Christmas WebQuest

With the holidays and Winter Break quickly approaching, we have been having some Christmas fun during our Friday science time! Inspired by our French pen pals and learning about their traditions/ teaching them about ours, I wanted to do a fun and quick research project to learn more about Christmas around the world.

Each group was given a set of questions, an iPad, and the links to three educational Christmas websites. They had a lot of fun finding out the history behind some of our traditions, and I was very impressed by the use of their research skills like skimming and using headings to find answers! I learned some things too- who knew that children in Great Britain throw their Santa letters into the fireplace so that they can float out the chimney and up to the North Pole!

Here are some pictures of the smart little researchers at work!