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Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Evaluating Internet Research Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site by Virtual Salt offers a great deal of information on evaluating internet sources. Gives tips on what to look for when screening information for usefulness and reliability.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Web Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The important thing about this lesson is that it connects literature and science. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown provides a model for original student poems about a content area topic. Web-based bookmarks guide students to...
Activity
University of Oklahoma

Explore the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
Site is designed to help guide Internet users through the world wide web. Includes a list of links to resources about newsgroups, video on the web, email, FTP, using HTML and more. A comprehensive source.
Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Copying Music and Movies From the Internet: Digital Piracy and Fair Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity-based resource on digital piracy and fair use. Students read the literature on the topic and participate in a role play acting as congressional members arguing about the lawfulness of file sharing copyrighted material over the...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Sources: Websites

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of websites for research sources. It gives the pros and cons to using websites as sources and discusses the need to evaluate websites and what to look for.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Alone: Research for Survival

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This role-playing instructional activity enhances learners' creativity and develops critical thinking skills. Small groups of students conduct Internet research on the skills necessary to survive when marooned on a Pacific island. Groups...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design Step 2: Research the Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through Internet research, patent research, standards and codes research, user interviews (if possible) and other techniques (idea web, reverse engineering), students further develop the context for their design challenge. In subsequent...
Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: Hoax? Scholarly Research? Opinion?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
When researching on the Internet, how critical of an observer are you? This site provides three group exercises to help you determine if a website is a hoax, scholarly research, or personal opinion.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Online Safety: It Starts With You [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 9th
More and more, kids are using the internet for amazing things like research, entertainment, to connect with friends, and more. But without clear guidelines, the digital world can be a tough place to navigate. These lessons are designed...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lake Investigation: Determining Lake Type and Health Using the Internet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this learning activity, students will analyze different lakes using the Lake Finder program on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website to research lake characteristics and their health. Students will be completing a...
Handout
University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Latvia

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site if you are researching Latvia. Includes links to economic sites, historical sites, and many more.
Handout
University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Bosnia and Herzegovina

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources include links to information on government, history, culture, and much more. You must see this site if you are researching Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Handout
University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Romania

For Students 9th - 10th
Any research on Romania will not be complete unless you visit this site. Included are links to historical sites, culture and society sites, and government sites.
Handout
University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Finland

For Students 9th - 10th
A lot of information is at your fingertips on this site. You cannot miss this if you are researching Finland!
Website
Other

Net History: International Internet Histories

For Students 9th - 10th
Many International countries are challenging the belief that the Internet was born in the USA. This thorough list of links pulls together ongoing research, publications and articles supporting the theory that Internet was collaboratively...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Origins of the Internet

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the start of the Internet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
Article
Other

Internet 101: Searching the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
Internet 101 gives a detailed overview of how to search the Internet using search engines and web directories.
Website
Other

Internet Telephony

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official website of Internet Telephony Magazine. The online version basically offers all of the latest articles and news that the print version offers, plus archived articles, buyer's guide, newsletter, and more.
Handout
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Talk It Over

For Students 9th - 10th
A research-led resource designed to support educators in facilitating empathetic, honest, and evidence-based conversations on online hate and how to tackle it with secondary aged pupils. Talk it over includes a slide presentation with...
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Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Cyberbullying Guidance

For Teachers K - 1st
Cyberbullying: Understand, Prevent, and Respond Guidance for Schools. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying, and research reveals it has increased to affect 12% of young people in this country. This Guidance is designed to support schools...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Independent Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars will use the Internet to gather key facts using a variety of online resources and present their findings in a word processed paper in APA style.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Researching Dolphins as Endangered Mammals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students work in groups of 3-4 to use the Internet for research. Students create reports and slideshow presentations (optional) defining dolphins as mammals and as an endangered species. Students will...
Website
TESL Journal

The Internet Tesl Journal: For Teachers of English as a Second Language

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Articles, research papers, lessons plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas and links for teachers of English as a second language students.

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