Handouts+and+Acitvities+-+Pathfinders+Unit+for+Grades+5,+6,+&+7

Student Materials:
//(download and print from the desktop)// You must complete one of these tools for every website you decide to include in your final project. **5th Grade Template** to record book and Internet sources of information. Each student completes their own. Each Internet source must also have a completed web evaluation tool. **6th Grade Template** to record book and Internet sources of information. Each student completes their own. Each Internet source must also have a completed web evaluation tool. **7th Grade Template** to record book and Internet sources of information. Each student completes their own. Each Internet source must also have a completed web evaluation tool.

Lessons:

 * **#1** and **#2** [|Dewey and the Alien WebQuest]
 * **#3** Keywords http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/stepzero.html
 * **#4** Website Evaluation (Self-Directed Learning Lesson: CLICK HERE)
 * Website EvaluationTool
 * Websites for Team Practice: [|NASA], [|The Dangers of Bread], [|The History of Bread], [|Bread as explained on Wikipedia], [|Home Sweet Home]
 * //Individual Homework: You will do an Internet search for websites about your research topic. DO NOT USE GOOGLE! __For this exercise, you must use one of the "Search Tools" listed in the next section below. //
 * Step 1: Choose TWO websites related to your team's topic and evaluate them using the website evaluation tool. You will turn one evaluation tool for each website by next class (TWO evaluations total).
 * Step 2: Lastly, on your Team Page of the wiki, record (a) your name and (b) the URLs of the websites you evaluated. See if you can figure out how to make the URLs you list actually link to the Internet. //Hint: in the "Editor Bar" look for the globe icon with the circle...good luck!//
 * **#5** Searching Strategies


 * **Pathfinders Research Project Reflection Questions** Please respond by email - click on the email symbol in wikispaces and send answers to lwitten.

Search Tools:
SUBJECT DIRECTORIES AND INDEXES http://www.deweybrowse.org Librarian's Internet Index http://www.lii.org http://www.kidskonnect.com //Trick: Use the Alphabetized List of Subjects// http://www.kidsclick.org Internet Public Librarian http://www.ipl.org //Trick: click on KidSpace or TeenSpace in left-hand navigation bar// SEARCH ENGINES AltaVista http://www.altavista.com //Trick: Type you search word then URL:K12 to get websites that teachers and kids have made.// Ask for Kids http://www.askforkids.com Yahoo for Kids http://kids.yahoo.com/learn Google for Kids http://directory.google.com //Trick: Choose "Kids and Teens"//

Links to Grade Level Wikispaces
http://www.spa5.wikispaces.com http://www.spa6.wikispaces.com http://www.spa7.wikispaces.com