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Curated OER

Food Web in the Bay

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the food web in a bay. In this food web lesson, 6th graders investigate the SAV- submerged aquatic vegetation of a bay including their predators, and how the organisms eat, have proper living space and water. They...
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Curated OER

Evaluating Web Sites for Bias

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students become familiar with checklist they use to evaluate Web content for bias. They use the checklist to evaluate two Web sites from very different sources.
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Curated OER

Where in the World is the Wide Web?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate how the web works and how to search effectively. In this Internet use lesson, 6th graders brainstorm positive and negative experiences they have had while on the Internet. Students view two web sites to learn...
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Curated OER

Ecosystem Lesson Plan: Food Chain/Food Web

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss ecosystems, eliciting their current knowledge of an ecosystem. Students receive an Ecosystems document and look at the picture. Students brainstorm connection between the cover picture and ecosystems. The indicated...
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Museum of Tolerance

Developing Media Literacy

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
To protect young people from questionable content, many schools limit access. This resource suggests that because learners can so readily avail themselves to unrestricted Internet access, it is vital for 21st century learners to develop...
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Curated OER

Evaluating Web Sites

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine how to critically evaluate visual and medias aspects of web sites. They examine the purpose of assigned web sites.
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Curated OER

Web of Deceit

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Check the validity of Internet web sites analyzing the accuracy of the information. Students will use this knowledge to create their own web site about a person of their choosing.
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Curated OER

Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the food chain by viewing video clips. In this food web instructional activity, 5th graders investigate populations and ecosystems by viewing a video in class as well as visiting web sites. Students utilize the...
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California Department of Education

Evaluating Web Sites

For Teachers 8th Standards
If it's on the Internet, it must be true—right? How can someone tell if a website contains less-than-truthful information? Savvy surfers evaluate sources in the fifth of a six-part college and career readiness instructional activity...
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Curated OER

Choosing A Search Site

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Computer savvy kids construct a lift-the-flap poster to aid them in selecting appropriate search sites for research and information gathering. Through online observations, they record and compare the features of four children's search...
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PPT
Curated OER

Humor Web Sites

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
The Humor Web site presentation is simply a resource guide for various web site categories that address humor. There is no content included and this would only be useful as a tool for a teacher who would like these resources categorized....
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Curated OER

Out of Site

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine the benefits of a school Web site for parents, teachers and student. They analyze the role of school Web sites in building community, and outline and design sections for their own school's Web site.
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Curated OER

Scouting Civil War Sites

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers evaluate websites after gathering information from various search engines.  In this Civil War instructional activity, students browse the web and find strategies for rating websites.  Middle schoolers choose the best...
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Curated OER

Researching Skills: Researching on the Web

For Students 7th - 9th
How do researchers narrow their searches so that they get the most useful and accurate information available? This essential question is at the heart of the activities suggested by a research skills worksheet. Tips include how to craft...
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Curated OER

Critically Surfing the Web

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The New York Times article “Online Diary,” launches this study of websites and how to assess them. Richly detailed, the lesson includes warm-up activities, procedures, journal prompts, discussion questions, and links to valuable...
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Curated OER

Food Web

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify producers and consumers, including scavengers and decomposers, and discuss role each plays in food web. They then make diagram of possible food chain that might include skull pictured on Montana's quarter, and...
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Curated OER

HOW TO EVALUATE THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF CONTENT-ORIENTED WEB SITES.

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students objectively learn how critically evaluate Web sites for utility, trust, and reliability. In this instructional activity, students learn that some Web sites might be deceiving in their intent despite their popularity.
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Curated OER

Evaluating Web Sites

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the six criteria for evaluating Web sites, identify Web sites with accurate, relevant, and current information on a given topic. They use those criteria to locate three sites that provide good information and three that do...
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Curated OER

Integrating Web Sites in the Advance Placement Studio Art Classroom

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the internet web sites, museum sites and libraries to research her/his favorite artist?s styles, techiniques and subject matter. Students go to different web sites, find and read about their favorite artist and brind...
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Curated OER

Tracking Your Favorite Web Sites

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders track the hit count on their favorite web sites.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders record the number of hits on their favorite web site for twenty days.  Students explore the data to determine if the relation defines a...
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Curated OER

Online and Off the Record

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate how effectively teen Web sites abide by privacy protections of the studenT Online Privacy Protection Act. They write letters to the Webmasters offering recommendations for improving the privacy and appeal of the sites...
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Indiana University Libraries

Web Page Evaluation

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Invite your learners to research three different websites that pertain to a topic focused on in your syllabus. Students fill out a chart by answering questions about each site. Then, they compare how useful the sites are to one another....
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C-SPAN

Make a “Deliberations” Site

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Many hot button issues require deliberations, even in your classroom! Learners work in teams or as individuals to decide on a deliberation question to make into a Google site. They research the topics in depth, discuss both sides of the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Word Web

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Explore the multiple meanings of common homographs with this fun language arts activity. Given a series of word webs and a pile of definition cards, pupils complete each web by matching four different definitions to each target word.

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