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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphics à la "the Web"

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study the graphic formats for the World Wide Web and download a graphic file. They apply correct HTML format for including pictures in a web page.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Image File Types and Size

For Students 3rd - 5th
There are so many different ways to save an image file it can be mind boggling. If you want to know whether to save your favorite photo as a jpeg, bmp, gif, or tiff then try this simple experiment.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Eps (Encapsulated Post Script)

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry that defines an encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, and explains how and why it was created. Links to related information are available as well.
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Website
Other

Elated Communications: Understanding Image Formats

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at the three common image formats used on the web: GIF, JPEG and PNG. You'll learn how these image formats work, and where to use each type of image in your web pages.
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Website
Other

Irfanview

For Students 9th - 10th
Small, compact and innovative freeware to use as a graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP and 2003.