Oh Where, Oh Where is My Webquest Going?

I originally thought I would do a Webquest about animals and provide my 1st graders with information and video about animals that they could use to complete an animal "scavenger hunt", in a way.  After talking to some of my colleagues, I decided to go in a little different direction. Now, I'm allowing my students to continue learning about animals, but also making it more relateable to them and I'm tying my science standards in to my writing standards too.  My plan is for students to "Pick a Pet" (that's what I've decided to call my site) for their family based on information they find in the webquest.  I did limit the options based on most popular pets, so they do not have extended information on all kinds of pets.  The students will then use the information they found to write a persuasive argument to their parents about why they should get that pet.  I'm interested to see what they have to say.  I'm also interested to see how their parents respond.  I've decided to put a fun element in the site that allows for some virtual pets just in case mom and dad still say "no".

In the beginning I was unsure of what I should use to develop this site.  I like the idea of Google Sites, but was not entirely pleased with my end product when designing my portfolio shell.  I have decided to use a Wix page available through www.wix.com.  The art teacher's school page is through Wix and it looks really good.  It seems very user-friendly, which I love; and has so many different features available to make it look very appealing too.  I'm hoping that the multi-media features that are required for this project will be incorporated easily.  We'll soon find out.