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Introduction This Webquest is designed for first graders to be used during a health unit on teeth.  If you do not have enough adult volunteers to assist the children, I suggest displaying the informational web sites on a large monitor and reading it together with the whole class.  Children will enjoy playing the dental games with their partner as they learn about their teeth.  This Webquest will be implemented as an additional activity along with class discussions, textbook activities and a classroom tooth center.

Upon completion of the Webquest, students will be able to:
•	Use the World Wide Web to research and learn about teeth.
•	Use a worksheet to document information obtained on the internet.
•	Design a poster showing information they have learned about their teeth.
•	Write a creative story to Toothy The Tooth Fairy

Standards - South Carolina Language Arts

South Carolina Health Objectives

Standards - National Technology

Additional Resources - Web Sites
•	Colgate Bright Futures Bright Smiles (teachers must register)
•	American Dental Association -> Visit the Dentist With Marty -> Teachers and Students -> National Children's Dental Health Month
•	Flossies
•	GABA International (The specialist is oral care)
•	Suzy's World - Bacteria (What happens when you don't brush your teeth?)
•	Tooth Fairy Castle (Home of Pearl E. White)
•	How to Take Care of Your Teeth
•	Taking Care of Our Teeth (Trackstar #50628)
•	Importance of Brushing Your Teeth (Lesson AELP-BSS0006)
•	Dental Health Activities
•	How to Get a Great Smile
•	Kids Stuff (American Dental Hygiene Association)

Additional Resources - Books
•	Rotten Teeth by Laura Simms
•	The Missing Tooth by Joanna Cole
•	Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban
•	How Many Teeth by Paul Showers
•	Franklin and the Tooth Fairy by Paulette Bourgeois
•	No Tooth, No Quarter by Jon Buller
•	Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Marc Brown
•	Fang the Dentist by Mike Thaler
•	Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch
•	I Know Why I Brush My Teeth by Kate Rowan
•	Open Wide Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller
•	Arthur's Tooth by Marc Brown
•	A Quarter From the Tooth Fairy by Caren Holtzman
•	Where's Your Tooth by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
•	What Do the Tooth Fairies Do With All Those Teeth? by Michel Luppens
•	Trevor's Wiggly-Wobbly Tooth by Lester L. Laminack
•	My Loose Tooth by Stephen Krensky
•	The Tooth Fairy by Kirsten Hall
•	When I See My Dentist by Susan Kuklin
•	Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
•	Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
•	Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist by Jan and Stan Berenstain

Implementation

This Webquest will take about 3 weeks to complete, depending on the availablility of computers and students' ability.

Credits

A thank you to Flossies web site for the cute animated fairies.  A special thank you to Sissy Harris for her patience and understanding.

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