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AUTHOR Offutt, Elizabeth Rhodes; Offutt, Charles R. TITLE Internet without Fear! Practical Tips and Activities for the Elementary Classroom. REPORT NO GA-1560; ISBN-1-56417-853-6 PUB DATE 96 NOTE 147p. AVAILABLE FROM Good Apple, 299 Jefferson Road, P.O. Box 480, Parsippany, NJ 07054-0480. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher)(052)
EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Computer Networks; *Computer Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Elementary Education; Guidelines; *Information Sources; Integrated Activities; *Internet; *Learning Activities; Online Searching; World Wide Web IDENTIFIERS Connectivity; Equipment Needs; Gopher; Listservs; *Technology Integration; Telnet
ABSTRACT This book provides guidelines on how to use the Internet, discusses the educational benefits of the Internet, and includes several activities in seven subject areas for grades K-6. The book is divided into two parts: "Entering a New World" and "Integrating Internet Resources Throughout the Curriculum." The first part provides a glossary of Internet terms; explains the Internet; discusses equipment and connectivity needs; and describes three of the leading commercial online services: America Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy. The second section provides integrated Internet activities for reading; language arts; math; science; social studies; health, nutrition and physical fitness; and music, art and dance. Each entry lists suggested grade levels, activity title, Internet address (usually a Uniform Resource Locator to a World Wide Web site or instructions for a telnet), a brief description of the site, and activity procedures. Also included in Part 2 are Gopher sites, Internet groups, mailing lists, and other organizations and resources of interest to educators. (AEF)
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5. Commercial On-line Services y7/ 48 integrating Internet Respuirces Throughout the Curriculum 58 / 6. Reading / 59 7. Language Arts / 70 , 8. Math / / 80 9. Science 10. Social Studies / // 7104 / 11. Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness \-115 12. Music, Art, and Dance / 126 13. Projects, Organization's, and Other Resources / 138 / ///( Introduction
Why Is Everyone Talking About the Internet? The Internet provides an unlimited source of information and methods for teaching and sharing knowledge. Many educators are using the Internet to enrich their curriculum. However, some teachers may not be aware of what the Internet can provide. Let's start with three examples.
In Blacksburg, Virginia, second graders have worked on several technology-based projects. After reading "The Three Little Pigs," for example, children constructed and tested three consecutively stronger houses and shared their results electronically with other classes.
At Cedar Creek Elementary School in Austin, Texas, third graders study the history and culture of their local community in a project titled "Walk Back Through Time Through Technology." With TENET, the Texas educational on-line service, they request historical facts about other communities and receive answers via electronic mail (e-mail). The Boone School in Kansas City, Missouri, is near the start of the Oregon Trail, used by settlers in the late 1800s. Fourth- grade students at Boone are conducting research on the Internet and sending e-mail to other schools located on or near the Oregon Trail. They are inviting students at other schools to explore the West as part of an "on-line wagon train."
The preceding examples, two of which are highlighted in Odvard Egil Dyrli's "Teacher-Initiated Telecommunications Projects," Technology & Learning, April 1995, demonstrate how teachers and students can integrate e-mail and the ,/ Internet into their classroom activities.
5 Joining the Global Classroom The Internet enables people to exchange ideas and information quickly throughout the world. Through cross-cultural exposure, students learn about people who may have different cultures and beliefs but who also share common experiences, feelings, and goals.
In "Four Days That Changed the World," Paul J. McCarty describes how the Internet made current events tangible to sixth graders in Salt Lake City. The students had been using e-mail to communicate with Russian students. During the 1991 counterrevolution in the former Soviet 1. Union, the e-mail stopped. The Salt Lake City students were thrilled when they finally received a message. To help their Russian NetNote friends who were cut off from Navigating news, they sent news reports and the Internet beperceived should as impossibly not words of encouragement. and abstract difficult for the Your average McCarty states: "...the former Internetskills person. time will imeprove you workthrough each 6th graders who participated in directories the andsearches. (the events) believe to this day thatstude You'llfind nts willenjoy detective usingtheir that they helped change the st skillsto that interest discovertopics them, course of Russia's history."
6 Benefits for Students Sometimes adults underestimate young students' abilities to learn the basics of computers and the Internet. Most children can learn new languages quickly. The Internet is simply another languageone that can serve them in many areas of their lives for years to come.
The Internet provides students with audio, visual, and kinesthetic experiences. Students may develop sophisticated search-and-retrieval strategies as they explore new topics The Internet can help strengthen students' critical-thinking skills. Finding appropriate resources on the Internet can teststudents'' problem-solving abilities. They may also make judgments as to the value of the data they receive.
Making contacts around the world through e-mail can make most projects more interesting. Students areencouraged'to work_ cooperatively while seeking and sharing information beyond their classroom. They can exchange several letters withInternet pen pals in the same amount of time that it would take fora regularly_ mailed letter to make a one-way trip. Benefits for Teachers The Internet brings to teachers and their students resources, tools, world-wide contacts, and challenging projects. The constraints of time and space are not as relevant on the Internet. France is just as close as the building next door. E-mail arrives in minutes, and vast files of valuable information can be copied in seconds.
The Internet can provide teachers with access to old friends and help them make new contacts. Teacher isolation becomes a thing of the past. Ideas are updated often and new information is distributed to Internet users very quickly. Sending mail to hundreds of people is no more time-consuming than sending a single message.
Through e-mail, parents and teachers can communicate directly. Teachers can send messages and assignments to children who have a modem at home. Students can e-mail letters or stories to their parents from school and get responses in person or through a return e-mail message.
8 enefits for Parents and Guardians Families have much to gain through use of the Internet. If there is a computer and Internet connection at home, family members can explore the Internet and learn with their children. They can join other educational communities throughout the world. Students can see school and home as one connected and cooperative learning environment.
Parents may have conflicting emotions about the Internet. Sometimes there is more negative publicity surrounding the Internet than positive. Parentsand all responsible adultsmay be concerned about what is "out there" in cyberspace. Although some areas of the Internet are not meant for NetNotes children, there is also an endless Parents supply of resources that will benefit or guardians establish may wish thesame to any child. Children should be the Internet guidelines as they for encouraged and taught how to or videos. do fortelevision Thereare softw otherresources are and reach the valuable educational that material blockcertain fromm being tools on the Internet. It should children. viewedby Usuallyin those password areas,a function as an extension of the wouldberequired. classroom. Just as children are not left unsupervised in the classroom, they should not be left alone while wandering through cyberspace.
9 Benefits for Administrators Administrators can use the Internet to offset budgetary considerations. Educators can utilize the many free educational resources on the Internet in their teaching and preparation of teaching materials. For instance, teachers may find free computer software that would help students learn a concept or skill.
The Internet can also help implement staff development. Discussion lists, electronic journals, and newsletters can broaden a teacher's knowledge of current issues in education. Administrators can use the Internet to follow the most current and effective research on teaching and learning strategies. // Participation in discussion lists fosters exchanges of research ideas with peers from other universities and colleges.
The Internet gives all students an equal chance to access information. For those schools with limited funding, there are many telecommunication grants to facilitate purchases'Also, schools that teach at-risk students can obtain funding through various agencies. The Grantwriter's Newsletter of Fijnding Resources is a monthly publication thaflists(grants, contests, and corporate, foundation, and federal funding opp/ortUnities,for K-12 schools. For information, write Education Retrieval Resource, 617 Wright Avenue, Terrytown, LA70056-4037; or call 1-800-891-6354.
10 Another place to investigate potential funding sources is the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, 600 Independence Ave. SW, Room 6236, Washington, DC 20202.
Once your students have access to the Internet, they will not just have one library to turn to for information. They can turn to thousands of libraries, museums, resources, databases, and experts in every field.
Using This Book Internet Without Fear! helps elementary teachers understand how to use the Internet, discusses the educational values of the Internet, and provides dozens of activities that can be incorporated throughout the curriculum.
Teachers must determine how to deal with the masses of retrieved information from the Internet, just as they/would if their classroom were suddenly filled with thousands of bboks, videos, encyclopedias, magazines, and tickets to museums. Keep the following hints in mind. Read, skim, or try out everything you find. Seek out new sources to keep information up-to-date. If possible, develop a "buddy" system with other teachers so everyone can benefit from what each other finds. After some trial and error, you will soon find the best sites to use in your classroom. Teachers of younger students will need to do the initial browsing and exploring. Older students, with / supervision, can find Internet locations easily. Be aware of how students respond to the resources they find. Some Internet sites will be instant hits, and some will not appeal at all You can keep a log to record the effectiveness of the resources and display it in the classroom.
Part 1 contains a glossary and information to help you learn about and use the Internet. Part 2 contains many resources to help you integrate e-mail and other aspects of theInternet/throughout your curriculum. After carefully reading Part 1 ylocate_some.of the resources in Part 2. In the process, youwill/disc/discovermore / resources on your own. For instance, activities labeled,"TreasUre Chest Site" have links to hundreds more Good Itic/k/during/yOur/ / voyages and adventures;through cyberspace! / /7-1 // / Entering a New World
Chapteri Internet Glossary
It is likely that the buzzwords associated with the Internet won't appear in your classroom dictionary. The following glossary introduces you to the most helpful terms. More detailed definitions appear throughout the next few chapters.
Archie: a program used to search for files at FTP sites. An Archie server has lists of files throughout the Internet. See also FTP. baud rate: the numbers of bits of data that a modem can transmit per second. bulletin board: a computer service dialed into by phone and modem. Bulletin boards allow users to post and retrieve messages. cyberspace: data created by the millions of on-line computers. Coined by novelist William Gibson.
CPU: central processing unit. The core of a computer, it performs the computations directed by software commands. dial-in: to connect to a computer by telephone and modem. dial-up: to have your computer and modem dial a phone number and connect to another modem and computer. download: to receive a file sent from another computer. email: electronic mail. To send or receive messages via computers on a network; the system of sending such messages.
5 13 FTP: file transfer protocol. A standardized, text-based method of transferring files between computers.
Gopher: a search-and-retrieval Internet tool with access to databases, text files, and other resources.
hardware: the physical pieces of equipment that comprise your computer system.
home page: often, the top document in a series of linked documents under a common Internet address; also called a Web page. Each home page has links to other home pages.
HTML: hypertext markup language. A set of ASCII characters that creates a hypertext document when embedded in a text document ! and interpreted by Web browser software. See also hypertext.
hyperlink: a way to connect different hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. Hyper links appear as highlighted text or/ graphics that are specially encoded.
hypermedia: Internet documents that consist primarily of hyperlinked sounds and images. hypertext: files of text, sounds, images, and actions linked-/ through specially encoded text or graphics. Users can/browse / related topics in any order. /`/ / ..,/' / /, information superhighway: as coined by Vide/President/ Gorei-a- high-speed fiber-optic communications-system that, wherr-built-,2 ---- will form the core of the national information'infrastrUctUre. 2)
/ Internet: a noncommercial, self-6Overning colleCtiOn of qthiputer /' networks devOted mostlyi to communication/andcommunication' researdh:4i is not an on-line service and has no central' computer./ / Internet service provider: a commercial provider ofInternet connections. Gives user a phone number to call, an account,and sometimes the software to establish an Internet connection and an e-mail mailbox.
LAN: local area network. Computers in a small geographic area, such as a school. LANs share data over private communicationlinks.
MB: megabytes. One million bytes. The storage capacity of magnetic media such as floppy disks, hard disks, and memory. modem: modulation/demodulation. A device that lets computers communicate over a telephone line. network: computers and peripherals connected by permanent cables or by temporary connections made through telephone or other communication links. post office: also called a mail server. A dedicated computeron the Internet with software to handle e-mail.
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol. Allows dial-up access to the Internet. An alternative to SLIP.
RAM: random-access memory. The part of a computer's memory used for documents and programs. RAM is erasedwhen the computer is turned off. server: a computer dedicated to servicingrequests from users at a high rate of demand. Servers often havemassive storage capacities and high processing speeds.
SLIP: Serial Line Interface Protocol'. Allows dial-up accessto the Internet. An alternative to PPP. software: the programs and applications that run on the computer. surf: to browse the Internet using Web browser software.
15 system administrator: the person responsible for the computers and networks at businesses or schools. telnet: Unix utility telephone network. The central part of Internet services, it lets users log in to another computer remotely.
UNIX: the Internet's operating system. The Unix operating system, developed in the late 1960s by Bell Laboratories, can run on multiple computer processors, even IBM compatibles and Apple Macintoshes.
upgrade: to acquire new versions of software and hardware. upload: to transmit a file on your computer to another computer.
URL: Uniform Resource Locator. A naming, or addressing, protocol for computers connected to the Internet.
Veronica: a keyword-based program that searches Gopher servers for files. With Veronica, users are given lists of URL // addresses and can then contact sites via FTP. See also -FTP.
WAIS: Wide Area Information Servers. A search-and-retrieval Internet t\ tool with more than 500 databases, it searches entire documents, not just titles. With WAIS, users can view documents (with Gopher, users just view the indexes of documents). See also Gopher.
WAN: wide area network. Covers a larger area than LAN; WANs share data over public communication links. // / H\N Web: another term for World Wide Web.,See,also WWW. / Web browser software that surfs the Internet. When/ the user , provides a URL, a Web browser connects to a remote compu/ ter // and displays its home page. i ,, / //, / WWW: World Wide Web. A network- wide, menu- based" prograp providing hypertext and hypermedia links to other information/ sources throughout the Internet. ib Chapter 2 What Is the Internet?
In the 1970s the United States Defense Department established links among huge research labs so that their computer networks could communicate. The project was expanded to take advantage of computerized radio and satellite links. In the 1980s the National Science Foundation established a high-speed network after the early sites converted to the Internet. Then new companies began to sell gateway technology so many more computer networks could have easy access to the Internet.
The Internet represents a worldwide collection of computer networks connected by special phone lines, satellites, microzwave relays, fiber optics, and sophisticated software. The Internet also represents the millions of people who use it. Once on the Internet, users have access to the thousands of files put into the public domain. They can also send messages, talk online,,get free software, and receive up-to-date news. The Internet has allowed a global community to form with the common/ vision of sharing knowledge and information.
The two most common networks are LANs and WANs. LANs;/ or local area networks, share data among personal/Computers and workstations over private communicationlinks.WANs, or wide area networks, are groups of LANs, linked with a common j/ purpose. WANs share data over public communication links,/
i7 such as long-distance telephone lines operated by commercial carriers. Each computer network is a small collection of computers connected electronically and able to communicate, making the Internet an interconnection of networks.
Each computer or network connected to the Internet (also called a host) is like a library. Its holdings might include text, graphics, and even video and audio recordings. Using the Internet is very much like traveling to libraries in your community, except you don't need a vehiclejust a computer and modem. The term information superhighway aptly describes the route on which you explore the Internet.
If you drew a dot for each library on the Internet and connected the dots with lines, you would create a giant spider web. In fact, one of the most popular ways to explore the Internet is through the World Wide Web.
18 World Wide Web The World Wide Web, also known as WWW or the Web, is a collection of hypertext-linked Internet documents. Hypertext is a way to connect related pieces of information in computer databases or documents so users can peruse and retrieve information in random order. In the hypertext are hyperlinks specially notated text or graphics. The special notation is written in HTMLhypertext markup language. Clicking a hyperlink takes you to a related document automatically, where you will findmore hyperlinks. You can always return to the original document.
WWW allows you to make links between computers automatically, without knowing the addresses in advance.A/ hyperlink may also cause an audio recording or video clip tope played. These types of hyperlinks are called hypermedia. Hyper links make exploring the Internet easy. One minute you may be reading a document on medical schools through an Internet host at the University of Alabama; with a click of the,moUse,/ / you can view the medical school curriculum and facultY/listing for the Sorbonne in Paris through an Internet host at the'Sorbonne.-More about how to access and surf the Internet may be found/ in7fhe section entitled "Shopping List for Internet Access",(See page 24).
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i9 Uniform Resource Locators
Computers on the Internet that want to act like libraries are called hosts, and every host computer has a unique address. You can connect to a host by using its address, called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Part Two provides many URLs that lead to resources specific to curriculum areas'. There are also many books available that serve as Internet Yellow Pages.
