The Clay Marble
The Clay Marble is a novel, used in the 7th grade curriculum. It was written describing the life and struggles of a twelve-year-old girl and her family in war-torn Cambodia. This webquest creates an interdiciplinary project between the Language Arts classroom and the Social Studies classroom, taking students into a deeper understanding of life in Cambodia. It was adapted by Christine Youth and Claire Perren, with the permission of the original educator, Sandy Greene.

In Search of Self - Career Exploration WebQuest and Project
This project will get your students started considering your future career possibilities. It is ideal for students in Exploring Career Decisions classes.  Since the project portion requires writing an essay, this would also be ideal for the Language Arts classroom.

Planning and Goal Setting for High School, College, and Career
This project is geared toward students who need to closely consider high school planning. It is designed with the North Carolina high school course of study options in mind. The assignment should easily be finished in two days, or during one class period plus homework time.

North Carolina is My Home - Great Places to Visit!
A web assignment incorporating objectives from the North Carolina Business Computer Technology and Computer Skills curricula with the 8th grade Social Studies curriculum. It includes internet research with database objectives.

President 2000
This web assignment involves in depth research of the candidates and an analysis of the various issues facing the candidates and the nation in this campaign.  The assignment can easily be adjusted for other political campaigns.

Understanding Computer Crime - A Web Investigation.
An investigation that incorporates ojectives from the North Carolina Business Computer Technology and Computer Skills curricula relating to computer ethics and security. It also includes writing objectives from the Language Arts Curriculum.

What Would itTake for Me to Survive on My Own? 
This webquest uses the 8th grade novel, Where the Lilies Bloom, as a springboard. The student is asked to imagine being thrust into a similar situation as Mary Call Luther, suddenly being responsible for providing for a family. The students research the internet and other resources to determine how much money it would take for them to survive. From their research, they develop a spreadsheet budget. This webquest is easily adapted to the Exploring Life Skills objectives relating to managing personal and material resources to achieve goals.

Successful Entrepreneur - Dream Vacation

Congratulations! You're finishing Exploring Business Technologies and have a good introductory understanding of what it will take to become a successful entrepreneur. Let's move forward 15 years to a time when your business will be established and you will have saved $10,000 for a dream vacation. You determine the destination; anywhere in the world! You must not go over the budget of $10,000 and can only take one other person with you. Your tasks are to research your dream vacation destination and determine the following. (Click here for assignment.)