The Quest Channel will allow you and your class to explore the world to solve ancient and modern mysteries without leaving the classroom. Find out why certain species are disappearing, why great ancient civilizations collapsed, and more!!! Your class will develop and use evidence-based reasoning and inquiry skills in a standards-driven, real-world learning environment. Students will be challenged with real, unsolved mysteries while directing a team of experts to discover the answers, all while having fun and gaining knowledge. The Quest Channel provides educators and students with a robust taste of interactive, collaborative, online learning.

The best news is that it's already been paid for you to participate; all you need to do is sign up. To sign up contact Stacy Avery, stacy.avery@esc13.txed.net include your name, school district, and e-mail address. Your License will be good until October 2001. Soon after you will receive all the exciting material about The Quest Channel becoming alive in your classroom.

The Quest Channel combines live and archived expeditions for Adventure Learning! A license provides continuous access to past Quests including AfricaQuest, GalapagosQuest, AsiaQuest, America Quest, IslandQuest, and Australia Quest.

AsiaQuest! From October 4 to November 5, 1999 a team of experts retraced Marco Polo's route along the Silk Road.

Island Quest! - From May 25 through June 2, 2000 an online audience of Japanese and American students joined a team of scientists and adventurers on an exciting journey through Okinawa and Yakushima. Together, the students and the adventurers searched for clues to one of the greatest mysteries of life-the source of longevity.

Australia Quest! - Fall 2001 This Quest will take us from the southern coast to the very center of the continent, through the remote Outback. Along the way, we'll explore Australian plants, animals, people, geography, climate, and environmental issues. But our main goal is to learn modern lessons from ancient wisdom-and Aboriginal wisdom is the oldest in the world.

AmericaQuest! From March 6 to March 31, 2000 a team of students, experts, and adventurers explored the mysteries of the American Southwest. Why did the ancient Anasazi abandon the Colorado Plateau? Rediscover the mystery!

MayaQuest! - Spring 2001 within one lifetime-perhaps eighty years-Tikal and most other Maya cities would collapse and the jungle would begin to reclaim more than a thousand years of learning. Why?

GalapagosQuest! The expedition has ended but you can take a virtual voyage through the Galapagos Islands. Our expedition team snorkeled with sharks and sailed through the Galápagos to bringing you daily tales of adventure.

Some of the common features throughout each Quest:

• Mystery photo
• Daily movies
• Scrapbook entries
• What's new?
• Quest Map
• You decide
• Kid Profile
• Myths and Legends
• Science Stumper
• Critters
• Mystery Sound
• History Mystery

It's equally accessible to computer novices and masters. You can start adventure learning at any time. It's ready - when you are. You won't have to work to correlate the lessons provided by The Quest Channel to state and national standards - it's already done for you! The Web site and printed curriculum guides promote inquiry-based, collaborative, student-driven learning. They include multidisciplinary, turnkey lessons in math, science, social studies, and language arts for all students - of all grades.

Again, to sign up contact Stacy Avery, stacy.avery@esc13.txed.net include your name, school district, and e-mail address. Your License will be good until October 2001. Have The Quest Channel become alive in your classroom this spring and next fall.