Whales and Oceanography have been a frequently requested subject from teachers around the country. Here are some interesting ones for a wide variety of grade levels. We’ve broken them down into webquests for whales and webquest for various other oceanography topics. Have a wonderful time exploring our oceans.

WHALE WEBQUESTS

Whales
Pretend that you’re a museum curator building an oceanarium. This webquest is aimed at 2nd- 5th grade students.
Source: Maria Elena Romero and Frances Melendez, Pojoaque Elementary

Whale Watch
A Webquest for 3rd and 4th grader students.
Learn about whales by adopting one for your class.
Source: Noreen M. O'Connor - St. Frances de Chantal School

In Search of a Humpback Whale
Take a virtual whale watching tour and learn about the “gentle giants of the sea.”
Source: Patricia Wood – Worchester Public Schools

OCEANOGRAPHY WEBQUESTS

Internet 4 Classrooms/The King of Tides
Focuses on the tides and their relation with the moon. This lesson plan starts with a story about an inspector that is prepping the student teams.
Source: Internet 4 Classrooms

Heat Transfer & El Nino
This webquest focuses on the changes of ocean temperature and its effects.
Source: Roosevelt Junior High

Coral Reef Research & Action Plan
You are a member of a research team of Marine Biologists
Source: Keith A. Finlayson

Oceans
Select a career as a biologist, chemist or zoologist. Then learn about this area off of Cape Cod.
Source: Sandwich Public Schools

Hurricane Hunters of the East Coast
Discover the way that hurricanes are categorized and the what causes hurricanes to occur.
Source: Sandwich Public Schools

Ocean Quest 2001
Discover the wonders of the ocean with this interesting webquest project.
Source: iwebquest