If the Internet'sa Library, Where's the Card Catalog? If you have ever visited a large library for the first time, you might have wondered how to get around and how to find what you want. The Internet can produce a similar feeling. Fortunately the Internet has numerous tools to help you find what you need.
Gopher: Gopher is a way to browse lots of information on the Internet. Organizations and individuals throughout the world have , set up Gopher servers with menus of items. (A server is a computer with special software installed.) Double-clicking on a menu retrieves the item. Sometimes the item is text; sometimes it is another set of menus. One strength of Gopher is its ability for a menu to point to a different Gopher serverone in the next room or even in the next country. (Why "Gopher"? The Golden Gopher is the mascot of the University of Minnesota, where the Gopher system was developed.)
20 Most of the searches in a Gopher area use WAIS databases (Wide Area Information Servers). WAIS, originally designed for massively parallel supercomputers, is a very efficient way to search through huge amounts of information. WAIS databases are now found throughout the Internet. Many times the icons you see in Gopher point to a WAIS database or a list of WAIS databases.
Gopher and WAIS complement one another as you search the Internet. Gopher is like a book's table of contents, while WAIS is the index. Although your topic may not be discussed with enough depth to make it into the table of contents, you can still look in' the index and perhaps find references to your topic. 7/
Veronica: As a Gopher server is like a book's table of contents, Veronica is a way to find books on a particular topic so that their tables of contents can be searched. Veronicaprovides/th/e/meanS to locate Gopher servers on a particular topic. Youcan-/ searchby a general topic, or if you know the name of aGopher server or menu, Veronica will help you locate it.
2 FTP: FTP (file transfer protocol) is one-of the basic tools used on the Internet. Protocol descriDestow two computers talk' to each other. Using FTP you can-download, or/copy to yo6r,/ computer, files from remote computers and/Upload,cir,cOpy from /, your computer, files to computers to whith you Kaye access:/ Files can consist-of-softwareytext;and graphiCs// / ,,' Early Internet users developed FTP so that researchers could copy files from one place to another. If there is software you want, you can copy it from an FTP sitea computer on the Internet dedicated as a file server.
FTP sites usually have names or addresses separated by periods, or "dots." For example, ftp.aol.com is the America Online FTP site. It is pronounced "F-T-P dot A-O-L dot Corn."
Remember Veronica? Well, as you might guess, wherever Veronica is, you are sure to find Archie.
Archie: Archie is a way to search for and locate FTP sites. Much as Veronica searches for Gopher servers, Archie searChe for FTP sites. Most FTP sites will have a help file, README file, or an INDEX file that provides information about the site. These text files can be viewed while still connected to the FTP site. Note, however, that just text files can be viewed this way, not the actual files you might want to download.
Telnet: Telnet allows users to log onto another computer on the network. With telnet, users can read files and data and use the remote computer's other services, sometimes even running
22 software packages. Access is usually granted on a guest basis, meaning you have limited capabilities. You will need the computer's Internet address, the guest log-in name, and the password. Often the log-in name is guest and will not requirea password. The site will provide access instructions.
You may be asked to register the first time you connect toa remote computer through telnet. Having guests register is how remote sites monitor the use of their resources. If you register, you may be able to create a personal log-in name and password for future use. Part Two will take you to several telnet sites for some fun activities and files to download.
Communicatingon the Internet With E-Mail Communicating with other Internet users through e-mail,/or electronic mail, is one of the fastest-growing areas/of/the Internet:\ The section entitled "Making Your First Connectionto Cyberspace" (see page 34) discusses the-details of e-mail and--, provides some entertaining activities for,you and your students/ // I / /
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_ Chapter 3 Shopping List for Internet Access
If you already have computer resources in your classroom or at your school, you might be tempted to skip this chapter.However, read on and you may gain a better understanding of your computer equipment.
The shopping list for Internet-related hardware and software isn't long. However, you will encounter trade-offs between money spent and advantages gained. The following list presents the basic requirements. Some items can be satisfied in multiple ways, so a few examples of each will be given. A helpful source for more information would be the systems administrator for your school or district. A systems administrator purchases, sets up, controls, and installs software on computers.
Internet Access There are four primary ways to connect with the Internet.
Shell Account: A shell account is an entry-level Internet access account. It is good for accessing text, not graphics. With a shell account, you dial into a host computer operated by an Internet service provider instead of connecting your computer directly to the Internet. Access costs are based on the amount of usage. 26 24 SLIP /PPP: Serial Line Interface Protocol/Point-to-Point Protocol is a step up from the shell account. With a SLIP/PPP connection, your computer system connects directly to the Internet. Your computer talks on the Internet in the same language as other computers on the Internet. This provides a faster throughput of data. You may still use an Internet service provider, but your dial-in connection is made to a SLIP/PPP connection rather than accessing the Internet from within a shell.
SLIP/PPP connections are typically much faster and more reliable than the standard modem connection. The costs of a SLIP/PPP connection are higher than a shell account. Certain commercial on-line services, such as CompuServe, allow a dial -in PPP connection if you have the appropriate software on your PC. Your service provider will tell you which connection you need.
Commercial On-line Gateway Service: If you subscribe to a commercial on-line gateway service, such as America Online or CompuServe, you connect to the Internet by locating the Internet service feature while on-line. See the section entitled "Commercial On-line Services" (page 48) for information about on-line services.
Leased Phone Line: A leased phone line provides more speed and power than other connections. Large companies or universities often use leased lines, since they have many users in multiple sites and have lots of data to send. 'A leased line resembles a SLIP/PPP connection because the LAN is connected directly to the Internet. However, the cost, is much higher. Some o leased lines may cost as much as $10,000 per yea2 25 Computer The computer unit is the central item of your Internet connection. Your computer will most likely be a personal computer. Throughout this book, we will refer to personal computers as PCs, with no inference to a particular brand. Separate references will indicate specific versions of software or certain hardware components. Remember, the Internet will never care what kind of computer you are using. One of the original goals of the Internet was to create a common denominator in software to make communication not dependent on the computer used.
A few important characteristics of your computer are listed below.
Processor Speed: The faster the better is a good,approach with computer processor speeds. However, faster also means costlier. Processor speeds are advertised in MHz (megahertz). Typical speeds range from 25 MHz for olderMacintos124ystems to 200 MHz for the new Intel Pentium Pro andMoto(olPowerPC/ chips. These speeds will continue to increase./ /
If you connect to the Internet through a/telephone dial-up line, you are restricted somewhat by yourmodem's speed./No matter how fast your computer's processor speed is, information/Can
26 28 come to you only as fast as the modem can deliver it. Besides, the applications that require fast processor speeds are not necessarily the ones used during an Internet session. However, as more people surf the Internet and sophisticated commercial uses increase, the need for offload processing, or letting your computer do the work of downloading instead of the host computer, has become necessary.
When selecting a computer for Internet use, purchase one that has multimedia applications. This will help you display graphics on your monitor as quickly as they are downloaded to your computer. To this end, the more important characteristic of your computer is how much memory it has.
RAM: Random access memory is the part of your computer used for documents and programs. The more memory you have in your computer, the more things it can do at one time. Most
Internet communication software packages will recommenda minimum RAM requirement, which you should try to'exceed. Consider a minimum of 12 MB to 16 MB.
27 RAM is measured in megabytes, or 1 million bytes. Therefore, 16 MB of RAM represents 16 million bytes of memory. Computer information in RAM is stored as a combination of ones and zeros. Each one or zero represents a bit, and there are eight bits in a byte. Each byte can be thought of as a single character in a text string. Sixteen million times 8 bits is a lot of information!
Hard Drive: A hard drive, or hard disk, is a way for your computer to store information. A hard drive or disk is measured by how many bytes of information it can store, usually in megabytes. Typical hard drives range from 540 MB to 1 gigabyte
I (1 billion bytes) or larger.
One of the great uses of the Internet is downloading information onto your computer to use later. Therefore;the'larger the hard disk, the more information you can store. Be careful, though. A large hard disk is a lot like a large storagecloset. Once you begin to fill it, it may never get cleaned out. / /- Talk to your system administrator about how/ to/back up your hard disk. You might copy the information-to,asecondary location, such as a DAT, for safekeeping. DATs (digital audio tapes) can hold several gigabytes\of information./ /
/ 28 30 / Monitor: A high-resolution color monitor will greatly enhance your enjoyment of the Internet. A 15-inch monitor is standard and sufficient for most PCs. You may wish to have a 21-inch high- resolution monitor if your students need to gather around just one computer. However, the cost of a 21-inch monitor can exceed the cost of the computer. You might consider buying a less expensive device that displays the video output of your computer from an overhead transparency machine.
Keyboard: Any standard or extended computer keyboard is acceptable.
Mouse/Trackball/Trackpad: A mouse is almost a necessity with today's point-and-click software design. Another pointing device is the trackball/trackpad. If desk space is at a premium, you may wish to purchase one or the other.
Speakers: A set of good external speakers on your PC is recommended because of the audio resources on the Internet. Some newer multimedia computers may have the speakers provided. For non-Macintosh computers without built-in speakers, you may need to purchase a sound card, which installs in the back of the computer, to provide a connection for external speakers.
29 Modem To connect to the Internet through a dial-up service, youneed a modem. It converts your computer's signals intosignals that can be sent over the telephone line. Another modem onthe other end converts the telephone line signal into a computersignal. A modem allows you to download or upload files.
Modems differ in their speeds, or how fast they cantransfer data. The unit of measurement for modem speed isbaud rate. Though not technically correct, baud rate generallyrefers to the bits per second (bps) that can be transmitted orreceived by the modem.
A modem rated at 14,400 bps, or 14.4 Kbps, cantransmit// 14,400 bits of informationabout 1,800 characters per-second. A full page of English text is roughly 2,000 characters, saa14,400 bps modem can transmit about 60 pages of text in aminute. If you used a 2,400 bps modem, 60 pagesof text would take-nearly--- 24 minutes to transmit. `,f
Since most Internet service providerschargei,1,0to $15 per hour connected, buying a high-speed modeM is wise-,IfyOu-have to connect to a long-distance phone HO% slawmodem/s,thh-be' very costly. The fastest modem8for stndar'd telephone lines,ere/-- ,7 I, 28,800 bps modems; they are theiecommended/Choiceydri y / Internet services. TheSe Modems-canalso/Conipress deta/and do/ / error correction, so the actualdata throdghPutmaybe higher.Thei cost difference between -a, 2,400-bps -and a 28,800 /bps modem is several hundred dollars. / (/ / / 32/// 30 Network Adapter A network adapter is a circuit board installed inside your computer. It allows you to be hard-wired to a local area network within your school. Your LAN may be connected to the Internet already, or you may wish to discuss getting a hard-wired connection for your school with your system administrator.
The fastest way to be connected to the Internet is to be hard- wired. Hardwiring implies your computer is connected directly to the Internet. It isn't. Hardwired connections require a high-speed phone line that allows for multiple computers to access the Internet at the same time. The telephone connection is through a special computer on your school's network, not through a modem on your classroom's computer.
Printer Do not underestimate the importance of a fast, high-resolution printer. Many documents you may wish to print from the Internet contain graphics. These graphics will notreproduce,well from/a dot-matrix printer. A color ink-jet printer or a gray-scale laser printer is ideal. Once again, speed is important. Printersare usually rated in pages per minute. A four-page-per-minute printer is typical. Some color ink-jet printers may print at/three minutes per page, but the color output is often worth the Wait. Many high- resolution printers can print on overhead transparency films.
31 Communication Software The software required to get your computer connected to the Internet will depend on your computer and your method of gaining access to the Internet. If you have an IBM-compatible PC, you must have at least Windows 3.1 installed. With a Macintosh, the operating system software is already set up to run Internet software. Your school's system administrator or your Internet service provider can describe the required software. Depending on your service provider, your subscription will likely include all the required software you need.
Many service providers are listed and advertise on the/ Internet. You can also look for names in computer magazines, such as Internet Magazine, PC Week, PC World, MacWeek, BYTE, or PC Computing.
32 Web Browser Web browser software is a necessity for surfing the Internet. It provides a user-friendly interface to the World Wide Web. Web browsers such as NCSA MosaicTM or Netscape NavigatorTM are two of the more popular packages. See the section on browsing the Web at the end of Chapter 4 (page 42). NetNote A Web browser is probably Most the best way to learn just how Internetaccess packages software much the Internet has to offer. are freeto educational Localuniversities It lets you explore the Internet providevide inforrnation can may even and helpand through URLs and hypertext let youestablish account a dial-in throughthem links. You can use one of the However to theInternet theseaccounts more difficult are getting many keyword search to obtain people since are joining so many utilities, such as LycosTM, to the Internet search for Web pages.
33 Chapter 4 Making Your First Connection to Cyberspace
This chapter assumes that you have obtained all the hardware and software necessary to access the Internet. You will first learn about e-mail, an easy and fun way to use the Internet. Then we will discuss using the Web browser Netscape Navigator to explore the World Wide Web.
E-Mail: The Cyberspace Postal Service etNote Many business and universities Thefollowing use e-mail internally to communicate e-maildiscussion applieswhether memos and letters. A paper copy you have e-mail access froman Internet to of an e-mail message can always provider, service a commercial be printed. E-mail software exists service on-line , or a commercial provider for many types of computer e-mailservices. of Just needed thesoftware systems; most operate on the to access e-mail will change. same principles. If you have computers at your school, check with the system administrator about your e-mail capabilities. If your school is connected to the Internet already, the system administrator can set up your class for e-mail.
34 Your Internet service provider or school system administrator should provide you with an e-mail address or addresses and the appropriate software to access e-mail. If your classroom has a direct connection to the Internet, you will not need a modem. However, if your Internet service is through dial-up access, your e-mail software will use a modem and telephone line. If you do not have Internet access yet, you can still send e-mail with a/- commercial on-line service such as America Online or 7' CompuServe.
How to Address E-mail, Each person is assigned an e-mail account and' an e-mail address. If you already have e-mail at your school; don't confuse that e-mail address with an Internet or on-line service e-mail address. Your address might be your first and middle initial and last name. It will also include the address of your ServiceproUide Your service provider will act like a post office' and postal/carrier, collecting and distributing mail as it is received to anyone who has an account.
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34? 35 The standard format for e-mail addresses is shown below. Note the two major parts: who and where.
The person sending Periods separate The top domain. For or receiving the all the subdomains. U.S. messages, this is message. Often generally a three-letter called the user ID. identifier for the type of organization, such as commercial. WHO WHERE
This subdomain, a This subdomain of the The @ separates the specific department, domain corn identifies user ID (left) and the indicates further a specific system or domain (right). breakdown of the network, such as subdomain ohiotool. rusteng.
Systems on the Internet read addresses from right to left, with information becoming more specific toward the left. At the far right of an Internet address is the country where the e-mail originated, usually a two-letter designation. If there is no country code, the message comes from within the United States.
To the left of the country code, if there is one, are two or three letters that signify the type of organization the e-mail originated
38 36 / from. In the preceding example, .com means the e-mail isfrom a commercial or business account. Other organization codes are .edu, an educational site; .gov, a U.S. government site;.mil, a U.S. military site; .net, a network site; and .org, a private or nonprofit organization.
Internet users and users of various on-line services can send each other e-mail. An America Online user with an e-mailaddress of [email protected] can send e-mail to a CompuServe user at the address [email protected]. On-lineservices use the Internet to deliver their e-mail messages to other on-line service providers. The Internet uses the Domain NameSystem to address e-mail. This is the same format used to send e-mail between on-line services.
Many Internet addresses, such as dept23.ohiotool.corn,include words or abbreviations so that people can rememberthem'more easily. Computers actually have numeric Internet addresses.The form of these numeric addresses is standard and has thefollowing format, 123.456.789.001, which is pronounced. "one two three dot four five six dot seven eight nine dot zero zero, one." The Domain Name Server looks up the alphabetic form of the address and converts it to the numeric form. You may run across anumeric address of an Internet site. You can use either form.
37 How to Send Your FirstMessage To send e-mail, you need the address of theperson or persons you wish to communicate with. In the appropriate fields, enter the address of the recipient (TO:), the address ofanyone you wish to receive a courtesy copy (cc:), the subject, and the text ofyour message.
