Introduction

Back in the old days, students had to use textbooks, magazines and the library to collect information. These are still good things, but now you can also use the World Wide Web.

Explore the Internet links on this page and look for good facts, quotations, examples, images, sound clips and video files. Imagine that you're an explorer in cyberspace and your job is to come back from a virtual journey with lots of artifacts and souvenirs to teach people back home what you learned! What's collected can then be put into a journal, pasted into an in-class newsletter, featured in a student-made multimedia stack, or posted on our school Web page.

Keep this question in mind as you work:

What makes the Marin Headland's habitat special and unique?

Instructions

1. Explore the Internet sites linked below. You're looking for facts, quotes, examples, images, sound clips, videos, and animations that you think are important aspects of the topic.

    

2. Copy any text you want by dragging across the words, then using the Edit - Copy command on the menubar. Paste what you highlighted into a Appleworks document.

    

3. Save images you like by downloading them. Paste the images you've downloaded into an Appleworks document.

    

4. Once you have collected your information, go over it carefully so that you can give clear and thoughtful reasons why you found the things you collected especially important. Type captions below any images you collect.

    

5. Click on "KidPixCal map". A blank map of California will appear. Click and hold your mouse on it, then choose "copy image". Paste the image into a Kid Pix drawing. Paint the map labelling the ocean and mountains, and main cities. Then use the stamp tool to stamp different animals onto their habitats. Save the map. Open up your Appleworks document, go to File- "insert" and choose the KidPix map to insert. Write a caption explaining your picture.

The Internet Resources

• Mapquest - Print out a map of the Bay Area that shows the Marin Headlands. Try typing in San Francisco CA and zooming out til the map shows Marin.
• Yahooligans Downloader - Download sounds, movies and pictures of any subject for your scrapbook on the Marin Headlands.

Land Animals

• Come Along a Nature Walk - Scroll down to see links to forest and wetland animals and plants.

   

• Hoofed Mammals - Information (no pictures) on all sorts of deer, moose, antelope etc.

   

• Natural History Notebooks - Infomation and pictures on forest animals.

Ocean Life

• Learn about Marine Life - Vertebrates and invertebrates, habitats, algae, and a marine animal index.

   

• Ocean Planet- Interesting Facts - Interesting ocean facts from the Smithsonian.

   

• Ocean Planet Main Page - Main page to the Smithsonian Ocean Exhibit. Lots of stuff! Click on the rooms to see what's inside. Also scroll down to search for specifics.

   

• Wonders of the Sea - Info and pictures of Sea Creatures including sea anemones, sea stars, sponges, sharks etc.

   

• Yahooligans list of marine life - List of links on marine life

Tools

References

Hypertext Webster Dictionary

Get definitions to many words quickly.

 

Grabbing Web Images

Follow a friendly step-by-step tutorial on how to grab images from the Web.