Grade Levels:  All

Description:  Students surf the Net to present a collection of interesting Web
sites to their classmates.

Objectives:  To provide students the basic tools for navigating the World Wide Web.

Procedure:
1.  Divide  students into groups and have each  group determine a subject  of interest to them all.

2.  Students should begin their   search from one of the commercial search engines  so make sure your  browsers are preset to a starting  point.  Alternatively provide students with an Internet address.

3.  Have students create bookmarkss for all the sites that pertain to their topics.  Make sure they also save one or twoof the better sites to  their disks or to the hard drive.

4.  Have students discuss the sites and choose five "best sites" about their topic.

5.  Have the group report their findings  to  the rest of the class, either by a presentation using the World Wide Web, orally, or in a written format  such as a brochure.

Activity Two

Subject:
 

Grade Level:  All

Description:  Students go on an "information hunt" to get the answwer to a course related question.  The  "winners" are  the first group  to find the answer to the question(s).

Objective:  To provide students with a basic familiarity with Web Searches

Procedcure:

1.  Divide students into small groups.

2.  Distribute a handout with the specific question to all groups.  In  this example, give all students the question "How tall is the Sears Tower?"

3.  Assign the students a different