The FROM: field, not usually seen, will be created automatically based on the account used to send the e-mail. Most e-mail software allows you to create custom address book for storing e-mail addresses. You can usually reference these addresses by a real name, such as John Brown, and the address book will substitute John Brown's e-mail address.
You may have multiple e-mail addresses, in whichcase you would create multiple entries in the address book. For example, (Your name)work, (Your name)school, (Your name)-7-AOL
Many e-mail software packages allowyou tocreatezdroU/ps,or mailing lists, in the address book. A group isa subset of previously entered individual addresses saved under-a single name. For example, Second Grade may point to seven/e-mail addresses. By placing the group name irttheTO: field(ifou don't have to enter the seven addresses \separately. The,ame feature can be used in the cc: field. / //
38 The area set aside for the text of your message works like a simple word processor. Once you have entered the desired text, send the e-mail with the appropriate command or keystroke. Most software will not keep a copy of your message. If you wish to retain a copy of e-mail you send, you can save the message in a draft folder or cc: yourself.
Retrieving E-mail Almost all e-mail packages will have an inbox, an outbox, and a trash can. E-mail sent to you on a LAN either will be waiting for you in an inbox or you may have to request new messages to be loaded. Commercial on-line services will inform you that you have mail waiting when you sign on. Some services, such as America Online and CompuServe, use a voice message.
You will usually see a list of received mail. The list will indicate who the mail is from, the subject, and maybe the date it was sent. After you read your mail, you can save it or trash it. If your software can create folders, you may wish to organize your incoming mail messages by subject. Keeping messages requires storage space on your computer or the computer used for your mail service. Some services require that mail not be kept longer than a certain time. E-mail is like other tools used in your teachingthe more organized you keep it, the more useful it is.
39 E-mail Activities
Activity: Global Grocery List (GGL) Location: dwarlick%[email protected]
Ask students to collect some local grocery prices for one week. For example: oranges, 3 for $1.00; cheese, $2.57,a pound; milk, $1.29 a half-gallon. Have students combine their lists and e-mail them to GGL. They can check their e-mail periodically to compare and contrast the price lists of other participants.
Activity: A World of Studies Location: http://mypc.shastalink.k12.ca.us/www/ projectcity/pchome.html
[i I Fourth-grade students at If Project City Elementary School in Shasta Lake, California, are hosts to Net the World Wide Creative Writing Notes-- Project. Students in Mr. Keeler's classroom have sent out story If you haveexperience Internet, on the starters to classrooms around the thissection youare still will beeasy. If world. After your students confused access abouthow e-mailor the to thepreceding Internet, e-mail the hosts and choose a chapters read attemptinga before category, they can join the project.- theseactivities.
40 4 Your students will receive a story starter and will be asked to add the next paragraph. They should e-mail the new paragraph back to Mr. Keeler's classroom at the address on the Web page. The hosts will redirect the stories to other classrooms around the world. This e-mail process continues until there is a completed project. Your students will receive a copy of the finished story with a description of where their story traveled.
Activity: Emoticons Location: Any e-mail address
As students become more comfortable with sending and receiving e-mail, they can add emoticons. An emoticonjs a set of\\ symbols created with regular computer keys. You will need to turn your head sideways to interpret them. For example, :-)is a smile and :-(is a frown. Provide the following examples, and encourage students to invent their own. /
@> (a rose) {{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}} (lots of hugs) // :-D (a large grin) :-I ("I am not amused.") :-) (a smile)
/ // I /1 / / / / / / / /,' / / /// /// 3 41 Browsing the Web If you have access to the Internet, chances are you also have access to a Web browser software package. Two of the more popular ones are Netscape Navigator and NCSA Mosaic. Also, most of the more popular on-line services have their own Web browser software included. You may have to download some of the software to your computer the first time you use it, but simple instructions should be provided.
Each Web browser looks similar from the surface but will have special features and functions that will take you beyond the scope of our attention here. Advanced uses and understanding of Web browser software can be obtained from a user's manual, or / supplementary user's guides.
Let's assume you have Netscape Navigator installed on your PC. After running the Netscape application and connecting to the Internet, you will see the main window. The top region consists of several buttons.
back: goes back in the list of previously viewed URLs.
forward: goes-forward in the list of previously viewed,URLs.
42 home: goes to a Web page predefined by you. The default home URL is Netscape's Internet home page (www.netscape.com). reload: reloads the currently listed URL address. images: if the automatic loading of images is off, clicking this button causes images to download. open: presents a dialog box that asks for a location, or URL address, to open. print: prints the currently displayed Web page to your default printer. find: searches for a word in the displayed document. stop: cancels the data transfer in progress. /
You will also see the Netscape logo, which will ,show stars falling across the sky when data is being receiVedfroM the Internet. Other Web browser software packges use theii. // here in similar ways. // // // / / / ////// / 43 Beneath the top row of buttons is a data entry field labeled go to or location. If you place your cursor in the field and delete current text, you can type in the URL address you wish to go to. If you have connected to a Web page via a hypertext link, this field will indicate the URL address of the document you are viewing. Remember, each address you go to is pointing to a specific HTML document you can view using the Web browser software.
Beneath the URL entry field are several more buttons to take you to specific areas on the Internet.
What's New: lists new URL addresses and Web sites. Continuously updated.
What's Cool: lists what Netscape believes to be unusual, intriguing sites. Updated routinely.
Handbook: has an index that should be skimmed before you look for information or help.
Net Search: allows you to search the Internet/With keywords or even a question. You will receive a list of Web sites whose abstract descriptions contain the keywords you provided. Be careful; this search can turn up thOusand of entries. Be as specific as possible.
44 Net Directory: a basic Yellow Pages to the Internet. Introduces you to Yahoo, currently the most popular Web site for finding what's on the Internet.
Newsgroups: connects you to your defined set of newsgroups. If you don't have any defined, you can subscribe to some during your first visit. Subscribing to newsgroups is a great way to obtain information.
The most important region of the Web browser window is the Web page viewing area. As each document loads to your computer, you can scroll down the page with the right-hand scroll bar. Since text is often loaded before images, you can skim the / document to see if there is anything interesting. If not, you can click STOP to cancel the request. Once you click STOP, you can type in another URL address or return to the previous page by clicking BACK.
The Netscape menus are at the top of the screen/. They are similar to most Windows or Macintosh menus. Many\ menu commands are identical to the buttons we have just discussed. One of the most important menu items is Bookmarks.
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45 Bookmarks allow you to save URL addresses you have visited so you can revisit them without re-entering the address. If you pull down the Bookmarks menu, you can add a Bookmark or view your list of bookmarks. This list is stored on your PC and will be accessible each time you run your Web browser. If you want to visit a site each day, this handy tool can save time. Some browsers allow you to define sets of bookmarks so you, for instance, can have one list and students can have another. See the user's guide or pull down under HELP and search bookmarks for more information.
As you view each Web page, you will notice highlighted and/or underlined text and images. These represent the hyperlinks of/the /- Web page. Clicking on any highlighted area will immediately connect you to the Web page identified by the link. If you visit a link and want to get back, simply click on the BACK button.
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46 Your PC will most likely store the pages you visit, so as you go back and forth through your pages, they will load much more quickly the second time around. This technique is referred to as cache. It uses the PC memory and hard disk to tempo'rarily store Web page information. If you quit the browser application and restart, you will lose the information in the cache memory.
The best way to learn about surfing the Internet and the World Wide Web is to simply do it. Don't be afraid to try new things and explore new paths. If you think you've gotten lost, you can always click on HOME.
47 Chapter 5 Commercial On-line Services
One way to obtain access to the Internet is through commercial on-line services. Three of the leading services and the highlights offered by them are described here. Others include eWorld from Apple Computer, Microsoft Network (MSN), and Genie. Part Two of Internet Without Fear! contains activities based on accessing certain areas of an on-line service.
America Online America Online (AOL) is the fastest growing commercial on-line service. Since 1989, AOL has reportedly signed on nearly 3 million members. AOL is an icon-based,point-and-click/nterface that is very easy for non-computer experts to use./ / AOL's Internet access, including a built-in/World Wide Web browser, is one reason AOL is so popular The Web broWser and- FTP capabilities add a worldwide network of downlOadable files to AOL.
48 j Without the Internet, AOL offers more than 50,000 shareware files and programs to download. Shareware is software normally obtained free for trial usage. If you decide to keep it, you must pay the author a small fee for licensing. This fee will usually pay for a manual, technical support, and notification of future updates.
Teachers will love the bulletin board feature of AOL, which'/ allows the user to post messages on an electronic bulletinboard. Other AOL visitors can then respond. It's like being able to send e-mail to everyone who might be interested in a certain topic without knowing his or her address.
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Flash Session: allows the user to compose and to retrieve mail off-line (not dialed in). This feature will save considerable connect-time charges.
Today's News & Newsstand: provides on-line versions of many popular magazines, including Time, Nickelodeon Magazine, Scientific America, and DC Comics Online.
Personal Finance: gives user the ability to create a fictitious stock portfolio, track stock information, gather current financial news, and locate company profiles.
Clubs & Interests: allows people with common intereststo take part in discussions electronically.
Computing: download software, contact many of the/leading software and computer companies, send e-mail for technical assistance, and find out the latest computing news.,'
52 50 Travel: view pictures of travel destinations, read travel magazines, check the weather, and even check airline schedules.
Marketplace: includes electronic stores such as Kidsoft Superstore, Office Max Online, Tower Records, Online Bookstore, and Health & Vitamins Express.
People Connection: these chat rooms allow real-time conversations between a group of people, usually a maximum of 25. Chat rooms can get confusing when 25 different conversations appear on your screen at once! NetNotes Entertainment: offers Movie clipsand so a half-hour undtracks information about movies, music, or niore can take can consu to download and theater. You can download me considerable and space.You harddisk mightconsider movie clips, soundtrack downloading a movierelease oncea month. clip samples, and other entertainment You dialed do not into AOL need tobe to viewthe business advertising. Youcan downloads movieclip. pecial viewthese software itemsfr to on-line om AOLat just timecost. the
51 Education & Reference Desk: offers on-line reference books, encyclopedias, Smithsonian Online, and much more. Part 2 of this book will take you into these two areas for some great classroom activities.
Internet Connection: allows access to the AOL Web browser. AOL has one of the better Web browsers of the commercial on-line services. The Internet area for AOL also includes a Newsgroup reader, FTP service, and Gopher access.
Newsgroups are similar to the message boards throughout America Online. Since these NONtes Newsgroups are distributed through AOL, like allcommercial the Internet, you'll find many more on-line dialingin. Protect topics and millions of people in because thispassword on-linecharges , quickly can accrue these globe-trotting discussions. AOLeven security provides within further theprogram password_ programto Sports: provides news, game certain service.Look areasof the underthe M menuand select scores, and discussion groups. Parental after dialing Control intoAOL. Kids Only: provides specialty magazines for kids, bulletin boards, and other features.
52 CompuServe CompuServe leans toward financial information, news, and reference material for businesses and professionals. Numerous forums provide information on computer hardware and software. Many software vendors provide free upgrades to their software through these forums.
The major subject areas of CompuServe include the following.
News, Weather & Sports: allows access to the latest information from Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters world wires, and more.
Magazines: users can read and retrieve articles from periodicals from around the world. There is an additional charge for this service.
50 53 Communicate: find e-mail, classified ads, special events and contests, and real-time discussions.
Computers: find forums, reference materials, technical support, articles, shareware, and products for more than 1,000 hardware and software companies.
Reference/Education: contains an extensive reference library of articles, directories, legal information, statistics, consumer information, and newsletters. Includes current and historical information. The on-line dictionary and encyclopedia are updated four times annually.
Professional & Finance: financial services that are tailored for the individual investor, providing stock quotes, brokerage services, business data, charts, and other analysis. Professionals can access information and exchange ideas through professional interest areas.
56 54 Internet: provides Internet access with Gopher access, FTP, and an integrated Web browser.
Travel: includes air, hotel, car, tour, and cruise information.
Shopping: offers access to more than 160 merchants, with no connect charges for browsing and ordering.
Home/Leisure: includes the areas of health and fitness, home and family, arts, hobbies, and outdoor activities.
Fun & Games: can provide hours of enjoyment. Includes software downloads such as demos and updates.
Entertainment: includes movie and music guides, featured artists, music vendor forums, and more.
57 55 Prodigy Prodigy is sometimes called "an on-line service for novices." This is not meant to be critical. Prodigy is easy to install and provides numerous prompts and simple commands.
Prodigy contains several major areas.
News & Weather: provides on-line news and weather forecasts.
Business/Finance: provides the latest news on business and financial topics, stock quotes and charts, mutual funds, and corporate analysis.
Sports: gives you information on sports events and statistics. Includes color photos and graphics, pro scores, and stories while games are in play.
Communicate: provides real-time chat rooms, e-mail, bulletin boards, and access to Usenet newsgroups.
Entertainment: describes the latest movies, theater showings, and music releases.
58 Market Place: includes merchants, discount outlets, and specialty shops. Users can place classified ads on the Market Place bulletin board.
Computing: on-line information is available for all types of computers. Exchange ideas with other computer users, talk to experts to get advice and information, receive on-line technical support, read the latest releases of computer-oriented magazines, and connect to other computing-related Web sites.
Travel: allows you to make travel plans, check reservations, and view travel locations. City and vacation guides tell you what's hot and what's not according to other Prodigy members.
Internet: provides simple point-and-click access to Web pages. The Internet access requires just a single mouse click to take you to World Wide Web sites. A Personal Web Page feature allows you to create a site on the Internet.
Kids Zone & Teen Turf: contains child-oriented areas with games, on-screen activities, reference materials, Web sites, and bulletin boards. Parental access control is available.
57 PAT Integrating Internet Resources Throughout the Curriculum
In Part 2, Internet activities are integrated with reading; language arts; math; science; social studies; health, nutrition, and physical fitness; and music, art, and dance. The last chapter contains Gopher sites, Internet groups, mailing lists, and other resources of interest to educators. Internet sites and activities were chosen using these guidelines:
The site contains several links to other valuable resources related to il the subject area. NetNote
The Internet The site provides a resource, changes resources rapidly.Use in thisbook the software tool, or pool of explore butcontinue the links to foundat knowledge difficult to obtain in sites.Sometimes at mostof the "down" sites other ways. Activities provide formaintenance are to accept or toobusy yourconnection. unique tools not found in trying! If Keep a sitechan available ges or , don't give is nolonger traditional resources. up. Use O Internettools the in thissection to locate The site falls under several of the following philosophies: Students need developmentally appropriate activities for optimum growth. They need to be actively involved in learning. They need to,cOnstruct their own knowledge. Classroom activities should excite children about learning.
SD 58 Chapter b Reading
There are many Internet resources to help teach reading in the elementary classroom. The following are some of the most beneficial and enjoyable resources for K-6 teachers.
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Book Nook * * * * * * *
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Children's Literature Home Page * * * *
Fonzo Explores the Universe * *
Helping Your Child Learn How to Read *
Illustrated Children's Books *
An Indian in My Cupboard * * * * * *
Newbery Award Winning Books * * * * * * *
Percussion Stories * * * *
Personalize Your Own Book * *
Pigs * *
Puns: Prose as Deadly Torture * * *
Read Along Stories * * *
The Realist Wonder Society *
Shelves of Children's Literature * *
A Story as You Like It * * * * * * *
Story Hour (The Internet Public Library) * * * * *
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Internet Address students toread http://www.gnn.comfignn/rneta/sclu/cunirdg/gen_act/pigs/pigsbooks from thisbibliography for Teaching Tip Choose several with Pig by Mary For example,provide students and compare. or TheFourth Little Ling, An PigsAre Beautiful byDick King-Smith, to write storiesabout Pig by TeresaGels'. Invite students information fromthe books they pigs. They mayvvish to include have justread.
