Gifted and Talented Back to School Getting to Know You Activity WebQuest

Do you need an engaging activity to support your classroom community? Are you struggling to find an activity that isn't boring?? Do you want your students to have fun? Then download this Gifted and Talented Back to School Getting to Know You Activity WebQuest!

This fun and engaging WebQuest is a unique twist on the typical getting to know you activity. It combines the two things teenagers love, using technology and talking about themselves! Students are provided with 15 prompts that they must first quickly research. Then based on what they find, they share something about themself with their partner. It's fun, interactive, and will get all kids feeling comfortable to share about themself. This WebQuest can be completed in pairs or in small groups.

➟ Examples:

• Students go to a history website (URL provided) and choose an era in which they would love to live. Then, they share this information with their partner.
• Students go to a website about names and choose their favorite name. Then, they share something about their own name.
• & 13 more fun, engaging, and unique prompts

➟ How this resource helps you:

• Students will be engaged
• NO PREP and very few resources needed (just a computer!)

➟ How you can use this resource:

• This can be completed in one full 45-minute class OR
• Students answer 1-2 questions daily for the first week or so of class to get to know one another OR
• Students answer 1-2 daily at the end of class

➟ This resource includes:

• 15 multi-part question WebQuest/scavenger hunt with relevant questions (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers). Text boxes are all set, and ready to go!
• Instructions & Answer Key
• Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
• Terms of Use

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