Pass out copies of report outlines to students. Have students put the outlines in their three-pronged notebook. Tell students that for the next six weeks they will be doing research on endangered animals in order to write a 1-2 page report. Students choose an endangered animal from their Internet search as the subject of their report. Students use on-line animal sites to print information on their animal.
Students place their animal information in their three-pronged notebook.
Pace students so that they complete only one subsection of the outline at a time. Once students are done typing their animal report on-line, have them save their work on a disk. Allow students who have completed the typed portion of their animal report to search the Internet for an image of their animal. Later, they can insert their image on the template using Netscape Composer or another web editor. Students will demonstrate basic computer technology skills by using appropriate vocubulary, tasks, keyboarding, and problem-solving strategies to write a science report.