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Grade Level 4-6 e Puns: Prose asDeadlyTorture Activity Title Since these collection of talesthat involve puns. This is a funny and Description teachers canread through them tales are ondifferent levels, decide whichwould be mostappropriate.
h Internet Address ttp://vvww.duke.edui-sawl/stories.html students to several of thesestories, challenge Teaching Tip After reading rest of the class. with puns and sharethem with the invent stories with partners to seeif exchanging stories Students may enjoy writing. incorporate punsinto each other's they can findother ways to
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Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Read AlongStories Description As students listen to threestories, they view the pictures. can read the textand Internet Address http://www.indiana.edui-eric_rec/fl/ras.html Teaching Tip In "Rebel Cows: A Victim'sStory," a might not be young man findsthat cows such gentlecreatures after all (for uppergrades). In "JellybeanAdventure," a young girl exploresthe world with just a bag ofjellybeans (for K-3). In "TheGrindelstar," looks forsomething a young girl creepy that lurksin the shadowy upper grades). woods (for Have studentswho have read meet in critical the samestory discussiongroups.
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Grade Level K-6 Activity Title The RealistWonder Society Description This site provides a number of cleverfolk tales. Students e-mail their opinions can of them to theauthor. Internet Address http://www.rrnet.com/-nakamura/ Teaching Tip If you choose"The Mole and the Owl,"you may wish to pictures of the display title creaturesbefore reading they are like. and discusswhat After reading,ask students story. Encourage how they feltabout the them to sendtheir reactions at this site. to the authorlisted L
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Grade Level K-6 Children's Literature Activity Title Shelves of book lists andchildren's books. This site hasmultiple links to Description subscribing toseveral listservs It also includesinstructions for literature. (discussion groups)about children's
Internet Address http://www.phantom.com/-fairrosa/cb.list.html gives 12 on-lineversions of the story. One link to a"Cinderella" project Teaching Tip to other versionsfor easy Each version has alink by chapter students help youtell the European movement betweenstories. Have other versionsthey may "Cinderella." Askstudents to share version of on-line Net site andexplore the 12 know. Helpstudents find this each choose aversion to role -play. versions. Thenhave small groups
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Grade Level K-6 A Story as YouLike It Activity Title of each can chooseat the end At this interactivesite, students Description way the storyis being told orwhether page whetherthey like the they want analternative.
Internet Address aloud, then havethe http://fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de..8080/-cantsintqueneau_thtmlto read the storyand choices You may wish next page. Teaching Tip they wouldlike for the class votewhich alternative review plotand causeand effect. You could usethis activity to
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Activity Title Story Hour (The Internet PublicLibrary) Description This site hasseveral stories to read. Forinstance, "Do Live on theWorld Wide Spiders Web" helpsstudents get to computer and know the understand itsparts. Internet Address http://ipl sils.umich.edu/youth/StoryHour/StoryHour.html Teaching Tip As students read "Do SpidersLive on the them pause World Wide Web,"have periodically toidentify the different featuresof the classroom computeras they are wish to write mentioned. Olderstudents may a new story thatplays on are spelled the homographs (wordsthat same but havedifferent meanings).
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Grade Level K-3 Activity Title Theodore Tugboat Description At this Website, primary students canmeet Theodore Studentscan interact with Tugboat. the storyon-line and from thecoloring book. downloadpages Internet Address http://www.cochran.comaT.html Teaching Tip After a discussion about boats, ships, andtransportationon water, studentscan find this site and interactwith the story. They may wishto print out coloringpages to take home. Encourage students to write andillustrate stories experience they about an have hador would like to _have on a boator ship. REIV3rWq oe,> Yt Print Find Stop Reload Back Forvtar Horne
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Internet Address at this http://wwvv.halcyon.com/arborhts/ya.htmland discuss the stepsthat the school Students canread Teaching Tip Young AuthorsConference. site took to havea successful to do a similarproject. Perhaps theywill bee inspired
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This chapter describes a number of the most beneficial and enjoyable language arts resources for K-6 teachers to use, which include writing, spelling, and literature.
Language Arts Resources K 12 3 4 5 6 Children's Illustrators on the Web CNN-Interactive News * * Crambo * * * * * * * Create Your Own Newspaper * * * Cyber Kids Interactive * */ * * Ernie's Learn [sic] to Speak a Little Hawaiian The Gates of No Return *
Haiku * * * Human Languages Page * * * * * * * The Internet Public Library * * KID PUB * * *
KIDSCOM * * Sign Language and Braille * * * Webster's Dictionary * * Welcome to the Labyrinth Word by Word * * Writers' Resources on the Web * * Ziggy Piggy K 12 3 4 5 6
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Teaching Tip Ask students to use the siteto find books author/illustrators: by these Janet Stevens, who also visitsschools; Tamara Kaye;and Bill Dallas Lewis, whopublishes on computersand who also and illustrates visits schools.Students the books inthe library, can look for read them,and e-mail addressesat the site. comments tothe
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Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title CNN-Interactive News video clips. up-to-date news,pictures, and Description This site provides Internet Address http://www.cnn.com/ the beginningand note how thesite changes at Teaching Tip Ask students to news writeups Students can printout some of the end of the day. Ask them tomake and compare themwith a local newspaper. chooses tohighlight and todraw judgments aboutthe news each each is trying toattract. conclusions aboutthe audiences
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Internet Address http://www.primenet.com/-hodges/kids_crambo.htmlsome of thephrases atthis site. Allow studentsto play with Teaching Tip in pairs, groups,or teams. Then they canplay the game
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Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Create Your OwnNewspaper Description Students can use this site tocreate a personalized It contains newspaper. samplenewspapers created with links (such this program,news as TIME Daily NewsSummary and Today and daily statistics. at NASA), Internet Address Teaching Tip http://leeca8.1eeca.ohio.gov/ofcs/ms/MTPV_Files/mtpv.html Ask studentsto look at the samplenewspapers at this site which is their and decide favorite format.Invite interested students to workin small groups to makea newspaper. They can use newssources provided at the site and addarticles about their class or school.After the newspapers are ready,groups can distribute them andanswer questions abouttheir contents.
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Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title CyberKids Interactive Description CyberKids Interactive is a place for kids throughoutthe world to share their thoughtsand ideas. Internet Address http://www.mtlake.com/cyberkids/Interactive/Interactive.html Teaching Tip Ask studentsto read some of the comments.Encourage to respondto one that students interests themso that they pal (an Internetpen pal). Their can get a key responses will be commentspage. added to the
I I 54o Grade Level K-6 [sic] to Speak aLittle Hawaiian Activity Title Ernie's Learn tutorial on how towrite and This site providesan excellent Description of commonwords, phrases, pronounceHawaiian, with lists and questions. .html Internet Address http://www.mhpcc.edu/otherpages/ernie/erniel know aboutHawaii and to identify Invite students toshare what they Teaching Tip to imagine theywill visit Hawaii on a map orglobe. Ask students phrases thatmight be helpful to Hawaii, and havethem brainstorm this site to findthose phrases. know in Hawaiian.Have students use Hawaiian phrases toclassmates Encourage themto teach the and others. 123 Language Arts 73 ot:7 Open Prin Find Reloa Images Back forward time Grade Level 4-6 The Gatesof No Return Activity Title of and choosedifferent outcomes Students canread segments the student Description story. Once adirection is chosen, this open-ended can addanother segment. kids.com/gate0.html Internet Address http://www.internet-for to the story. site and taketurns adding Asks tudentsto locate this Teaching Tip and reasons forchoosing them. Have themcompare outcomes it to new interactivestory, adding Students mightwish to create a ifavailable, orsending itthroughout your school'shome page, the school. o 0 Back orward ,,--- Home eload I I Open Print Find , Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Haiku Description This site helps people learn tocompose and understand a form of poetry haiku, that originatedin Japan. Internet Address http://www.isi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haiku.html Teaching Tip Ask studentsto find this site and explorewriting and understanding haiku.Initiate a discussion at this site. Ask about the haikupoems how thepoems make students would explain feel and howthey haiku tosomeone who has before. Have never heard of it students writeand illustrate haiku poemsand display them inthe classroom. 74 Language Arts 4:30 -1Oa0 Back 'For werd Home Reload mages Open Print I Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Human LanguagesPage Description This pagecompiles information about the The resources world's languages. include dictionaries,language spoken samples. tutorials, and Internet Address Teaching Tip To introducethis site, you may wishto ask students fluent in languages who are other thanEnglish to expressions. Then share somecommon have studentsgo to this site foreign language and choosea that intereststhem. In can create small groups,students a simple gamethat shares chosen language. informationabout their ten QAo 43c Stop °c') Open Print Find Reload mages Back Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Public Library Activity Title The Internet events such asStory Hour, Doctor At this site,students can join Description enter WorldWide Web contests. Internet, and Askthe Author or http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth Internet Address the icon wish to enter acontest can click on Teaching Tip Students who they can World Wide WebContest. For instance, next to IPL's Story on theWorld or a poemto the "Put My submit a short story understand the contest Wide Web" contest.Make sure students authorization/entry form.The entry and rules and completean [email protected]. entry formshould be sent to 7 Language Arts 75 Stop Print Find \ Images Open Home Reload Back forward Grade Level K-6 KID PUB Activity Title published write storiesand get them At this site,students can Description stories by otherstudents. on-line. They canalso read http://en-garde.com/kidpub/ Internet Address e-mail group,or classstories and Students canwrite individual, the Teaching Tip site. They canalso look up them to theaddress at this site the numberof stories the statistics section,which shows tor es chart showingwhere the s receives eachday, and view a come from. aq). Back /Forward A Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 2 -6 Activity Title KIDSCOM Description This site letsstudentsages 8-14 register students throughout for key palswith the world whoshare their interests. Internet Address http://www.kidscom.corn Teaching Tip Ask students to list their favoritehobbies, books, and musical movies, sports, activities. Invitethem to register using their lists with KIDSCOM, to help them finda key pal. They communicate with can their new friendsvia e-mail. e-J 76 Language Arts 7 8 0 a Back For varel Home tea E: Reload Images Open Print Find _ I Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Sign Languageand Braille Description This site lets students learnabout sign language Internet Address and Braille. diss Teaching Tip Students can read andpractice the information Iteractive given in the Finger Spellingguide. Ask students theirspelling words, to spell someof using sign languageor by drawing paper to representBraille letters. dots on 79F-is V 4+0 rs."M o 1:D. a 4:10 Print Find ' Stop Reload Images Open Back Forward Home r Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Webster's Dictionary Webster's dictionaryservices on This site accessesthe various Description search windowand hit Return to the Internet. Type aword in the definition ishypertext-linked to get its definition.Each word in the its meaning. the dictionary,allowing access to 03/prog/webster Internet Address http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:51 students who areworking with any This is a superresource for Teaching Tip wish to have a racebetween language artsassignment. You may the on-linedictionary and one two groups ofstudents, one using dictionary, to seewho can findthe meanings using a classroom of words first. Language Arts 77 Stop Print Find <3° , Images Open HoMe Reload Back Forward 4-6 Grade Level Web Serverfor the Labyrinth:A World Wide Activity Title Welcome to Medieval Studies network providingno cost, is a globalinformation Description The Labyrinth resources inmedieval studies organized accessto electronic at GeorgetownUniversi through a WorldWide Web server http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/latin/latin-lib.html Internet Address Choose a in the OldEnglish section. Skim someof the literature Then ask Teaching Tip translate intomodern English. paragraph forstudents to and use from theirwriting portfolio students to takea paragraph Old English. help themrewrite it in the resourcesat this site to g -1 ) Of; Back Forward ) Home Reload mages Open Print Find Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Word by Word Description Students can e-mail a wordto the author of this site andhe will write a story withthat word and e-mail it to theclass. Internet Address http://klinzhai.echo.com/-rejoyce/words/index.html Teaching Tip Studentscan e-mail an interesting vocabulary wordto the author and read and discussthe story he sends back tothe class. You may wish to extendthis activity by having studentseach write a vocabularyword on a slip of paper, placeit in a paper and choosea word to include bag, in a paragraphor story. 23 78 Language Arts Fucc iruiTu o 0c> Treasure 000 Chest Back orwar d Home Reload Images Open Site! Print Vino Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Writers' Resourceson the Web Description Topics include children's writing,science poetry, journalism, fiction/fantasy,mystery, technical/scientific There is a writing, andtravel writing. reference librarywith authors, search tools, illustrators, awards, online literature,and publications. writers there For young are contests,workshops, and Internet Address more. http://interlog.com/-ohi/www/writesource.html Teaching Tip This siteprovides a quick and easyresource of different After lookingat the writing styles. genres, studentscan take a story and changeit into a they've written mystery or sciencefiction tale. to enter story Studentsmay wish contests at thissite. opc. 0* Stop Open find Reload Images Back Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Ziggy Piggy will help studentsdevelop This fun and sillyrhyming game Description logical reasoning. Internet Address http://www.primenet.com/-hodges/kids_crambo.htmlof the problemsat this site. Have studentsinvestigate some write Teaching Tip them to thinkof more. Mksmall groups to Then encourage piggy" phrases. Beforethey and illustrate abook based on "ziggy The soggy froggywent for a walk. start, providethis example: ZEST COPYAVAM"'q_.. Tr 81Language Arts 79 Chapter 8 Math This chapter contains a number of the most beneficial and enjoyable math resources for K-6 teachers to use. This area includes problem solving, logical reasoning, and math skills. Math Resources K 1 23456 Ask Dr. Math * * * Bluedog Can Count! * * * * * Connect Four * Cute Number Facts: About Today's Date * * The Electronic Zoo: Animal Resources * * * * * * * Fastball Film Canister Kaleidoscope * * Fun Math * * * The Geometry Forum * * * * * The Great Penny Toss Hands on the Giant How Money Is Made /* * * * Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map * Mathematics Math Magic / Population World Counter * * Spirographs and Math! * * * * Street Cents * Teaching and Learning About Chess * * * Team-by-Team Statistics * * The World of Escher K 1 2 34 5 6 88 Math 82 yao Back Forward Home Reload Images Open Print I Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Ask Dr. Math Description At this site,students ask questions andreceive answers any area of mathat the elementary about school level.The questions and answersare saved so that teachers andstudents them. Forexample, under can read "Geometry,"eight strategies questionsare explored. and Internet Address http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr. math/drmath. Teaching Tip elem. html To explore thissite, ask students to completethe paper-folding activity. Encouragethem to try this activity withmaterials such regular notebookpaper, tissue as paper, and a towelor blanket. Ask them tocompare their results with Dr.Math. RET 511V 0 oc:D, 0 Find Stop Images Open Print Home Reload Back Forward Grade Level K-6 Count! Activity Title Bluedog Can enter a matequation, click At this humoroussite, students can Description computerized dogbahrk the answer. "Go Blue Go,"and hear a http://kao.ini.cmu.edu:5550/bdf.html Internet Address facts, they can have masteredbasic arithmetic Teaching Tip After students simple numbers Bluedog. Askstudents to enter have fun with number of timesBluedog into the equationand listen to the thissite duringtutoring sessions barks. Olderstudents can use their math facts. to help youngerstudents reinforce Math 81 ria Find Stop Open 1, Print Reload tillages Forward Home Grade Level 2-6 Connect Four Activity Title TM players to Connect Four challenges This computerversion of logic and Description Players mustutilize be the first toconnect four squares. reasoning abilities. Internet Address http://club.uvvaterloo.ckppornaki/c4/ connect_vvvvvv.cgi?7650ggggggggggggggwrite theirvvinning this game,ask students to Teaching Tip Afterft playing strategies and toshare themwith other students. :.