Hadley Takes A Cyber Trip

• It is a multicultural interdisciplinary unit.
• The class chooses a country to study throughout the
  course of the school year or for a select time frame. 
• The purpose is to integrate reading, math, social studies, science and technology into a unit whereby the students will be able to successfully utilize research skills.
• The students explore the chosen country using online resources, CD-ROMs, magazines, and text books to acquire  knowledge of its history, culture, currency, weather, language, folk tales, sayings, and social structure. 
• Students make online contact by way of the Internet, e-mail, web pages, bulletin boards, Ask Jeeves, Ask an Expert and various other cyber sources. 
• They then synthesize the information, incorporating keyboard skills and various other aspects of the computer, into a hard copy and multimedia presentation.

 Resources

ePALS and  More Than Just Key Pals are great sites to locate key pals
The Weather Page this site gives the weather for countries and cities
The National Weather Service excellent weather information
Fahrenheit and Celsius learn about temperature conversions
About Netiquette learn all about netiquette
Everything Email everything you ever wanted to know about email
Yahooligans Holidays Around the World learn about holidays around the world
KidsClick! and Ask Jeeves are excellent kid's search engines
1-Click Currency Conversion a quick way to convert currency
Shannon Airport learn about the Shannon Airport and shopping in Ireland
USENET Cookbook learn about cooking and measurement conversion from standard to metric
Irish Recipes learn how to cook authentic Irish recipes
Irish Myths and Legends read Irish myths and legends
Giggle Poetry create an online poem and learn about limericks
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary an online dictionary
Irish Independent Online Newspaper an online newspaper
The London Times an online newspaper
Real Cities view online newspapers of many US cities

Internet Classroom Activities. Educational Insights. Carson, CA: 2000.

Gimotty, Susan. Computer Activities Through the Year. Teacher Created Materials. Westminster, CA: 1999.