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Animal Safari on the Internet
Students verbalize, analyze and practice various research steps including using the Internet for searches and how to use bookmarked sites. They use these skills to research animals.
Virginia Department of Education
Researching Information on the Internet
Practice Internet research skills. Each class member will need Internet access in order to follow along as you model how to search using key words and to do their own research on African and Asian elephants. Their notes will go into a...
Curated OER
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Students use a computer and the internet to click on highlighted words to find certain answers. They then write the answer to the questions on paper. Finally, students choose one animal to write about. They research the animal on the...
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Using the Internet to Do Punnett Squares
What a fun way to explore Mendelian Genetics! Using a computer connected to the Internet, beginning biologists construct and use Punnett squares of monohybrid crosses to explain how genetic traits are passed to offspring. Other websites...
Texas State Energy Conservation Office
Are Your Computers Wasting Energy?
After reading about the amount of energy that is used to power a personal computer, learners take a look at their own computer use and therefore, their energy consumption. They do this through a series of questions and computations on...
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Amazing Animals!!
Young scholars are introduced to using Access and research animals on the Internet. They fill in collected information about animals on an animals access table. They also use queries to classify animals according to their characteristics.
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Human Origins: The Prehistoric Human Race
When it comes to the origin of the human species students are full of misconceptions. Clear up the hominid confusion with this evolutionary activity focused on assisting students in understanding prehistoric man and his family tree....
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Exploring Biomes Lesson 2: Biome Research
Learners view a PowerPoint presentation on biomes and their classifications. Divide them into groups and assign them each an individual biome to research. There are pictures of the PowerPoint slides and notes about what to teach for...
University of Rhode Island
The Interactive Boston Computer Museum Tour
Fifth graders use the Internet to use an interactive program which helps them explain the Internet better. They take a tour of a computer museum and focus on how the Internet works through an exhibit.
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Spacing Out on the Internet
Students explore and locate information about the universe using the Internet.
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Collaboration the Internet
Young scholars work collaboratively, via the Internet, with another class/school/country, to share and analyze data. They nteract with another class to construct a reasonable explanation for the evidence they have gathered.
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Study of Animals
Third graders use the internet to research about an animal. After watching a demonstration, they follow the same steps to gain access to the internet as their teacher and find a picture of their animal to print. They complete a worksheet...
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Solar Surfing
Students explore sources of solar astronomy. They use the internet to identify web pages associated with solar observatories, astronomical organizations, and educational sights associated with both. Students identify the type of...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight
Participate in the 100th anniversary of the first flight. In groups, learners use the internet to research the roles the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart played in promoting the use of flight. They use the information to write and...
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific search engine to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster (November #2)
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster (Extra #2)
In this Fact Monster learning exercise, students access the Internet to one specific site to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster (Extra #3)
In this Fact Monster search engine worksheet, students access the Internet to one specific website to answer five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Monster search engine learning exercise, students access the Internet to one specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
The Great Peregrine Scavenger Hunt - On the Internet
The story of one bird provides valuable insight into general animal behaviors and interactions. Young researchers investigate the peregrine falcon using a web search. They analyze the behaviors of the raptor including its migration...