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Health Sorting Food Products

(Originally from the Inner City Technology Goals Document – June 1997)

Description:
Children search the Internet to access information on the various food groups.

Health: Yes

Language Arts: Yes

TypeLessonPlan: Lesson Plan – 1 class

Technology Skills: Copy and Paste, Information Literacy

SoftwareUsed: Netscape Navigator, Word Processor

EarlyYears:

MiddleYears: Yes

S1-S4:

SpecificGrade:

Submittedby: Joyce Wong

E-mail: jwong@minet.gov.mb.ca

Details:
Create a template similar to the one below in a word processor.

1.  Discuss "Acceptable Use" on the Internet with the students.
2.  Make an agreement with each student that he/she will not pursue inappropriate material.
3.  Open Internet Explorer / Netscape Navigator.
4.  A bookmark folder containing search engines should previously have been bookmarked.
5.  Demonstrate how to access the bookmarks.
     i.   Click Bookmarks
     ii.  Click Searches
     iii. Click on a search engine eg. Yahoo, Alta Vista, Web Crawler, Magellan, etc.
     iv.  Type in a query eg. Dairy
      v.  A response informing you of the number of hits will appear.
     vi.  Click on the site you wish to explore.
6.  Look for information about dairy products.
7.  Copy and paste selected quotes into the above document.
8.  Copy the URL (uniform resource locator) eg. www.wsd1.winnipeg.... and paste it under bibliography

If you wish to download the image shown below, click on this link foodgrp.bmp.

Extensions: This activity can be used with countless units where one is looking for information.

Filename: Health Sorting Food Products.htm