INTERNET CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
by Joan Berger*




The following activities may be used individually, with cooperative groups, or as whole-class Internet lessons. They begin with a scenario that the student becomes a part of and needs to find a solution to. There are questions to guide the student, and a suggested site at which to locate information to get the desired results.

  1. Ambassador For a Day (Latin America, Writing)
  2. Are We Martians? (Space Science, Astronomy)
  3. The Big Apple (Geography, History, Art, Social Science, Cartography)
  4. The Cassini Mission (Space Science, Astronomy)
  5. College Bound (Careers, Environment)
  6. Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume? (Human Body)
  7. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (Neuroscience, Recording and Analyzing Data)
  8. Giants Among Us (Black History, African Studies, Science)
  9. The Golden Door (Immigration, Cultural Diversity)
  10. Good Advice (Literature-Shakespeare, Family Values)
  11. How Far Is Far (Maps and Distances)
  12. Intergalactic Explorers (Astronomy, Space Studies)
  13. Let Your Fingers Do the Walking (Social Studies, Writing, Geography)
  14. Lights! Camera! Action! (History, Technology, Science)
  15. Paper Trails (American History, Language)
  16. Rescue At Sea (Geography, Meteorology, Astronomy, Mathematics)
  17. Stories in Stone (Mayan Culture, Language, Mathematics, Archaeology)
  18. Teen Tours (Social Studies-Geography, History; Archaeology)
  19. Touchy! Touchy! (Neuroscience, Recording and Analyzing Data)
  20. Wildlife Refuge (Environment, Living Things, Language/Writing, Oceanography, Government)
  21. Witty Words (Literature, History, Language, Sociology)
  22. The World Is My Stage (Oceanography, Ecology, Biology, Writing, Geography)




SUGGESTIONS FOR INCORPORATING INTO CLASSROOM

Download each activity and print out. Xerox to oaktag (or keep on original paper) and laminate. Place in "Internet Activity Box" near computer for students to use during directed lesson or private time. Give time to students to present their completed act ivity to the class. The students become the instructors and demonstrate how they navigated the site to locate their information.

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Have students work directly from this web page. They can select their activity after they browse a few. Each activity has a direct link to the required search site.


All activities were created by Joan Berger
Internet Educational Consultant

Direct any questions or comments for her to:
jberger5@comcast.net

* Permission to put these pages on Michael Krauss' web site was given by Joan Berger on 9/10/2007.