Internet+Safety-K-1

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K-1 Going Places Safely Handout

Learning Overview and Objectives (from CommonSense.org)
By taking a virtual field trip, students experience the power of the Internet to take them to places they might not be able to visit in person. They learn that, just as when traveling in the real world, they should also follow safety rules when they travel online. //Students will://
 * Discover that computers can be used to visit far-away places and learn new things
 * Understand that staying safe online is similar to staying safe in the real world
 * Learn rules for traveling safely on the Internet

CHOOSE one of the following websites to explore as a class. You may project the site onto a screen, or group students around a computer.

The New York Philharmonic Kidszone: [|www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml/] This website provides children with a virtual tour of the concert hall and introduces them to musicians and various instruments in the orchestra. (You may need to download the free program Adobe Shockwave to fully access this site.) Destination Modern Art: [|www.moma.org/interactives/destination/] This interactive, kid-directed site from New York’s Museum of Modern Art takes children on a virtual tour of the museum, its artwork, and the artists. Smithsonian National Zoological Park: [|www.nationalzoo.si.edu/] This website includes galleries of animal photographs, slide shows, and live "animal cams" of the residents of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. =Full Lesson Plan = 

NHCS Instructional Resouces for Internet Safety
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