---.0 CE[C:flaD trY Eri Back iForwzrd'Home Reload images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 2-6 Activity Title Cute Number Facts: AboutToday's Date Description At this site,students can find information aboutthe numbers each calendardate. in Internet Address http://acorn.educ.nottingham.ac.uk/cgi-bin/daynum Teaching Tip Students can learn about thenumbers in each For example, date of theyear. on November 4this site will Students can explain about 11and 4. print out eachdate and use the informationto make a book about theirfavorite number. i__VI iigilitaj 82 Math 84 F.-E3 cirou 1r V :30 0 C;> 1 --. 13, i a I or- ri Back tlk i Forvierdi 1 Home Reload Images I Open i Print 1) Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title The Electronic Zoo: AnimalResources Description Students canclick on an animal andsee a picture and related information. links to Internet Address http: / /netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm Teaching Tip Students can click on theferret to learn how big it is.Have them guess whether it issmaller than a dog or cat andtell how they could find theanswer. Help them the board, compare the animals'sizes on using measuringtools or estimation. also look at Studentscan a humorous http://www.ki.icl.se/urf/ferrets/text/ferweek.htmsiteto findout about a ferret's typicalweek. sieaAamar.vaa. C -,_,. _, =w..-. 3 --. ..:111 NC1FLU VP/ 017) Stop 410 open\ Print Find Home Reload Images Back\orvtartd Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Fastball and news formalor league This site featuresdiscussion areas Description it provides gamescores, teams. Duringthe regular season, and photos. statistics, schedules, Internet Address tittp://www.fastball.com/ with bsebalmember Teachers can usethis site tointegrate math Teaching Tip fobor each students cangraph the statistics For example, such as the numberof wins, of one team orpick one attribute, Students can alsowrite and graph it forall the teams. based on thestatistics at thissite. computation problems 60G Math 83 ECU 'TU ...t, . 1 Stop ft , Print Find <3° Open Home ReloadI Images Back For ,vard Grade Level 4-6 Film CanisterKaleidoscope Activity Title symmetry of a students areexposed to the Description In this project, kaleidoscope. Internet Address http://sIn.fi.edu/tfi/activity/math/math-2.html Allow them toexperiment with Give geoboardsto students. figures are Teaching Tip Discuss howcertain geometrical different designs. figures on their students tomake symmetrical symmetrical. Ask explore this paper. Thenhave them geoboards ordraw them on or maketheir own. site and copythe kaleidoscope 123 71- 43° cPo Back a ome Reloa Images Open rint Fig Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Fun Math Description This site includesmath jokes, fractals, crystals, hyberbolics, paradoxes, logicpuzzles, knots, andthe MATLAB Internet Address gallery of pictures. TeachingTip The puzzles, problemsand pictures at and entertaining. site are educational Ask studentsto lookuthe challenge p the math jokesand them to inventtheir own. 84 Math o Back Forward Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title The GeometryForum Description Geometry Forum members havecreated instructional this site. Also materials at includedare discussions and math education on geometry,research, and informationon newsgroups. Internet Address http://forum.swarthmore.edu/ Teaching Tip Have students work withpartners or individually site's problem to solve the of the weekor month. One to describe problem asksstudents each path leftby a rectangular prism, a sphere, square pyramid,or a cone when a it's dippedin paint and across a piece ofpaper. rolled (1 'FIDT dia Q(71.> Stop ao Open Print Find Reload Images Back Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Toss Activity Title The Great Penny experiment thatstudies probability Students canparticipate in an Description from all overthe world. and statistics,using results Internet Address http://ralPhbunche.rbs.edu/RBS_Forms/RBS.html in a unit onstatistics. Students You can includethis experiment Teaching Tip in a cup, throwthem out, and will be asked toput ten pennies do this five times.When you count the numberof heads. They above, includeyour e-mail send the resultsto the address of the experiment. address to learnthe outcome Math 85 04. 0 ocp 1 gezei Stop Open Print Find Reload mages Back ,Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Giant Activity Title Hands on the provides enrichinghands-on The AIMSEducation Foundation Description science, andother disciplines. activities thatintegrate math, http://204.161.33.100/Activities/HOG/giant.html Hands on theGiant: Science): Internet Address IntegratingMathematics and To reachAIMS (Activities http://204.161.33.100/AIMS.html the work cooperativelyto determine In this activity,students can Teaching Tip on itshandprint. Thesite approximate heightof a giant based the extensions. Don'tforget to sign provides manysuggestions and activity, they After studentscomplete the guest book beforeyou leave! to scale forthe giant. can designand build a house 43° Back ;Forward iHome Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title How MoneyIs Made Description This site discusses how money isprinted and has follow-up activities. ideas for Internet Address http://ericirsyredu/Newton/Lessons/money.html Teaching Tip After studentsexplore this site, ask cooperativelearning to designa currency and groups assign it a value relative to theU.S. dollar. Studentsmay wish to bring in money fromother countries and, usingcurrency figures, compare its value they designed. with themoney 8b Math IImages Open Print Stop Grade Level Activity Title Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Mea Map Description This site containsideas and information can use the information on mapmaking. Students to help themmeasure distances longitudeand latitude. and plot Ask students to drawa map of their classroom. can estimate how Younger children many handswould fit lengthwise Older students in the class. can draw theroom to scale. After maps, let them studentsmake explore this Internetsite. j <::10 0 c::> Open l Print Reload Back Forward Home Grade Level Activity Title Mathematics activities and resourcesin general This site containsthousands of Description reasoning, mathematicaltools, mathematics, problemsolving and measurement, geometry;statistics whole numbersand numeration, ideas. and probability,and algebraic Mathematics.html Internet Address http://urate.ukans.edu/Browser/UNITEResource/Layer In problemsolving and use thissite every day. Teaching Tip K-6 teachers can 800 activitiesand instance, you'llfind more than reasoning, for Counting Book," Some, such as"M&M's Chocolate resources. Addition," children, and some,such as "Mayan are for younger are forolder students. LEI Math 87 0 Find Stop Images Open Print Home Reload Back Forward Grade Level K-3, 4-6 Math Magic Activity Title grouped by grades,that of challenges, This site containsa series Description involvemathematical reasoning. http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/ Internet Address how challenges." Usethe site to discuss Click on "K-3current Teaching Tip example, a squarehas four right angles can formshapes. For may wishto takestudents angles, whichlook like Ls. You spot a the school.Each time students outdoors towalk around L with theirhands. right angle, theycan form an RCYOUEITY 41 0 fag. Back a Iin ee Forward iHome Reload j Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Population WorldCounter Description Studentscan learn how the world's populationincreases day, week,and year. each Internet Address http://sunsite.unc. edu/lunarbin/worldpop Teaching Tip Have students keep a worldpopulation journal record the population and tell themto noted in this site to graph the each day. Encouragethem changes thatoccur within word problems one week and towrite using the populationfigures. 88 Math g1:1 HICIT.,EJ T'Y 430 Qt* fai Back at Forward Home Reload A Images Open Print Find i Stop Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) 1 Activity Title $ Spirographs andMath! Description This site provides a program togenerate Spirographs computer. This on the activity canreinforce geometry be usedas an art project. concepts orcan Internet Address http://juniper.tc.cornell.edu:8000/spiro/spiro.html Teaching Tip Explain that inthe center of a Spirograph isa fixed circle. its edge rollsanother circle. Around A pen ata point along the the rotatingcircle generates radius of the image. Helpstudents enter integers at thesite for the radii of thefixed and rotating and for thepen's distance circles from the edgeof the rotating Then theycan click "Generate circle. Image." Challengestudents to re-create thedesign witha real Spirograph. ....ra a sai-§ VV 430 or mp Open Print Find Reload Images Back Forward Home Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Street Cents TVshow StreetCents helps The Web pagefor the Canadian Description make purchases.Each week children beinformed before they focuses on adifferent area ofthe marketplace. Internet Address rittp://vvww.screen.comistreetcents.htmlthe claimsof instruct studentsto investigate Teaching Tip At the site, skills, and using theirmath and reasoning advertisements, of Canadianstudents. Students compare theirresults with those download theStreet Cents can also givefeedback and screensaver. -77 91 Math 84 0 Stop <30 a r* Print Find Reload\ Images , Open Back Home Grade Level 4-6 Learningpout chess Activity Title Teaching and of chess. This site exploresdifferent aspects Description Internet Address http://info.ex.ac.uk/-dregis/DR/coaching.htmlWeb site, they canclick "Examples After studentsfind the main Teaching Tip 10 Tips forJuniors." This area of Handouts,"then click "Top who are learningto play chess. provides advicefor children the tips. so that theycan try out Provide studentswith chess sets o- C1TOB <1,30 i of4, ' Sack For ward Home Reload mages Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Team-by-TeamStatistics Description This site provides information about NBA teams,including statistics on eachteam member. Internet Address Teaching Tip http://www.netgen.com/sis/NBA/team_stats/team_stats.html Ask studentsto look up their favoriteteam. Students examine the could statistics todetermine such played the most questions as Who minutes inyour team? Students the top three could also graph scorers andcompare their results other students. with those of 90 Math 774E-J E c Ir.uii ip o a* El_ 4. n Back Forward Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title The World ofEscher Description This M. C. Eschersite includes stories, discussions,and promotionalproducts. Internet Address http:/www.texas.net/escher/ Teaching Tip Have students find the descriptionto Gamebirds Explain that at the site. tessellations, whichEscher used in are mosaics of much of hisart, congruent figuresof one ora few types. Have students find thetessellations in Gamebirds, thenmake a similar mosaic andgame. T__VI lsillej Math 91 Chapter 9 Science In this chapter you will find a number of the most beneficial and enjoyable science resources for K-6 teachers. This area includes problem solving, developing the processes of science, and using the scientific method in practical applications. Science Resources K 123 4 5- 6 All About Frogs Ask-an-Astronomer Astronomy Picture of the Day * * * * * * Bird Calls The Bug Club * Cells Alive! Complete List of Dog-Related Web Sites * * -* Dinosaur Hall * Florida Aquarium * * * * The Global Schoolhouse Project * * * Kids-Weathernet Mouse Trap Powered Vehicle Challenge! Rain Forest: White Jag //// Robot Web Page Menu Science Gateway * * * * -,*. View of the Solar System V * *'N* * .. Virtual Frog Dissection Kit, Version/1.2 *''''-',* * /* * * * *'--,,, Volcano World /- Weather Underground: A Complete U.S. Weather/Servic/e A Whale of a Tale: Whales * / * The Wind: Our Fierce Friend /*/ * * Youngstown Freenet * it12345 6 92 Science / ( <30 .(::: Ei- , a Y.21. Sack For ward Home Reload Images Open 1 Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title All About Frogs Description This site contains everything youmight want to There are entertaining know about frogs. images, clip art,sounds, and Internet Address stories. sandra/froggy.htmlhttp://www.cs.yale.edu/HTMUYALEJCS/HyPlans/loosemore- Teaching Tip Help students find this siteto learn about world. Have frogs from aroundthe small groups ofstudents research and make an aspect of frogs a presentationabout what they them to include learned. Encourage visuals, sounds,or pantomime. ac Find Slop Open Print Reload Images Sack Forwar Home Grade Level K-6 Ask-an-Astronomer Activity Title answers q sent in At this site, arofessional astronomer Description puestions via e-mail. Internet Address E-mail:[email protected] the solar system,have students Follovving a lessonon stars or they wouldlike to ask an Teaching Tip and vote on afew questions brainstorm to the the list isready, e-m&Ithe questions astronomer. When and wait for aresponse. address above Science 93 RETft]TP 430 ocD Print JIFind Stop Reload Images Open Back :Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Astronomy Pictureof the Day Activity Title each day, with different imageof the universe Description This site features a There is also an commentary by aprofessional astronomer. to otherastronomy resources. archive of pastphotos and links http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html/ Internet Address stars, planetarium, this site canbe used to review After a field trip to a Teaching Tip this site addressto parents who planets, andconstellations. Provide them to visit thissite with their have Internet accessand encourage inspire families to seewhat they children at home.The photos may can find inthe night sky. - 12.1 LEI RCITOOPOYV FS Back For ward Home To images pen Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title Bird Calls (from the AustralianNational Botanical Description Gardens) This sitecontains the sounds of unusualbirds. Students listen torare birds, such can as a chough,or to one they a pet store, suchas a cockatoo. might seeat Internet Address hftp://155.187.10.12:80/sounds/ TeachingTip At this site, studentscan tape-record match sounds several soundsand try to with birds. Challengestudents the birds to researchone of to find out whatit looks like, is like. where it lives,and what it RIG 94 Science ECirg jGyv 4ao Back Forward Home Reload images Open rint fl Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title The Bug Club Description This site contains lots of informationon ins ects. Internet Address Teaching Tip Take students around the schoolto observe In the classroom, and record insects. help studentsuse their notes graph. Students to makea class may wish to recordinsects observed home from on the way school or in theirneighborhood comparative and makea graph. Then helpstudents use this site toresearch an insect that intereststhem. atop iPrint Find Reload Images Open Back .Forward Home Grade Level 4-6 Cells Alive! Activity Title vivid information aboutcells, including This site contains and videos. Description descriptions ofcell activity, pictures, humorous Internet Address http://www.comet.chv.va.us/quill/ lesson on howbodies fight germs Use this siteafter a science loads to your Teaching Tip at this site,and after it and bacteria.Click the video cells get it to learn"how the white machine, studentscan view the bad guys." Science 95 {11) oTru 40 -er Stop 4:3° I ; Find I Open Print Reload Images > Back Forward Home assistance) Grade Level K-6 (with teacher Dog-Related WebSites Activity Title Complete List of sites, breed sites, a list ofcanine facts, dog This site provides description Description picture archives,with a short rescueinformation, and of each link. Internet Address http://www.io.com/-tittle/dogs-faq/lists/www-list.html links including"Canine Within this site areseveral interesting Teaching Tip "California RescueDog links to aglossary, and the Web," which dogs and has excellentdata about search Association," which research different around the world.Students can rescues from topic, then thinkof breeds of dogs oranother dog-related creative presentations. .7:et B. 0 CYOUllYV 4:to 0 It, Back ;Forward Home Reload Images Open riot ) Fin Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title DinosaurHall Description This site contains pictures,questions, about dinosaurs. and fascinating information Internet Address Teaching Tip Ask students to think aboutthese questions: think dinosaurs How fast doyou can run? How mightscientists figure dinosaur's speed?Challenge out a them to findthe section that providesrovides answers. in this site Ask the studentsto questionsto generate other e-mail the authorof the site. 96 Science 98 =r3 REUu guy 4:20 05> P3 Back I Forward Home eoad at Images Open Print Find Stop -C3 93.31.11r iOTAGIILS" Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Florida Aquarium Description This site provides a virtual tourthrough the with hands-on Florida Aquarium, activities to exploremarine environments. Internet Address http://www.sptimes.com/aquarium/default.html Teaching Tip With help,students can build a hydrometeror make a tree. Theseare two of the mangrove many activities andareas at the virtual aquarium. Afterstudents explore this aquarium,ask them tothink about how Floridacreatures are different If possible, from ones intheir state. have studentsvisit a local aquarium andcompare it with the FloridaAquarium. 4.1 -4? .54"- 0 c4) Find Stop Open Print Back orward Home Grade Level 4-6 The GlobalSchoolhouseProject Activity Title Foundation, helps funded by theNational Science This project, as space Description on researchiSources. such students collaborate Live video- exploration andalternative energy conferencing is oftenincluded. E-mail: [email protected] Internet Address a list of ways students to brainstorm During a unit onenergy, ask this site Teaching Tip classroom. Thenlet them explore to createlight for their the world with otherstudents around to find out howto connect alternate energysources. who are workingtogether to discover o. cience 97 ef; RCNIUPT`g4,0 4po ad) YS Stop Open Print Find Reload Images Back forward Home Grade Level K-6 Kids-VVeathernet Activity Title among Kids-Weathernet is avveekly exchangeof weather data DeSCripti011 schools aroundthe world. E-mail: Internet Address [email protected] school for of the weatherat their Ask students tokeep a chart local Teaching Tip collect weatherstatistics from one week.Older students can Students cane-mail their weather newspapers orother sources. students throughout reports to theaddress aboveto share with the world. Er.J z C TillU.li'ITciP P0 Fil- Back ;Forward Home Reload Images Open 1 Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Mousetrap PoweredVehicle Challenge! Description This competitionwould be a great extensionto a lessonon simple machines,complex machines, to design power, or force. Thegoal is a mousetrap-poweredvehicle to distance in class. go the greatest Internet Address http://sun.bucknell.edu/-boulter/crayon/ Teaching Tip Teachers, parents, and studentscan all be involved activity. Ifyou choose to in this fun participate,you must contact design parameters the site for and racinginstructions. In sent his vehicle 1994-95, thewinner 79 feet 2 inches(2,413 cm)! 