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A Walk In Someone Else's Shoes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a PowerPoint presentation documenting their research on the plight of the less fortunate. Using internet research and sources, they gather information about their topic and use the provided template to create...
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Weather Or Not

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the internet to find pen pals to share in their weather experiment. Individually, they research the high and low temperatures for cities within the United States and email the results to their pen pal. They also develop a...
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Using the Internet for Research

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners are guided through a series of strategies to help them practice using the computer and become better Internet users. They follow steps in an exercise to practice search strategies and begin research on a topic for a research paper.
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Research a State in the United States

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research one state of the United States of their choice. Using the internet, they gather as much information about the state as possible along with appropriate images. They present their findings to the class in the form of a...
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What? Where? Why?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the internet to research the geography of an area where the foreign language they are practicing is spoken. In groups, they use this information to write a short report on the geographical features and how it affects...
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The Physics of My Life

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders review the basic principles of physics. In groups, they use these principles to discover how they are present in their everyday lives. They create a webpage that demonstrates on of the principles and share it with the class.
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Culture Areas Of Native North America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the different cultural areas of Native North America. They process information using critical thinking skills while conducting research on the internet. They record information found on a graphic organizer to help...
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Hello And Hola

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concept of change and how it can effect the lives of different people. They use a real experience or hypothetical one to create a brochure on Microsoft Publisher to help someone to make the transition...
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ETHICAL USE OF THE INTERNET

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the use of the internet and how it should be used by students. The concepts of intellectual property and fair usage are covered. The author of resources is found by them through practice with finding small...
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Creating An African Style Mask

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the different types of African masks that are found using the internet to perform research. They draw four different images based on the images downloaded. Students must cite sources used using MLA formatting.
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Website Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use the internet to complete a species scavenger hunt. In groups, they answer questions given to them about sea lions, rockfish and killer whales. As a class, they identify any questions they have and discuss the role...
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Architecture of China- A Web Based Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet in order to investigate the architecture of China. This is done in order to build an appreciation for the structures of buildings and how they communicate the culture.
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NCTA Lesson Plan on Korea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the unique aspects of the Korean culture. Using the websites included in the lesson they research categories of subjects that are related to the culture.
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Playground Games

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students conduct research on the internet in order to find playground games that can be played. The size of the ground area determines the kind of game that can be played. There are a variety of websites included in the lesson.
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Best Practices of Technology Integration

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the functions of state and local government. In groups, they research Michigan as their home state and one other state given to them and answer questions given to them in a packet. They discuss their answers...
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Whale of a Web Site

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the characteristics of toothed/baleen whales in books and on the internet. The students participate in whale projects, quizzes, and activities on the internet sites provided.
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Prom Date

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the internet to research the cost of going to the school prom. As a class, they brainstorm about the things needed in order to go to the dance and use advertisements to make a budget. After all of the data is...
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Internet Gastropod Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use the Internet to research gastropods. Using their textbook, high schoolers identify questions by topic they are interested in finding more in depth information. They answer each question and cite at least two internet URLs for each....
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Element Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine the process for gathering information about an element using at least three Internet websites. They gather the data about the element on a investigation worksheet which is graded using a rubric.
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My Special Day

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore I Went to the Zoo, an online personal narrative presented in a slide show format. After viewing the photographs and reading the accompanying text, they will draw story ideas and write their own personal narratives.
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The Voting Process

For Teachers K
Students discuss the subject of voting. They are introduced to the question "How do we get what we want?" Explain to students that their parents vote in elections for our leaders, such as our president, for example. Discuss what a...
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You're The Chef

For Teachers 1st
First graders view an animated picture book at a web site. The book provides step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a hamburger. After exploring the book, groups of children will create cookbook recipes by drawing a picture and...
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THE INS AND OUTS OF THE INTERNET

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through this fun unit, young scholars learn the ins and outs of the internet and how information is passed from computer to computer. Students make a visual spider web of their own to represent the world-wide-web and demonstrate their...
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Designing a homepage

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the concepts necessary to design a homepage on the internet. They evaluate various other sample homepages to brainstorm ideas. Then students create the homepage as directed.