A Web Quest for secondary school students

Let’s visit a wonderful city – London! Join a Travel Team and use the Internet to

make this virtual visit. Take notes of your “tour experiences“!!

Using Internet, follow the instructions in the next pages and complete a form documenting your virtual visit to London.

At the end of your visit give your completed form to your teacher.

If your answers are correct, you will win a prize!

Step by step you will find all the necessary instructions to do your task.

Get ready for a wonderful experience! 

Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/8?count=10 and find out the London weather forecast for tomorrow.

Write down the predominant weather and the minimum and maximum temperatures on your form.

Go to http://www.londoneye.com and discover how to get a vision of

London from the sky! Then click on Tickets & Prices and then

on All tickets now include…. You’ll discover what “The new 4D experience” is.

In the new window that opens, click on TV advert and watch the trailer, then answer the questions in your form.

Go to http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/uk/london and here visit the pages about:

theTower of London;the Globe Theatre;Buckingham Palace;Trafalgar Square.

Find all information you need to complete your form.

It’s lunch time! Look for the Hard Rock Cafe in the centre of London!

Go to http://www.hardrock.com/Locations/Cafes3/cafe.aspx?LocationID=91&MIBEnumID=3 and visit the site.

Then click on Directions to find out the restaurant’s address and its position on the map. Write down everything in your form.

And now… let’s go shopping!

First, using Google maps, discover where Harrods, Britain’s most famous department store, is and how to get there!

Then go to www.harrods.com/. You are going to buy some souvenirs!

Click on Gifts and then, in Harrods Souvenirs, click again on Bears and soft toys. How much is the large Union Jack T-Shirt Bear? Record it on your form.

Your visit is finished! Have you completed the form?

If so, give it to the teacher.

We hope you’ve enjoyed your tour!!!

Good luck!