Purpose

The purpose of today's session is to learn how to use the Internet by experiencing the technology first-hand. It is designed for the novice with no prior experience. We will explain the different parts of Netscape and/or Internet Explorer, and let you practice your surfing skills through guided activities.  You will obtain a free e-mail account and learn how to compose, send and read e-mail messages. 

What is the Internet ?

• Introduction to the Internet
• Navigating the World Wide Web
• Internet Glossary
• Cyberhunt
• Advanced Tutorial

Browser Basics Using Netscape

• How to Use Netscape Navigator 3.0
• How to Use Netscape Communicator
• Internet Explorer 5.0 Online Tutorial

• What is E-Mail?
• Setting Up Free Yahoo E-Mail
• netiquette@k12science.org
• E-Mail Netiquette

• Unique and Compelling Tutorial

K-3 Internet Resources

Real Time Data Projects

• Wonderful World of Weather (A CIESE Real Time Data Project)
• Biological Timing Experiment
• Weather Watchers

• Square of Life (A CIESE Collaborative Project)
• The  Monster Project
• The Whole World Is My Neighbor
• Mighty m&m Math Experiment
• The Flat Stanley Project 
• Flat Stanley Visits New Brunswick

• Global School Net
• Houghton Mifflin's Project Center

• What Happens During A Thunderstorm?
• Make A Story  Children's Television Workshop site
• Surfing for ABC's  K-1 internet project
• Kids@ random
• Little Explorers  Picture dictionary
• Fairy Tale Cyber Dictionary
• Absolutely Whootie Children's folk and fairy tales with teaching suggestions. Search by country, theme, or reading level
• Deep in the Bush - African folk tales with a teachers' guide 
• Weekly Reader- A different edition for each grade level K-6

• Countries A-Z  Flags, recipes, fact books, and much more
• United States Postal Service Site for Kids
• National Geographic for Kids
• Children of Yesteryear 
• The Multi-Cultural Calendar  Classroom resource, categorized by month, holiday, and country
• Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
• Elementary Planet - United Nations Site
• Abraham Lincoln Treasure Hunt

• The Weather Dude
• ZooNet for Kids
• Cool Science for Curious Kids
• The Animal Game
• NASA Kids
• Dinosaur Projects
• Rain Bird  Rain Forest Curriculum K-1 and 2-3
• Hands-On Classroom
• The Great Tree Story

• Extraordinary Ordinals
• Math Word Problems
• Math Brain Teasers- Grade 3 and up
• Math Worksheets Online
• Math Games For Young Kids

Teacher Resources

• Little Web Schoolhouse
• 123 Reading Road
• The Reading Village
• Cyberbee- Integrating the internet into the elementary curriculum
• Pals  Word Recognition and phonics activities
• The Book Hive - Reviews of children's books categorized by genre and reading level
• Once Upon A Time -A children's literature resource page
• Reading Lesson Plans  Vocabulary, comprehension, and phonics
• CyberGuides to Children's Literature
• Children' Book Council Teacher and Librarian Page
• The Phonics Room
• The Buddy Project- Original lesson plans submitted by teachers

• Busy Teachers' Web Site
• The Exploratorium
• StudyWeb
• Teachers First
• Education World
• TeacherNet

Web Sites that Publish Student Work

• KidPub
• Acrostic Poems
• Mrs. Henrikson's Poetry Pages
• Interactive Story 
• Story Book
• Amazon Books
• Kids' Express 
• ZuZu
• MidLink Magazine
• Positively Poetry
• Kid News
• Wacky Web Tales - For Grade 3 and up
• Poetry Pals
• MOMA
• U.S. Presidents - Social Studies Reports
• Environmental Art and Poetry Gallery
• Cyber_Fair

• Let's Find Out
• Kids' Click
• Ask Jeeves for Kids
• Kids' Almanac
• Ask Dr. Universe