Students familiar with the Internet develop theories and use the Internet to conduct original research. Students are provided with the following framework and encouraged to direct their own learning about the VAB and Shuttle assembly. Students identify an important question they wish to explore. Engage in group or individual brainstorming during Internet Workshop. Guide their initial research by helping them identify related topics and information.
Students use the Internet to find useful information related to their topic.
Use the Internet Workshop to demonstrate Internet search techniques. Remind students of more traditional resources found in the classroom or school library. Students analyze all of the information they have located and respond to the questions they initially posed. Sometimes this will lead students to address another question they discover to be more important than their initial question. This may take the form of a traditional written report, a poster session, a multimedia presentation, a web site, or an oral report.