	World Future Society -> Go to Top Forecasts for 2008 and Beyond
PDF	NETS -> Scroll down and print .pdf of Tech Standards for Students
PDF	NETS -> Scroll down and print .pdf of Tech Standards for Teachers
PDF	NETS -> Scroll down and printout .pdf of Tech Standards for Administrators
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Political and Futuristic Ideas		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
Website	Political Science Internet Resources -> Search one political party about which you know nothing.
Website	MSNBC Futurist Columnist -> Discover what Futurists Really Know.
Website	Talking Brain -> View different Brain Based practices
Printout	Vision 2021 -> Go to Envisioning the Future for large printout
website	Tomorrowland Site -> Scroll down to words "Inventing Kindergarten" and enjoy the site of Kindergarten in the early 1900's
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Economic- Employment, Income Projections, Job Descriptions, Needs for the Future		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
Printout	Bureau of Economic Analysis -> Go to Regional Tab and scroll to State Personal Income
PDF	US Economy at a Glance -> Go to Highlights and print the .pdf
Website	U. S. Dept. of Commerce -> Scroll down right side to Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
Website	U. S. Dept. of Commerce -> Scroll down right side to Invest in America
Printout	U. S. Dept. of Labor -> On left go to Occupational Outlook Handbook -> Scroll down to Spotlight to Statistics: Back to School and search through information
Printout	Bureau of Labor or Statistics -> On the right Go to At a Glance Tables -> U.S. Economy at a Glance
Printout	Dept. of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics -> On the right side view the questions People are Asking.
Printout	U.S. Census Bureau -> On the left side select American Fact Finder ->View a Fact Sheet for city or state -> go to Population Finder to view trends for states
Turn in your completed Webquest sheet to your Profile Team Leader.