Internet Usage Lesson Plans

Students understand how to handle food safely. In this food safety activity, students what happens when food is exposed to bacteria. Students complete a worksheet matching type of bacteria with the food affected by it.

Fourth graders research the Internet to learn about inventions and their inventors while also learning safety skills while on the web. In this Internet usage lesson, 4th graders complete research on famous inventors and their inventions. Students also learn the safety rules for Internet usage and complete a pledge of conduct for ethical computer use. Students make inventor cards based on their research and play a game with the cards to learn the inventors.

Students play a paper clip game which leads to a lesson on cyber ethics. In this cyber ethics lesson plan, students play the game, and then discuss the proper rules of how society should act and view their internet usage.

Students discuss current knowledge of internet searches. They research vocabulary terms related to internet usage. Students list African-Americans that they believe have made a difference. Each student picks a person to research and makes a PowerPoint presentation.

Students investigate step function, and angle bisector using the TI calculator. In this math lesson, students research the online newsletter "Eighty Something" and for articles dealing with the TI calculator. This online issue contains 3 different interactive TI-activities, and requires internet usage.

Students explore matter. In this classifying states of matter lesson, students will classify by pictures and observations. Students read a book and then do simple experiments to determine the state of matter.  Students also gain knowledge about science careers.

Students investigate basic internet skills through use of a PowerPoint presentation. They discuss questions and begin basic web searches which include web surfing, search engines, and subject directories.