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 the next 5 days. Decide a date for your visit.

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

Go to http://www.londontown.com Here you can book a tour of London. Click on Sightseeing and then on London Coach tours. Find the Royal Morning London Tour. How much is the ticket price for an adult?

Click on next and discover when and where the tour starts and finishes. Write down the information in 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!

Go to www.harrods.com/, Britain’s most famous department store. You are going to buy some souvenirs!

Click on Harrods own and then, in Shop souvenirs, click again on Bears and soft toys. How much is the New season dog toy? Record it on your form.

To conclude your visit, treat yourselves with a typical English cake!

Go to http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1305/heavenly-chocolate-pudding and find the recipe for the Heavenly Chocolate Pudding!

Answer the questions in 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!