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Verb Tenses and Sentence Order

For Students 7th - 8th
In this verb tenses and sentence order learning exercise, students read the text with paragraphs about the World Wide Web. Some of the sentences are in the wrong order. Using the verb tenses and time clues, students number the sentences...
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Internet Quiz- Present Simple

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL present simple Internet quiz instructional activity, students read 11 questions that require Internet research. Students answer in the present simple form.
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Sorting Information Calories from Food

For Students 7th - 10th
For this computer research worksheet, learners load ViewPoint and open the Countries file. They utilize the search tool to select countries outside the continents of Europe and North America. Students also utilize the Sort tool to sort...
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Good E-mail Manners

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discuss online e-mail safety and etiquette rules and how they should apply the same rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world. They participate in mock situations and tell what the...
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Using the Internet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover basic Internet uses and terms. After a Powerpoint presentation, they complete various Internet lessons by visiting Websites and answering questions about them. The instructional activity also includes a quiz and...
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HTML Color Attributes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students add background color, text color as well as link and visited link color to their web page. They use a scanner and/or digital camera to incorporate photos into a Web page. This is a continuation of the HTML Links assignment.
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HTML Tables

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create a simple table and align the table horizontally. They open the HTML_tables document for instructions and display a basic understanding of HTML tags. They add a border and/or drop shadow to an image and display.
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Creating a School Web Site

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create websites for their school. They work in groups as a web team and devise a self-management plan. As they work on projects reflecting school life, the team edits what may appear online as the school's web site. Writing...
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Technology: The State of the Internet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students develop ratings criteria for evaluating Websites. Once they brainstorm lists of qualities for Websites, students, in pairs, browse various Maine Websites and create evaluation systems. As a follow-up activity, students may...
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Who Says?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students evaluate websites for scientific accuracy and usefulness. They explore various content evaluation criteria and observe a demonstration on evaluating web sites. They select and evaluate a website for its content information on a...
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Stock Market Math

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students select a company that they like and using technology, in teams, they prepare a class presentation about their company. The class have the option to buy stock or choose a competitor. Each team research a company and buy...
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Internet Exploration of San Francisco

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use the Internet for gaining information on a specific topic. They identify a specific place or event in San Francisco history. They summarize topic findings into a report to present to a small group and also to be...
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Thunderstorms: A Recipe

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the "recipe" for a thunderstorm. they discuss the "ingrediants" needed to create a thunderstorm and then research a related topic (radar, convection, etc.) and create a webpage about that topic.
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Browsing Music

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars survey how the Internet has changed the way we listen to music. Research the powerful new music browser called SIMAC. Test the music field and see if this new concept helps to put in words on a sound track what couldn't be...
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Safer Web Surfing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and discuss the risks of internet use. They discuss ways of keeping their personal information safe online. Students create a poster or instruction card aimed at telling younger students how to use the internet safely.
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Where Exactly Am I, Anyway?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to the components of an URL. They explore several websites in groups and evaluate the reliability of each. Students identify sites that they believe will provide reliable information and complete a worksheet.
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"Google, What?"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand what a search engine is and distinguish the differences between it and human-created directories. They discover that search engines with fewer hits are the most desirable.
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TV Without the Television

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider their own understanding of advertising on the Internet and examine the latest form of advertising online to create "How it Works" posters for a variety of Internet technologies. They reflect on how these technologies...
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The Car Chase Scene

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research the Internet for information about purchasing a car. They complete a worksheet using the Federal Citizen Information Center's website in order to become proficient in research techniques needed to be informed consumers.
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Doing it with Style

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils examine the HTML tags for text styles: bold, italic and typewriter. They apply these types of text styles in an HTML document and view the changes that appear in their web browser.
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Headings: Six Levels Deep

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify the tags associated with the different levels in HTML. They change the level headings in an HTML document and observe the changes in their web browser.
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Address Footers and E-Mail Links

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students apply HTML tags to insert a stylized footer at the bottom of a page. They add a hypertext link that send an e-mail message.
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You Can Blockquote Me on That!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students insert a block of text that is indented from the body text. They apply style tags within blockquote text.
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Colorful and Textured Backgrounds

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students create a solid color background for a web page. They calculate the hexadecimal code for a color value. They change the color of text and hypertext link items. They create a textured background from a graphic file.