Teaching about the Internet: an Activity for 6th Grade
One of my most favorite topics to teach is the Internet. Many, including adults, think that the Internet and the World Wide Web are two of the same. I typically begin discriminating between the two as young as Kindergarten when they begin to slowly navigate around the World Wide Web via the Internet. It is rather a hard concept for younger students to learn and I love teaching the analogy that the Internet is like the shopping mall, and inside this shopping mall you would find stores like the World Wide Web, email, Instant Messaging, FTP and Newsgroups (amongst others.) In 6th grade we get “connected” to and learn how many users connect to the Internet around the world. This activity is really fun and I would love to share it with you! What you need: Yarn Popsicle sticks These flags here - Please note that this is a Word Document that you can go back and edit when new stats are @ http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm Glue, tape and laminate to protect those flags! Optional: