Students will learn about the water cycle, watersheds, habitat, wetlands, fish, and issues. The World Wide Web is a rich source of information. However, students need to learn how to look at this information and determine what is important and what is not. The websearch concept provides students with a limited number of safe resources to practice these skills. A specific topic is chosen, links with information on that topic are chosen, and a set of questions are developed from those links.
Students use the links to find answers to the questions and respond online.
Introduce the websearch concept. Demonstrate how to register. Schedule individual teams' computer access. If you inform me of problems, I will try fix them by the next day at the latest. In addition, if you e-mail me that you are participating, I will create a distribution list to keep you updated on any news related to the contest.