The Internet can also be searched automatically using several different kinds of searching tools . There are tutorials that help you learn how to search efficiently. Young children should be monitored by resposible adults when surfing or searching the Internet. For more information, see The Children's Partnership and and Safety on the Net by Larry Magid. You can also download the Web sites that you want your kids to use and install them on non-networked computers.
Information is only as reliable as the organization or individual who created it.
Putting someting on the Internet does not make it true any more than putting it on paper. Material on the Internet is not organized by grade level. Some educators have created extensive collections of Internet sites that are organized by grade level, including sites for elementary science by grade level , the Collaborative Lesson Archive , and K-12 science lesson plans by grade level. It is a fact of life that complex technology is sometimes unreliable. Plan for alternative activities if the network is down.