WHAT'S INSIDE MY COMPUTER (WIMC)
Use this website below to complete the worksheet "What's Inside a
Computer."
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MY PROJECT NOTES
Complete the worksheet for research and notes for your "My News" Project.
Website Resources:
Find someone born on your birthday
www.brainyhistory.com
Find events that happened on your birthday
www.history.com
Find information about the 1990s
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
Find facts and trivia about the 1990s
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1990.htm
Find out about fads in the 1990s
SEARCH ENGINES AND DIRECTORIES
Using your handbook, "Spotlight on the Internet," go to page 48 and complete Lesson 4-1. You will create a document in MS Word, saveas "your name search engines." Complete pages 48-53. Type your answers to questions from these pages in your document. Remember to setup and format correctly. Your name must appear at the top of your electronic page along with date, period, and teacher. See example for help.
RESEARCH LINKS ASSIGNMENT FOR YOUR
PowerPoint Endangered Animals Project
In this assignment, you will search the internet to find sites that will provide you with useful information about an endangered animal of your choice. Follow the directions below to get started on your research assignment as part of your PowerPoint Project – Endangered Animals.
Directions – follow these steps
- Pick an endangered species from one of the sites below.
Ø Fish & Wildlife Service www.fws.gov
Ø World Wildlife Fund http://worldwildlife.org/
- Open a blank Microsoft Word file and save it as “Your last name, first initial, Animal Research.”
- Now use a search engine or directory like www.kids.yahoo.com, www.kidsclick.org, www.askforkids.com, www.google.com, or www.ipl.org or others to find websites on your topic. Practice the techniques to find different and specific sites that will help you gather information about your whole topic.
- After your get a list of possible websites (hits), view some of these (first 1-2 pages) to see if you can find the information you will need for your project. See below for the questions you will be answering in your PowerPoint about your endangered animal:
□ What is the appearance & characteristics?
□ What are the feeding habits?
□ How does this animal have young (reproduce)?
□ What is the population?
□ Where is the animal found in the world?
□ What is being done to help this species survive?
□ Who is a scientist associated with your topic?
- Once you find a site that will provide detailed and specific information about your topic, copy the URL into your Word file you created above. Then you may copy & paste some notes from each site to use in your project.
You should find 8-10 websites that offer good research information about your topic and list them (as mentioned above) into your Word file. The more you have the better off you will be later (HINT).
POSSIBLE POINTS: 24 points
DUE: To Be Announced
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NEW ASSIGNMENT
DIGITAL STORY PROJECT PLAN
Topic: _________________
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Briefly describe your advertisement (what you are promoting):
Describe how this helps teens (moral of story, purpose):
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Summarize your story:
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Introduction:
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3 keys points:
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Conclusion:
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What images will you get from the Internet?
Props (if any)?:
Write down your ideas for text on your pictures:
Ideas for the kind of music you want for your Photostory:
Any Voice Recordings – Narrations?:
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Possible Points: 25
Due Date: Must be complete before starting your project, by Friday, 11/13/09
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Name: ____________
Date: _________
Period: _________
Teacher: ____________
CREDIBILITY ASSIGNMENT
PART 1: With your teacher look over the 5 W’s for Evaluating Web Sites, then go to http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/5ws_cyberspace.cfm and write down the six ways to evaluate a website (there is 1 extra at this website link):
1) Who –
2) What –
3) When –
4) Where –
5) Why –
6) How –
PART 2: Now read and complete page 25 in your “Spotlight on the Internet “ book, then use the other websites below to determine if they are credible sites (provide good and trustworthy information). Answer the questions about each website.
http://city-mankato.us/
1) What is this site about?
2) Using the checklist above, does this site meet the requirements for good, dependable information? Include why or why not.
3) What does the disclaimer say?
http://www.csus.edu/
1) What is this site about?
2) Using the checklist above, does this site meet the requirements for good, dependable information? Include why or why not.
http://ipl.org/
1) What is this site about?
2) Using the checklist above, does this site meet the requirements for good, dependable information? Include why or why not.