98 Science TCIFOLD[1 Tr <30 o Back irorward Home Reload Images Open Print Find Ste Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Rain Forest:White Jag Description This site contains material on rainforests and links related sites to other focusing on floraand fauna, ecology. Teachers conservation, and can also finddiscussion "RainForest list." groups, such as Internet Address http://fig.cox.miami.edu/Faculty/NickCarter/whitejag.html Teaching Tip Students can use this resourceto research ecology and topics suchas the wildlife of rainforests at night, the history ofthe Amazon rainforests, rain forest management techniques,rain forest campaigns,fundraising, or forests. This site political/social effectson rain also containsbeautiful pictures. 430 Q Find stop '11' Open Print II Home Reload irages Back 1,7 orward Grade Level Menu Activity Title Robot Web Page real and fictionalrobots. This siteto containspictures of Description Internet Address http://www.robotics.com/robomenu.htmlsmall groupsof students to After a lesson onrobots, challenge can Teaching -1111 or modelsof it. Students invent a robotand create designs use thisWeb site as aresource. Science ) FICCIAUVVV Treasure etleSt 10" Find Stop images open sites Reload t Grade Level K-6 Science Gateway Activity Title such as hyperlinks toscientific areas This site providesnumerous and Description life, bats, frogs,volcanoes, satellite viewsof earth, aquatic connect to anthropologyresources. rain forests.Other links Internet Address http://edison.scictr.comell.edu/Science/science.htmlmanyadditional lead teachersand students to This site can do not offerthe Teaching Tip If resources inthis chapter science resources. explore theInternet address science activitiesyou are seeking, above. i-----13 al C Tr ED 'IiP Fii- Back or rd! Home Reload Images Open Print 1 Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title View of theSolar System Description This site contains hypertext linksto planet statistics, and a glossary.You can download images, animation, NASA spacesoftware such Stars, whichlets students as My view stars andplanets in the Internet Address nighttime sky. Teaching Tip http://www.c3.1anl.govi-c]hamil/solarsystem/homepage.html Use this site toextend a unit on the solarsystem. If possible, students toa local planetarium. take Then help students to view stars download My Stars and planetson their computer. planetarium show Students cancompare the with thecomputer simulation. Stars to help They can alsouse My them makepredictions about the Big Dipper the monthlymovements of or Orion, then viewthe constellations in the nightsky. :W. .1 0412) 100 Science bd aq uo ITU 'CatJ For ward Home Reload Images I Open I Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Virtual Frog Dissection Kit,Version 1.2 Description This program provides aninteractive dissection capability to make of a frog andthe movies. You willneed a browser forms and that supports sensitive images.A dissection kit is availablein a number oflanguages. Internet Address http://1.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html Teaching Tip You may wishto have students observe a livingfrog and learn from booksabout frog anatomy. Askstudents to drawa representation of theinside of a frog. site to test their Then have themvisit this knowledge of froganatomy with the Builder Game. Virtual Frog NE`nUFWV oc:,) eg? Stop Op Print Find ifte Reload Bask orward Grade Level K-6 Volcano World Activity Title also throughout theworld. You can This site exploresvolcanoes with a Description News," communicate read the newsletter"Volcano search for a volcano. volcanologist, and Internet Address http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ at am s site, different volcanoes After viewingand researching of a draw adetailed diagram m students canbuild a model or this site toask a volcanologist volcano. Theym ihtg also use questions. 1 0/3, Science 101 ncl-caur- Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Weather Service Underground: AComplete U.S Activity Title Weather for U.S. regionsand cities. This site providesweather forecasts Description Telnet: madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 Internet Address and climate.Ask to extend auniton weather Use this activity weather for thefollowing cities: Teaching Tip at the current students to look students topredict Seattle, andPhoenix. Ask Orlando, Detroit, They can usethis site to in each cityin one week. the weather check how theirpredictions track the weathereach day and matched theactual weather. gip (FtC If U 'V . ....3,2 , vi... , Back a 5 i 'Forward 1 a Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title A Whale ofa Tale: Whales Description This site includes teacherresources, student and other activities, projects, topics relatedto whales. Internet Address http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU:80/-kpj5e/Whales/ Teaching Tip This site is a helpful referencefor students whales. Guide who areresearching students to theactivities and that would topics withinthis site help them withtheir projects. students choose Have smallgroups of a project at thesite to complete. 102 Science 104 ErJ aCyflE0111T3' $30 oc:D. fa_ Back orward Ho es en rint ind Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title The Wind:Our Fierce Friend Description At this site, six schoolsacross the United in an on-line Statesare collaborating project aboutwind energy. Internet Address Teaching Tip This site helps students study wind and collaborate classrooms with other throughut the world. Students they want must decide how to share other schools. For example,theycan compare windreadings ov overa period of time.For more informationcontact Paule tteDukerichat pd Hillside Elementary [email protected] [email protected]. oc4> Seti Find Stop Open Print Reload Images Back ForwardHome assistance) Grade Level K-6 (with teacher Youngstown Freenet Activity Title The site Freenet simulatescity services. The Youngstown where people Description forums and ananimal hospital, includes discussion can postquestions toveterinarians. Login: visitor Telnet: yfn2.ysu.edu Internet Address care, havestudents discussion aboutpets or animal Teaching Tip To extend a to ask aveterinarian. Help brainstorm questionsthey would like to "AnimalHospital" at the students e-mailthe questions wish to havesmall groupsof Youngstown Freenetsite. You may to care for asick animal, students develop alist of procedures and otherresearch. based on theveterinarian's responses rscience ifr3 ) I 1 Chapteri Social Studies In this chapter you will find a number of the most beneficial and enjoyable social studies resources for K-6 teachers. This area includes regions and peoples, current events, government, geography, and history. Social Studies Resources K 123456 1492 Columbus Camelot * * Favorite Fashions Around the World * * Flags: Symbols Through History * * * * * *, The Freedom Shrine * * The French American School * * * Guide to New York City * * History/Social Studies Resources * * Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections * * * * * * * Memories Mail List Mr. Dahncke's Intermediate Multiage Classroom's Home Page * * Native Web: First Nation Peoples * * * * * Newsday * * NEWSLINK * * * Orienteering * * * * * This Day in History ,/ * USA City link Project * Welcome to the "Old Rock School"! */* * * The White House * * * * World's Youth News * K /2 3 4 5 6 104 Social Studies 103// Grade Level 2-6 Activity Title 1492 Columbus Description At this interactive site, studentscan travel with Columbus virtual trip on a to the New World.They can with history explore andexperiment and discoverthe consequences Internet Address of various actions. Teaching Tip As students study theevents surrounding they can Columbusin 1492, create a multimediapresentation Students using this site. can changesome of the situations and his crew that faced Columbus to see what happensto the outcome. brainstorm They canthen other scenariosand make inferences changes about howthese might have alteredhistory, g cIF u T"vr go r Stop I Print , Find ReloadI Imagesj Open Back Forward; Home Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Camelot and historysurrounding King This site discussesthe mythology Description Table, and theHoly Grail. Arthur, the knightsof the Round [email protected] Internet Address E-mail: camelot site to re-createpart of Camelot, Partners can usethis interactive Teaching Tip environment or theRound Table.Encourage such as a jousting could take placein their setting. them to role-play ascenario that AVAILABLE -.-1°':r-r(-4r f*r14PYJ i i2311PJ iv.i 1°7 ,SociaStudies 105 0 g cP r- l'- -r2 -+ Stop o c;> I Find Open Print Home Reload Back Forward Grade Level 4-6 Around the World Activity Title Favorite Fashions about favoritefashions, brand This is a10-question survey Description worn bystudents ingrades 6-8 names, andprices of clothing with e-mail, resultswill be shared throughout theworld. Through each participatingschool. edu/network/iecc/iecc- Internet Address http://www.stolaf. projects/chap02/project008.html stripes and plaidspopular? Questions includeAre clothes with Teaching Tip they at the knee,rolled, or and When socksare worn, are the site aboveto get the slouched? Helpstudents contact survey eachother. Students can complete list,then have them @cvusd.fmf.fred.org. send their answersto bgunther !CI RCYOR.DOTY Forrd Homo oload Print Find Stop Grade Level K--6 Activity Title Flags: SymbolsThrough History Description This site containsinformation on flags throughoutthe world, includingnational flags and internationalmaritime signal Internet Address flags. Teaching Tip After a lesson on flags or othernational symbols, use this site to have students get ideas fora flag that could Ask students represent them. to draw their flagand describe the importance each part. of / / la% l06 Social Studies 103 Gia0 Back Forward + Home Reloa mages Open Print in Stop Grade Level 5-6 Activity Title The FreedomShrine Description This site containsseveral documents explains their significance. in Unitistoryed States h and Internet Address TeachingTip After a lessonon the Bill of Rights, States, the Constitutionof the United or the Declarationof Independence this site. Students studentscan visit may wish touse the documents create a class constitution. to helpthem They can brainstormideas in groups, thencombine their small efforts intoa class document. re- EV,T5U- lfV 53 , A o 6* & lb Print Find Step Reloadz Images Open Back 'Forwardi Home Grade Level K-6 American School Activity Title The French fourth-grade studentsat the bilingual At this site,third- and Description what happensin their classes. French AmericanSchool describe message inFrench. They have alsoincluded a special http://www.fas.pps.k12.or.us/ Internet Address class in Portland, that they canhave a partner Inform students English and Teaching Tip students in gradesK-6 speak Oregon, whose write about their students work insmall groups to French. Have document to the city. Help theme-mail the final class, school, or students fluent inFrench French Americanstudents. Encourage at the site andto send a response to translatethe message in French. -63 1E1 1V..4 103 oda! Studies i07 GICIQ 19[I EFJ b 05> e.1:1 Find Stop t Open Print Reload Images Back Forward Home Grade Level 4-6 York City Activity Title Guide to New New York City,including This site containsinformation about for Description for kids andfamilies, services governmentaddresses, services information onparks andrecreation. consumercomplaints, and Internet Address http://www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov/- advocate/greenbook/greenbook.html invite studentsto list things After a lesson onurban communities, would Teaching Tip New York City.A few examples they want tolearn about Stadium? Where and phonenumber for Yankee be What isthe address this site license? Then askstudents to use would you go toget a dog to find answers. cir,1 Treasure RCYOUVITY Chest Site! Grade LevelLevel 4-6 Activity Title History/SocialStudies Resources Description This isa great site to connect with many otherareas of the Internet, including"The Ancient World," "Flags,""Maps," "Government,"and "History" Internet Address Teaching Tip Ask students to find "Historyand Historiography." work in small Have them groups to makea chart of the topics. sure about If theyarenot a term, they can clickon the topic and Have groups read about it. explain their chartsto other groups. 108Social Studies KJ LT 1 Sack 1 FO mi. d 1 I Home Reload of td images ; i Open P'rin# Find Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Intercultural E-Mail ClassroomConnections Description This site allows classrooms to finda partner in world. Partnerscan be chosen another part ofthe according toshared interests, such as studyingrain forests. Internet Address http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/iecc-form.html Teaching Tip To help themchoose a partner classroom, studentscan brainstorm placesthat interest them andsubjects they to explore withanother class. would like Record theirideas on the chalkboard, andvote to determine site and enter the final choice.Then find this the informationit requests. - - 0 $ rj 0 ind Stop Open Print Home Reload Images Back 0 assistance) Grade Level 4-6 (with teacher Memories MailList Activity Title at this site. rovoking questions Students haveposted thought-P Description and fascinating.To subscribe e answers also educational Ths are he to the list,complete the format tte. 2/maillist.html Internet Address http://www.citybeach.vva.edu.au/mailarchivelinto yourstudy of you canintegrate the site Teaching Tip After subscribing, World War ll, forinstance,students recent history.While studying they can people who werein the war, or can e-mail questions to posted earlier. read questionsand answers o6aStudies 109 EV1 = ' print\Find Stop coo:3es Back 0 Home Grade Level 4-5 Classroom's HomePage Intermediate Multiage Activity Title Mr. Dahncke's at Brookview fourth- andfifth-grade class At this site a want tocorrespond Description School inIndianapolis, Indiana, Elementary School is Indiana'sfirst with otherschools. BrookviewElementary school on theWWW. elementary sdwarr/ Internet Address http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us:80/-mhave a partnerclass in Indiana. that theY can in Teaching Tip Inform students at the site, havestudents meet about Indianapolis After reading would like to shareabout their small groups todecide what they to Also have themthink of questions class, school,or community. You cane-mail the final ask the studentsin Indianapolis. document toDatincice@aolcom. Back Forward Home a { Reload Images 8 II Open 1 r Print Find S Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title Native Web: First NationPeoples Description This site contains many topics relatedto First Nation and groups. tribes, nations, Included are linksto pictures, art, music, literature, artifacts, language,culture, events, history, and Internet Address museum-related issues. http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/-marc/native_main.html Teaching Tip Assign a nativepeople for students to research,or have them use the site to pickone. In small groups, studentscan choose one aspect of thenative people's culture to study.Help them this site in theirresearch. If possible, use encourage studentsto invite a guest speakerfrom the native people's groupto visit theclass. no\ Social Stuclie 7-Th <0 Qt;) Back For wzrd Home Reload Images Open Tint in Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Newsday Description Through Newsday,sponsored Foundation by the Global SchoolNet studentscan produce local news reports from newspapersbasedon correspondentsat Internet Address participatingschools. E-mail:[email protected]. Teaching Tip After registering, your classcan submit news news reports from stories andreceive other studentcorrespondents Students at no charge. can add thesereports to their receive 30 class paper.You will also pages of lessonplans. For http://gsn.org, more information,contact r:3 HEYUiTicT gri e A 8 Stop i Print Find Reload1 Images , Open Back Forward Home 1 assistance) Grade Level K-6 (with teacher Activity Title NEWSLINK at this site tosummarize Students can createoriginal headlines Description used with yourclass. The site chapters ofread-aloud books 300 newspapers.E-mail can also provides accessto more than other classrooms to discussstory characters or be used between books used byboth classrooms. Internet Address http://www.newslink.org how to link withother After contactingthis site, find out Teaching Tip review a bookthey have read classrooms. Thenask students to classroom, askstudents to recently. Once youhave a partner about their favoritebook. Perhaps send a briefe-mail message the book, too. they will find outthat others like cr..74- I 1123 2,..V1 113 Studies RE-0 top 0* a# Js Reload Images Back For ward IN MN, 1111111, Grade Level 4-6 Orienteering Activity Title and has linksto provides informationabout orienteering Description This site related topics. http://www2.aos.princeton.edu/rdslater/orienteering/ Internet Address to locate a students use a mapand compass At this site, event, Teaching Tip or site. In anofficial orienteering particular landmark placed at variouspoints on a map orange andwhite markers are locate the map andcompass to given to students.They must use Using theirimagination and and return tothe finish. to the markers try to selectthe best route navigational skills,students should each location. ;-- For vtd Home Ia r Reload mages open I Print kid Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title This Day in History Description Students can look up any datein history at this of famous people site to findnames who were bornor who died on that Biographicalinformation day. pictures,and other statistics also provided. are Internet Address TeachingTip Students can look up their birthdaysat the site to find famouspeople who names of were born or whodied on the them to figure same day. Ask out how old eachperson would be his or her birthdate. now basedon If students knowother people or who died on who were born a particular date, theycan send their information to the e-mail addressat this Web site. li2 Social Studies I 430 Back ;Forward Home Reload Images Open Print Find Sto Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title USA CitylinkProject Description This site provides links to statesand their major Internet Address cities. http://www.NeoSoft.cornicitylink Teaching Tip During a lessonon states and cities in the UnitedStates, students canconduct research at this site andfind links to related sites.Students may wish to createa map of the States thattraces each place United they or theirfamilies have They canannotate the lived. map, using informationfrom the site. students couldcreate a chart Or with thesame information. HEIMU FVP Stop Open \Print Find Home Reload Images Back rd Grade Level the "Old RockSchool"! Activity Title Welcome to students in CenterPoint Elementary At this siteelementary with other Description Alabama, hopeto communicate School, Birmingham, students aroundthe world. Internet Address http://www.the-matrix.comicenter/have a partnerclass in Alabama. Inform studentsthat they can students at thesite, Teaching Tip Center Point Ask students toread about the would like to share small groups todecide what they then work in Create a finaldocument school, or community. about their class, This will begin an and send it tothe CenterPoint students. between theclassrooms. ongoingcorrespondence S'ociahI Studiesii3 Of, EL'ANUFW1 o CY> 0 Strop 4:1° Open Print Find Reload Images Back For WardHome Grade Level 1(-6 Activity Title The White House the White House.They can also This site allowschildren to tour DeSetipii011 Branch and theFirst Family. learn about the Executive Internet Address http://wwwvvhitehouse.gov/ students to addto the first column KWL chart, ask Teaching Tip On a class House. In th emiddle already knowabout the White things they want to find outabout the them addquestions they column have visit the Web siteand look for White House.Ask students to last Then have themcomplete the answers totheir questions. column of thechart with whatthey learned. 