Internet Lesson Plan

Kilmer, Keeling

April, 1999

1st-3rd grade

Exploring Weather

Objectives:

Academic: locate daily weather by city and state; record weather on Weather Collector page

Technological: TSW start up the computer; open up Netscape Communicator and a web site; utilize the alpha keyboard and shift key; scroll using the mouse; use the print

Pre-Requisite Technology Skills: TSW need to know where the following is located and how to use: space bar, mouse, left click button, print icon

Materials:

Computer with Internet access

Netscape Communicator

http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/028/02888.html

Weather Collector page

Accommodations for Special Needs:

Cooperatively pair readers with non-readers

Read text when appropriate

Procedures:

  1. Press spacebar
  2. Left click on Netscape Communicator two times. You will be at Keeling’s website (www.amphi.com/~Keeling)
  3. Scroll to Track Star and left click two times (scrtec.org/track)
  4. While at Search menu, type in Kilmer
  5. Left click on Exploring Weather
  6. Read and follow directions at the top of the screen
  7. Left click on Weather Collector page
  8. Read and follow directions at the top of the screen
  9. Print the Weather Collector page
  10. Visit this site daily for one week and record your data

 

Assessment:

  1. Successful opening of the Track Star-Exploring Weather
  2. Daily recording of Weather Collector page