After four investigation sessions, the ScienceQuest team had collected information about building requirements to protect from earthquakes. They had spoken to a construction expert, visited an engineering exhibit at a local museum, collected information from the Internet, watched a video, and built a model building. Each team member had kept a journal with information they learned. Two of them had used an Alpha Smart to take notes while on the field trips. The coach took a picture of the building model to put on the web site.

The coach had each team member take charge of a web page that focused on a particular topic. Each team member designed their page on large chart paper with crayons, markers, and pens. Looking through their notes, they decided what information was most important and what they needed to include, so that others would understand the importance of building safely. They used the notes, that they had kept in their journals throughout the project, to produce the text for their page. In the middle of their designing session, they took a break to talk about the checklist for easy-to-read and engaging Web sites. This included choosing a background color, building appropriate links, choosing text font and size, using at least one graphic, and putting all text into their own words. For their next meeting, they planned to transfer their information into the computer.

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