20- IR CC 0 IO Tru ° , P-,J t* 1 1 Back J ifi I a ,ForwardHome 1 Reload Images a Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title World's YouthNews Description World's Youth News, sponsoredby FreeNet Finland, is anews agency that collectsand exchanges news written byand for students throughoutthe world. Internet Address E-mail:[email protected] Teaching Tip Give students examples ofnews stories from newspapers. Then ask your school or local them to writea news story important event. about an They can e-mailit to World's receive articles Youth Newsand from studentsaround the world. 1a EOM 114 Social Studies Chapteri Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness In this chapter you will find a number of the most beneficial and enjoyable resources for K-6 teachers to use in the areas of health, nutrition, and physical fitness. Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness Resources K 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education for Elementary Children * * * The Fitness Challenge Food Guide Pyramid Food in Malawi Fruit and Nutrition Center * Fun Stuff: Fun with Fruits and Vegetables Kids Cookbook r* * * Health Ed List * Health Resources Healthy Herb The Heart Home Page for Soccer! /* /7/ * * * * * * International Games // * Let the Light Shine In: A Look at the Iris The Longevity Game Minerals * Presidential Fitness Program / Sports Video Clips Ten Tips for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for You /* Vitamins / // / */ * Volleyball // * * / K//2 345 6 117 // Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness 115 K-6 (with teacherassistance) for ElementaryChildren Alcohol and DrugAbuse Education teach resources foreducators to This site containsmany valuable about alcoholand drug abuse. gopher://cyfer.esusda.gov:70/00/CYFER- riet/resources/substance/ncadil some are freeand choose amongmany resources; Teachers can coloring fee. Forexamle, there are some chargea nominal of saying no todrugs. ch themespsage books and stickersthat tea 2-13 H CC U ,- j .1 'YV -71 Back ,Forward 1 flame , Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title The FitnessChallenge Description This site contains a document forgrades K-2 and elementary grades. one for upper Both deal withkeeping healthy Internet Address and fit. gopher://scholastic.com:2003/11 /Scholastic%20Internet%20Libraries/ Middle%20School%20Science%20Library/Doing%20Science% 20Library/Science%20Activities%20and%20Lesson%20Plans/ Human%20Beings/Fitness Teaching Tip Your class can play a gameat the K-2 site, such as SimonSays: Keep Moving. Beforeor after the game, you may wish to read one of the suggested with students books. Olderstudents, with complete the official guidance, can "President's Challenge" after watchingthe video and reading thesuggested material. _,Wv , -,,., ° ikitle) I JOHealth, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness oc* Back , ,Forward IHome Reload 1 Images Open riot Fin Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Food GuidePyramid Description This site provides a picture of the food Internet Address pyramid. TeachingTip Discuss with studentsthe food pyramid materials to at the site. Givethem make a collageof a food guide one at the site. Suggest pyramid basedon the they sun/ey classmates healthy their to find out how eating habitsare. F2 F HCITOD-ITV Fil7.1 e r 81 , i b Stop c* + Find 430 I Open Print Reload Images i Back }Forward 1 Home Grade Level K-6 Food in Malawi Activity Title about food in beautiful picturesand information Description This site contains the country ofMalawi, in Africa. Internet Address http://www.infosphere.com/clients/smallworks/abwenzi/2f.html map or globe.Guide them Ask students tofind Malawi on a to Teaching Tip food eaten inMalawi. Ask them through this siteto explore the Venn they normallyeat, and create a compare thefood with food diagram of theirresults. BESTCOPYAVAILABLE Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness I Ec_7,1Vn7qcoo cies 43o Find Stop Open int Forwerd \ Home Reload trnageS Back Grade Level 4-6 Fruit and NutritionCenter Activity Title for students.Students This site is agreat sourceof information nutritional contentof fruits and Description about topicssuch as the can learn of eating thesefoods. vegetables or thehealth benefits of Internet Address http://wvvw.dole5aday.cominutinfo.htmlstudents to bringto class a piece After a unit onnutrition, ask of calories, fat Teaching Tip them topredict its number fruit or avegetable. Ask Then they canclick on the content, andvitamin content. check theirpredictions. Have at the site to that of appropriate category value of theirfood item with them comparethe nutritional other students'. rsj E CC51r flj0 T. U 4 3 0 1: d Ct> 1 riI Back a ft Forwardi Home AV a, Reload Images Open iPrint Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Fun Stuff: Funwith Fruits and Vegetables KidsCookbook Description This site can provide afollow-up activity to the Fruit andNutrition Center's TeachingTip. This site provides recipesthat list ingredients, directions, and nutritional,content. Internet Address http://www.dole5aday.comilcook/1O. html Teaching Tip At the site,students can work in groups tochoose a recipe make, suchas a peanut butter to and bananasandwich. Provide groups with cookingtools and ingredients. Afterthey finish, have them visit theFruit and Vegetable Nutrition Centersite to figure out the nutritionalcontent of their food. Integratemath skills by discussing howto increase measurements tomatch the number of servings inyour class. o ii8 Health Nutrition, and Physical Fitness Back !Forward Home Grade Level 4-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title Health Ed List Description This is an excellent resourcefor teachers. other sites It contains linksto such as "HowIs AIDS Transmitted?" Flexibility," "Stretchingand and "The VisibleHuman Project." Internet Address http://www.tc.cornelledu:80/Edu/MathSciGateway/medicine.html Teaching Tip This would be a greatresource for older studying the students touse when human bodyor diseases that pictures should can affect it. The be carefullypreviewed before to view them. allowing students ECUIUOITY 430 Reload mages Back Forward Grade Level 3-6 Activity Title Health Resources valuable lessonsin health, manypractical and Description This site contains nutrition, and fitness. gopher://ericir.synedu:70/77/Lesson/.1esson/lessons?health Internet Address example: click on be used in manyways, for Teaching Tip This site could uses vinegar Causes ToothDecay?" This lesson "Health: What help of teethdecomposition to and egg shellsin a simulation and implicationsof tooth decay. studentsunderstand the causes Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness 119 ) a 0 Stop 3° Open Find Reload Images Back Forward Home Grade Level K-3 Activity Title Healthy Herb at no charge,to join theHealthy Students registerat the site, Description slue a healthyvegetable newsletter. Herb club. Theywill recei /club.html http:// www magicnet.net/tsphh Internet Address this club. Thesite will will enjoyparticipating in Teaching Tip Young students portance of"eggplant" exercise help studentsunderstanStuder of the s can printout a page and good eatinghabits. coloring bookby contacting http://wwvv.magicnetnetitsphh/book.html. :0 H. E [13[I 430 1 V 1 0 ^WA Back !Forwardi ) WU Home , Reload j Images Open i Print Find Stop -- -- - Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title The Heart Description This site contains heart-related documents andpictures; it also includes a HealthyHeart IQ Test. Internet Address http : / /sln.fi.edu/biosci /heart.html Teaching Tip Guide students how to taketheir pulse: Ask number of times them to countthe their heart beatsin 10 seconds. this number by By multiplying 6, they canfind their pulse. and down for Tell them tojump up 1 minute, thenrecheck their make a class pulse. Studentscan graph of theirresults. Let them Heart IQ Test take the Healthy at the site tohelp them learn heart healthy. how to keeptheir - 2:V* I . igiM 120Health. Nutrition, and Physical Fitness 0 Back Forward Home Reload mages Open Print Find S4op Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Home Pagefor Soccer! Description This site provides tips,pen pal information, related areas. and othersoccer- Internet Address http://www.cts.com/browsensent/kidsoccer.html Teaching Tip Encouragestudents who enjoy playingsoccer to sign site for asoccer pen pal. They up at this can summarizeinteresting informationat the site and share it withclassmates. ECIFOUCIV 4:to oc Print Find Stop Images ' Open Home Reload Back Forward ; Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title International Games popular gamesin other parts This site containsinformation about Description cricket, lacrosse,and rugby. of the world,such as soccer, Internet Address http://www.netgen.com/sis/international/international.html played in theUnited Statesand Discuss withstudents games and ask Teaching Tip Show themthis Web site ones fromother countries. country. Have favorite sportin another them to findout about a names of thesports andmake an them mark aworld map with oral presentationto the class. Health, Nutrition, ancl/Physical Fitness 121 Grade Level K-3 Shine In: ALook at the Iris Activity Title Let the Light to help youngstudents explore This site describesan experiment Description the functionof the iris. http://sInii.edu/tfi/activity/bio/bio-1.html experiment at thesite, help them After studentscomplete the provide a modeling clay.If possible, make an eyeout of colored the eye to helpstudents form plastic model or acolor chart of an different parts. E 0 CJo Sabi Back ,Forward ( Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title The LongevityGame Description This game allows students toenter facts about their families, themselvesand then find outthe age they might live tobe. Internet Address http://www.northwesternmutual.corn/ Teaching Tip Help youngstudents enter informationto the game understand the and outcome. Olderstudents will about their family enjoy findingout history and doingthe game themselves. Students learn that lifestylehabits can affect live. Ask students how long theywill to write aparagraph of help them live personal goals thatcan a more healthy Ha, 4 122 Health, Nutrition, andPhysic4// Fitness gri uft C Ti lir B tiP 17.3._ Back For ward Home Reload Images Open Print , Find , Stop Grade Level 2-6 1 Activity Title Minerals Description This sitedescribes the importance ofminerals to Internet Address a healthy diet. http://www.realtime.net/anr/minerals.html Teaching Tip This site will help studentsunderstand that mental and minerals are vitalto physical well-beingbut that they manufactured by cannot be the body.Minerals are soft tissue, found in bones,teeth, muscle, blood,and nerve cells. prepare a pamphlet Ask studentsto on minerals basedon their research. O c* 'i Find Stop 4" Open Print Reload images Back Forward Home assistance) Grade Level K-6 (with teacher Presidential FitnessProgram Activity Title for ,and suggestions This site containsrules, guidelines Description effort to improvephysicalh fitness. becoming partof the national Internet Address at this site at anypoint http://www.whitehouse.gov/White_House/PCPFS/html/pfp.htmlStudents can followthe suggestions Teaching Tip students mightchoose tosponsor during the year.For example, and local expertsvisit to discuss afitness/health fairin which and healthy. demonstrate waysto keep fit I Health Nutrition, and Physical Fitness 123 ECUOUO7U Stop 43° pep Print Find Reload mages Open Back Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Clips Activity Title Sports Video amount of videoresources in many CNN has anenormous Description video clips. topics. This siteshows sports http://www.cnn.com/video_vault/sports/9509.html Internet Address this site, clip of theirfavorite sport at After studentswatch a video teach a Teaching Tip of it. Then askstudents to ask them towrite a description partner how toplay the sport. KCITOULITP 4zo F-U Back For ward Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Ten Tips for Healthy Eatingand Physical Description Activity for You This site provides ten illustratedtips that explain of physical fitness. the importance Internet Address http://ificinfo. health.org/10kid4.htm Teaching Tip Students will have fun clickingon each tip. Ask one that they them to choose want to start following.Ask them to chart to keep make a weekly track of theirprogress. Encourage involve theirfamilies. students to 126 124Health, Nutrition, and Physical Fitness 0 Back 0 ;Forward; Home Reload II Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level 2-6 ( Activity Title Vitamins Description This site discussesthe importance of vitamins ina healthy body. Internet Address http://www.realtime.net/anr/vitamins.html Teaching Tip After a lessonon vitamins, pairs of studentscan use the Web to become "classexperts" on site one vitamin. Suggestthey make chart illustratingthe importance a of their vitaminand accompany with a TVnews reportor commercial. Invite it partners topresent their informationto other classrooms. 0 (;) Print Find Stop Images Open Home Reload Back Forward Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title Volleyball tips, andrelated linksand This site describesvolleyball rules, Description resources. http://www.volleyball.org/ Internet Address role-play orpantomime the the site, askstudents to Teaching Tip After visiting unfamiliar wita hthe gamecan volleyball so thatsomeone game of students to playreal vleyball understand it. Ifpossible, allow game in a gymor outdoors. AVAILMILV SEWCOM 127 Health, Nutrition, ancl Physical Fitness 125 Chapter 12 Music, Art, and Dance This chapter contains a number of the most beneficial and enjoyable resources for K-6 teachers to use in the areas of music, art, and dance. Music, Art, and Dance Resources K 1 23 4 5 6 Aboriginal Art * Abwenzi African Studies * Ansel Adams: Photography r I Art, Music, and Dance Links * * * * 1 * * * I Carlos' Coloring Book * *, Crafts for Kids * 1 * * * CrayolaTM / Cuban Music Dream Weaver */ * /I* Folk Songs -- * Global Show-n-Tell * Himalayas * International Writing and Art Contest Jeconde */ LEGOTM Lite-BriteTM // Monster Exchange Program / * Music Concert // Nowwwhere! Origami / Sketch the Art Cow * r /1(//1 2/3/ 4 5 //r/8 //// 126Music, Art, and Dance/// -MD , EV,r,UFU o 0 ri- , 1 Back a u ziti i Forward , Home I Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level d K-6 Activity Title Aboriginal Art Description This site contains two paintingsby aboriginal on the artists' artists. By clicking names, you can findout about their Internet Address lives and art. http://www.abinfohwy.ca/abinfohwy/aboartgl/ Teaching Tip Sydney Kirknessand Fred Pashe are exhibiting severalof their paintings on theInternet. Ask students to studythe sets to determine eachartist's style. Then have themcompare what they like best abouteach artist's work. Theymay wish to aspects of the incorporate artwork into theirart projects. -tr.] F,c,-iflYcks? Stop 43o Open Print Find me Reload Images Back o ward assistance Grade Level K-6 (with teacher Studies Activity Title Abwenzi African games, andinformation to This Web siteprovides activities, Description and friendshipsbetween Americans promoteunderstanding and Africans. Internet Address The dance http://www.infosphere.com/clients/smallworks/abwenzi/abwenzi.html"dance" in thetable of contents. At the site,click on Malawi. Teaching Tip of singingand dancing in site explainsthe importance to the dancesand choose one Ask studentsto read about learn--directions areincluded. Music, Art, and Dance 127 Print Find Grade Level 4-6 Photography Activity Title Ansel Adams: of Ansel Adamsand sound This site featuresthe photography Description his works. modules in whichAdams discusses Internet Address http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042/AdamsHome.html may be toohard for your Some of thewritings and essays Teaching Tip viewing thephotographs students, but theycan stillbenefit from students to takephotograPhs and listening toAdams. Encourage exhibit. Invitestudents to explain and put theminto a classroom their photos inwriting or in person. HCINNINTV Print Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title Art, Music,and Dance Links Description This site contains thousandsof links to sites. Many art, music, anddance museums arerepresented. Preview sure the content the sites tomake is grade-levelappropriate. Internet Address http://www.msilink.com/art.html Teaching Tip This site contains manylinks to visit throughoutthe year and integrate throughoutthe curriculum. to For example,if you are studying Austria,students learn about Austrianfolk dancing. 