Young Computer Whiz
          Wakulla Middle School  
     World Wide Web Exploration







Internet Curriculum Plans Grade 6


I. Classroom Management Introduction
II. Accessing, navigating the Internet

    A. Internet Vocabulary
    B. Getting on the net
    C. Different Browsers
    D. Part of an Internet address and what they mean
    E. Using WMS homepage resources (Media, approved sites)
    F. Opening more than one window
    G. Toolbar functions

III. Web Site Evaluation and Internet  Safety
IV. Internet Project 1 ( Historic Lincoln Site Search)V. Creating a Power Point Presentation
VI. MS Word word processing project

      "Barely Made It"
       Research paper "An American Hero"
 
VII. Report : How do people in the workplace deal with computer/data security and safety?
VIII. Taking notes from the web using MS Word
IX Using web search engines
X. Excel spreadsheet project "Employee Payroll"
      Excel spreadsheet to record geographicalc data and generate graphs/charts using the data
XI.  Learning to use a spreadsheet to organize data ( "Presidents", "Nations")
XII. Internet Projects "What is the Internet?" : Investigating the myths/ legends of a group
XIII. “Wakulla on the Net”
XIV"Spy in the White House" activity
XV. Internet Project " Visiting an Interactive Exhibit"
XVI. Creating a Podcast with Windows Movie Maker and  Audacity

    Ongoing:  Email, Keyboarding practice, Kids College Study Island, FCAT practice, Surfing Approved Web Sites, , Vocabulary Building