Conclusion

During this WebQuest process, you were asked to reflect about interactions, specifically about bonds and conflicts. Not only were you to consider how elements chemically bond or conflict, but also you were asked to think about how these polar opposite processes of bonding and conflicting play out in life, specifically in human relationships.

Chemistry deals with tiny elements, but the way those elements interact can teach you so much about larger interactions in our lives, our world, and even our universe.

Directions: As you reflect on the WebQuest, I want you to think about how what you have learned about bonding and conflicts in Chemistry can teach you about other situations in our world. Contemplate not only what you did, but also what you learned from the experience. On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions about your Chemistry web-quest experience in complete sentences. (Please think critically about your answers. You will be graded on the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of your responses.)

1. What was the most difficult aspect of completing this WebQuest? With what part of the process did you struggle most? Why? If you had to complete a similar web-quest, what might you do to make this difficult part of the process more manageable?
2. Was it difficult or fairly easy to find resources for your WebQuest? If it was difficult, what do you think hindered your progress? If it was fairly easy, what contributed to your success?
3. What did you learn about the process of researching from doing this WebQuest? Do you think completing the web-quest helped you develop your research skills? Why or why not?
4. What was the most valuable knowledge you learned while doing this WebQuest? How will what you learned contribute to your understanding of Chemistry or another academic subject? Explain.
5. Discuss how what you learned about the bonding relationship contributes to your understanding of a non-chemistry-related concept or situation. In other words, how does learning about the bonding relationship lend insight into your life, the world, or the universe? (Explain your response very thoroughly in this answer, discussing specifics of the bonding relationship and the non-related-chemistry concept or situation.)
6. Did you like doing this WebQuest? Why or why not?

I hope that you found doing the WebQuest an educationally stimulating and fulfilling experience. The WebQuest was meant to stimulate your thinking about how Chemistry-concepts can help foster understanding of common processes and experiences. As you look at your world today and tomorrow and for the rest of the year, I challenge you to envision how the chemical makeup of the world affects your every day.