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This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the web quest strategy in teaching social studies on developing geography thinking skills and geographical attitudes among six graders at the primary stage. Sample of the study included 64 male and female pupils. They were divided into two groups: the experimental group which studied using the web quest strategy and the control group which studied using the traditional method. Test of geography thinking skills and scale of geography attitudes were prepared by the researcher and administered to the sample after teaching the unit on "the agricultural environment" of the social studies book of the first term using web quest. Results of the study revealed the effectiveness of the web quest strategy in developing geography thinking skills and geographical attitudes among six graders at the primary stage since there was a statistical significant difference at 0.01 and black's gain ratio reached 1.2. In addition, there was a strong positive relationship between geography thinking skills and geographical attitudes since the correlation coefficient reached 89. (Published abstract)