128 Music, 4, and Dance/ /13 :di RUN PT 0 c:> IMP Sack C.13 Forward Home Reload ill Images 1 Open Print I Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Carlos' ColoringBook Description This site allows students toexperiment with is a greatway to practice interactive art. This computer skills,learn about the Internet, andenjoy art. Internet Address Teaching Tip http://gallery.ravenna.com/files/coloring/robotO-coloringexp.pl Students shouldchoose the simple or expertcoloring book site. Then theycan choose at the a design, suchas "flowers," click color for eachpart, and click a "process image"to see the results. NC71U OV\P 0 cD \Find Stop Image Open Print For / ardii Home Re Grade Level K-6 Crafts for Kids Activity Title for kids, such asholiday This site contains manycraft projects Description crafts and recipes. Internet Address http://ucunix.san.uc.edu/-edavis/kids-list/crafts.htmlwish to create aCraft Corner in To prepare forthis site, you may Teaching Tip provide donatedsupplies from your classroom.Students can lace, felt, glitter, ribbon, buttons, home, such asused cards, yarn, would like to which project they and glue. Studentscan decide for Students canmake crafts make and printout directions. throughout the year. friends or familymembers 010 13iMusicer/t. Dance ii29 ECIft1UFTV 430 4(4). Find Stop ' Print Reload Images Open Back Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Crayo laTM Activity Title mystery answerquestions about Students canenter contests, Description of Crayola,and more. pictures, findout the history Internet Address http://www.crayola.com/crayola/ pictures at thesite and try to Students canview the mystery with Teaching Tip students make asimilar puzzle guess whatthey are. Have drawn or cutout frommagazines. Students pictures they've question aboutit. part of the pictureand write a should cut out two or threeincorrect include the correctanswer and They must other's take turnsguessing each choices. Thenhave partners pictures. r 43o 0 fa: Back Forward Home Reload mages Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 (with teacherassistance) Activity Title Cuban Music Description This is agreat source of Cuban music.Lyrics are provided English andin Spanish. in (You may wishto preview the contents.) You lyrical can click on "audio"and hear the times asyou like. songs as many Internet Address http://itre.uncecs.edu/music/cuban-music.html Teaching Tip At this site,students can view a mapof Cuba. Discuss students know what about Cuba,then have them styles of Cuban listen to different music. Studentsmay wish to read they are previewed the lyrics, after by an adult.They can the address e-mail their reactionsto at the end ofthe site. 130 Music, At, and Dance132 Grade Level Activity Title Dream Weaver Description This intriguing site containsa game of optical illusions. Internet Address Teaching 01 .hqx Tip Explain that optical illusionscan be images tricks with on a page thatplay Your eyes; thepictures Find this site seem to moveor change color. on the Internetand allow students with the pictures. to experiment Challengethem to think that they could of an optical illusion share withother students. frirl_ HCITOUFFY :5-17:1 ! A 8MI Qc4> .CA Stop o 1 Print i Find el I Reload Images Open Back 'Fonkrard Home assistance) Grade Level K-6 (with teacher Activity Title Folk Songs many folk songsthat are categorized This site contains search command.When Description that can befound by a alphabetically or melody. print the lyricsand hear the you find asong, you can http://web2.xerox.com/digitrad Internet Address "Yankee site, demonstratehow to find To help studentsuse the Teaching Tip command or bylooking throughthe Doodle," usingthe search to read thewords, then click titles alphabetically.Ask students Invite studentsto sing the song "audio" and listento the music. of other folk songsthey want to with you. Askstudents to think into an illustratedsong book. find. They cancompile favorite songs Itillin V '4 N\133,Music,/ ,A,1, an-cV Dance MAU Pi Oa° a 43° or:1> Print Find Stop Reload mages Open Back Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Global Show-n-Tell Activity Title lets studentsshare is a virtualexhibition that Global Show-n-Tell and Description projects, possessions,accomplishments, their favorite around the world. collections to kids(and adults) http://emma.manymedia.com:80/show-n-tell/ Internet Address the exhibition. directions fortaking part in Teaching Tip The site contains world-readable Web orFTP Students' workmust exist on a entered, it ishyperlinked to the server. Oncestudents' work is in the exhibition,send an e-mail site. To enterstudents' work message [email protected]. cj 430 0 0 IT o ) 1.4 Back Forward Home Reload images Open Print Fin Sto Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Himalayas Description This site contains beautiful picturesof the Himalayas. Internet Address Teaching Tip After looking at the pictures,ask students favorite. to print out their if studentsare researching mountains ingeography the Himalayanregion in social or studies, theycan incorporate pictureswith their reports. the 132 Music, At, and Dance rj 0 I Back °c" 0 Home load mages Open r' Fin Stop Grade Level 4-6 Activity Title International Writingand Art Contest Description Entries Will be judged inthree categories: and art. fiction, nonfiction, Internet Address TeachingTip Students can consult theWeb site for requirements. contest rulesand Entriesare divided into -16. There two age groups:7-11 and will be six first-placewinners (three for eachage roup), six second-placewinners, The grand and six third- placewinners. prize isan Apple Power Macintosh CD-ROMplayer. with an internal Fri RC70 U BTr' EC 11 1 11 8 fit c l u, Ha ta Find '' Stop Open Print !! Reload Images B ok Forward Home Grade Level K-6 Jeconde Activity Title contains more by the FrenchMinistry of Culture, This site, set up artists. Browserscan Description works of art byalmost 10,000 than 130,000 such as by anartist's search the siteby a varietyof methods, name or by anera. /index - en.html Internet Address http: / /www.culture.fr students can searchfor art in "English" version, After clicking the that the Teaching Tip Ask studentsto imagine caves anddownload images. themselves visuallywould be to only way theycould express images thatrepresent the draw in caves.Have them draw important thingsin their lives. ',1EiNgi ° t -31,1 usiyA41,(asiid 4ncei3 N(C,'U\OVVq Stop oc4) Print find i" mages i Open Home Reload Back or-Ntrar Grade Level K-6 LEGOTM Activity Title LEGO of home builtconstructions, This site features pictures Description rojects, and ideas. robots, games,p Internet Address http://legowvvw.homepages.com/ to do manyprojects, such as This site providestips on how or Teaching Tip providing themwith solar power building LEGOvehicles and movies. makinganimated LEGO 43- 0 1 -us Back 7 1 a Forytard Home 8 dia Reloadi Images Open Print Find Step Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Lite-BriteTM Description This site displayspictures created with different-coloreddots. It contains a featuredwork and a gallery of past works.Students can edit picturesonline. Internet Address http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/-ta/lb/lb.html Teaching Tip Ask children to find this siteon the Internet. the art titled Allow them toview Space Boy byKelly Larson. Explain that theycan experiment withher picture, using the editfeature of this Challenge studentsto re-create program. her art or makea new image. ,...._ -iv- 4-11 162114c-ri 134 Music, Art, and Dance ti 1r a° oc!, Back Forward Home Reload Images 8 1! Open Print I Find Sto Grade Level 3-5 Activity Title Monster ExchangeProgram Description At this site,students create a monster on thecomputer, write description of it,exchange a descriptions witha partner class, try to re-createeach other's then work from thedescriptions. Internet Address http: / /www.intac.com / --brunner/monster.html Teaching Tip Have groupsof students follow thedirections at the participate in the site to Monster ExchangeProgram. Contact [email protected] (e-mail address)to participate year'sprogram. in next oe,>. 115 Stop 43° Open Find H Reload\Images Back ,Forward Grade Level K-3 Activity Title Music Concert students to listento brief concerts This unusual siteallows young Description to download themusic files, but by children.It takes a while y younger childrenwill enjo them. p Internet Address call on http://laza.interport.net/kids_space/aidair.htmlto a few ofthe concertsat this site, Teaching Tip After listening the class to students to sharetheir musicaltalents. Encourage do not wish toperform show. invitechildren who put on a talent show. help make abackdrop for the to display anart project or music, Aa, Dance 135 1 F..13 RE7W7I1 "41 4:3o z-4> Find Stop Open Print Home Reload mages Back Forward , assistance) Grade Level 2-6 (with teacher Nowwvvhere! Activity Title graphics, animation, world" features3-0 ray-traced Descri ption This "virtual audio, and aninteractive maze. Internet Address http://imagiware.com/nowhere.cgi to decide theright work in groupsor in pairs Students can "security" screen Teaching Tip take in the maze.Hint: When the direction to next time" box. or the "donot alert me pops up,click "continue" made how computergraphics are Students willenioy learning animation further. and may beinspired to explore RV .. nCUHLO-ry 0 , ci* rdi Back !Forward a Home Reload Images Open Print Find Stop Grade Level K-6 Activity Title Origami Description Students can lookat examplesof origami IInstructions through theages. are given for variousprojects from Internet Address around the world. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origaml.html Teaching Tip At this site, students can learnabout origami, Japanese art form. the traditional Providestudents with them download origami paper,have directions,and encourage them to trymaking a few shapes.Ask them tonote what they foundchallenging about the process.The paper figures can also be usedto teach children about geometricalforms. ...... ' .. 136 Music, Art, and Dance;' , Back Forward' Home Reload Images ! Open ) Print I Find Stop Grade Level K-6 (withteacher assistance) Activity Title Sketch the ArtCow Description Studentscan view humorous pictures of sketch a cows and thentry to cow using a toolthat can be Internet Address downloaded fromthe site. http://www.tim.org/timalt/sketchhome.html Teaching Tip This site could introduce a lessonon farm animals. look at the Suggest they cow sketches andclick on "Make of luv." Students him sendyou a moo can sketch a cow using thesoftware at this or using traditionalart materials. site 141112:1 139 /7 Music, 7Art, and Dance 137 Chapter i3 Projects, Organizations, and Other Resources As introduced in Chapter 2, the Internet has tools and features that are quite useful for educators in the elementary classroom. This chapter tells how to use Internet tools to reach special projects, discussion groups, and educational materials. Using Gopher Gopher is a great way to browse through information on the Internet. See page 20 in Part 1 for additionalinformation.,Listed below are some of the organizations that have set up menusof items on Gopher servers. -/ AskERIC: Provides information for K-12 educators, such as ERIC Digests, lesson plans, archives of education-related discussions, and conference news. In response to queries, you willreceive_an ERIC search and full texts of any relevant ERICbige/st.//- Address: Gopher: ericir.syr.edu Telnet: ericir.syr.edu / Login: gopher / ///'' - Cornucopia of Disability Information (C01-)1): This disability//i/'--- - information site includes a directory of organizations/ and / information on disability legal Issue's. /// / / -, // Address: Gopher:val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu/ // / // // // / 7 / 138 CTY (Center for Talented Youth): Contains newsletters, information on summer programs, writing tutorials, and other items. Address: Gopher: jhuniverse.hcf.jhu.edu Gopher Jewels: The University of South Carolina has compiled some of the best resources offered by Gophers, grouped by subject area. Choose these menu items at the following address: "Other Gophers and Information Resources" and "Gopher Jewels." Address: Gopher: cwis.usc.edu Kids Gopher (a KIDLINK service): Contains information about KIDLINK services, projects, and people. KIDLINK is a global dialog for children. Address: Gopher: kids.duq.edu Telnet: kids.duq.edu Login: gopher (no password) Project Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg is attempting to make over 10,000 public domain books freely available over the Internet as electronic text. Many sites carry the electronic texts and information. Choose these menu items at the following address: "Columbia Online Information Network," "Reference and Information Center," and "Project Gutenberg." Address: Gopher: mizzoul.missouri.edu Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Gopher Offers resources and informatibn on botany, zoology, and other 'subjects; the Smithsonian Biodiversity Program; and the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics. Address: Gopher: nmnhgoph.si.edu 141 139 Groups to Join on the Internet KIDCAFE: Youth dialog. Subscription address: [email protected] Participation address: kidcafe@vm1 .nodak.edu KIDSNET: Global networking for children and educators. Subscription address: [email protected] Participation address: [email protected] SIGTEL-L: A list for the Special Interest Group for Telecommunications, a service of the International Societyrfor Technology in Education. Subscription address: sigtel -I @unmvma.unm.edu Participation address: [email protected] STUMPERS-L: A forum for reference librarians, researchers, and others to pose questions that have stumped them. /,/ Subscription address: [email protected] // / / (Hint: Use the "subscribe" command just as you/would/ with a7 listsery site, except enclose your e-mail addr/ ets/in angular, --, -----, / 2 --. / 2- --,, brackets < and >.) ,/ ( / Participation address: [email protected]/ /// // // 140 / E-mail Lists and Discussion Groups E-mail lists and discussion groups allow participants to debate ideas and exchange information throughout the world. Cosndisc (Consortium for School Networking Discussion List) Subscription address: [email protected] Message address: [email protected] Ed Tech: Ed Tech is a discussion list for teachers, educators, students, and other individuals interested in sharing ideas and information about educational technology. Information address: edtech@ohstvm Bitnet subscription address: listserv@ohstvma Internet subscription address: [email protected] KIDSPHERE: For people interested in the development of computer networks for students and teachers. Subscription address: kidsphere request @vms.cis.pitt.edu Message address: [email protected] TAG-L: The Talented and Gifted Education list/isopen to anyone, interested in exchanging ideas and information related to education for the talented and the gifted. Information address: tag-l@ndsuvm1 Bitnet subscription address: listserv@ndsuvm1 Internet subscription address: [email protected]:edu // // , 143 141 Organizations and Resources Consortium for School Networking: An organization of institutions formed to further the development and use of computer network technology in K-12 education. To join CoSN, request an application at the subscription address. To contribute ideas, lesson plans, and projects for others to access, send e-mail to the message address. Consortium for School Networking P.O. Box 65193 Washington, DC 20035-5193 Phone: 202-466-6296 Fax: 202-872-4318 Subscription address: [email protected] Message address: [email protected] The Educational Resources Information Center: A federally funded national information system that provides access to an extensive body of education-related literature,services*I products at all levels. / ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources Center for Science and Technology Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 13244-4100 Phone: 315-443-9114 Fax: 315-443-5448 E-mail Address: [email protected] i 42 4/4/ NASA Space link: Provides access to National Science Foundation publications, phone directories, and announcements. Telnet: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov Login: newuser Password: newuser For information on the NASA Teacher Resource Center Network, enter g for GO TO, then enter TRC or FTP: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov. Newton: A bulletin board system for anyone teaching or studying science, math, or computer science. Telnet: newton.dep.anl.gov Login: bbs Ocean Network Information Center (OCEANIC): An interactive database of research information; includes information on/the World Oceanic Circulation Experiment and schedules of research ships. Telnet: delocn.udel.edu Login: INFO Teachers Applying Whole Language: Subscribers caryget in/ touch with other teachers using the whole-language'approach. Address: [email protected] 145// 143 Collaborating with Other Educators Web66 Web66 is a World Wide Web project for teachers and students in grades K-12. It helps educators set up Internet servers, links Web servers and educators, and helps educators find and use appropriate resources on the Web. With an international registry of K-12 schools on the Web, Web66 maintains the Internet's oldest and most comprehensive list of K-12 Web servers. (-1 Address: http://web66.coled.umn.edu/ The pages of information on this World Wide Web server/are created by students at Hillside Elementary School inCottage Grove, Minnesota, with help from the University of College of Education & Human Development. Hillsideteacher's and students incorporate the Internet into the elementary curriculum, using it to publish student work, access information, conduct research, collaborate with other schools, and share ideas. Address: http://hillside.coled.umn.edu/ / / // 11\\ By Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes Offutt and Charles R. Offutt You've heard about the Internet. But do you have any idea how much the Internet can enrich your curriculum? Or how easy it is for you to get started using it? Have no fear! This new guide from the author of Teaching Science in a Multicultural World will get you and your students surfing the Net in no time! All the technical information you need is included, along with a glossary, a valuable directory of Net sites, and exciting activities in seven subject areas. Don't miss this unique resource! For grades K-6. About the Authors Dr. Elizabeth Elizabeth Rhodes Offutt, Ph.D., is a professor of multicultural, science, Rhodes Offutt and math education in the School of Education, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. She is also director of the Alabama Governor's School. Prior to working at Samford University, Elizabeth taught in Phoenix, Arizona, where she began a school for homeless children. Charles R. Offutt is a senior automated systems engineer and network system administrator in Birmingham, Alabama, where he is responsible for the analysis, design, and development of computer networks and automated systems to support total factory automation. Charles received a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. Charles, a flutist, and Charles R.Offutt Elizabeth, a pianist, enjoy performing all styles of music, especially Irish and Renaissance music. GA 1560 ISBN 1-56417-853-6 Good Apple 299 Jefferson Road P.O. Box 480 Parsippany, NJ 07054-0480 C' ,..,--,. U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERO, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) REPRODUCTION RELEASE (Specific Document) I. DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION: Title: Internet Without Fear! Practical Tips and Activities for the Elementary Classroom Author(s):Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes Offutt and Charles R. Offutt Corporate Source: Publication Date: Good Apple, an imprint of Modern Curriculum Press,! Simon & Schuster Elementary 1996 II. 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