NAME:

CLASS:

Welcome to the Web Directions

1.  Go to http://www.welcometotheweb.org.uk

2.  Scroll to the Instructions section and click on the first button, The Internet.

3.  Follow the instructions given by the computer.

4.  Complete the worksheet(s) for each section BEFORE moving on to the next section.

5.  After all worksheets are complete, move on to the “Welcome to the Web Challenge”

6.  After completing the challenge, print out your certificate, staple it to this page and put it the “In” box.

Use this page to write down the secret codes which appear when you get all of the answers to the Welcome to the Web Quizzes correct.

Section / Code Number / Secret Code
CODE 1
CODE 2
CODE 3 /
M21S8
CODE 4
CODE 5
CODE 6

Keep these codes in a safe place, because you will need them when you try...

Welcome to the Web - The Internet (1)

1) Write down two things which you can do on the Internet:

a)

b)

2) Draw circles around the three sentences which are true:

If you move your mouse over a hyperlink, it will change to the shape of a person. / A hyperlink is usually underlined and colored in blue. / If you click on a hyperlink, your computer will close down.
If you move your mouse over a hyperlink, it will change to the shape of a hand. / A hyperlink is usually in bold and coloured in green. / If you click on a hyperlink, you will go to a different page on the World Wide Web.


3) What does the BACK button do?

4) On page 4, which dinosaur is a hyperlink - number 1, 2 or 3?

5) What is an image map?

6) Answer the following questions:

Woodlands Games
How many memory games are in the Educational Games section?
/ Wallace and Gromit
In which street does Gromit live?
/ The Downs
What is the most popular library book at this primary school?
J K Rowling Interview
How long has J K Rowling been writing for?
/ Chocolate Cake
How many eggs are needed to make the cake using this recipe?
/ Queen Victoria
How long did Queen Victoria rule the country for?
Legoland
What is the address of Legoland? / Slinky
How many feet of wire is in a slinky
?
/ Jokes
Where do cows go on their holidays?


Welcome to the Web - The Internet (2)

Answer these questions:

Star Child
How old is the Solar System?
/ Blue Peter Web Site
In which year was the first Blue Peter appeal?
The Simpsons Web Site
Name the guest stars in the following episodes from Season 11:
·  Beyond Blunderdome
·  The Mansion Family
Name the guest stars in the following episodes from Season 8:
·  The Springfield Files
·  Brother from Another Series / Dinosaur Fact Files
How long was Triceratops?
Skeletons and Skulls
How is a gorilla skeleton different to a human skeleton?


Welcome to the Web - Web Browsers

1) Write the names of the two most popular web browsers in these boxes:

2) What does the Address / Location bar show?


3) Match the names of the browser buttons to the descriptions of what they do....

REFRESH / RELOAD / Takes you to the web page which loads when your browser first starts.
FORWARD / Loads the page again.
HOME / Stops loading a web page.
BACK / Prints the web page that you are looking at.
PRINT / Shows a list of the pages which you have looked at recently.
STOP / Takes you to the last page that you were looking at.
HISTORY / If you went back to a previous page, you should push this button to go the next page.

4) Explain how to add a web page to your Favorites / Bookmarks lists.


Welcome to the Web - Searching the Net

1) What are search engines and what do they do?

2) Describe the searching tips in the spaces below:

Speech Marks
Use the Plus Sign (+)
Use the Minus Sign (-)
Spelling
Lots of Search Words
Choose your Words Carefully

3) What are the addresses of Yahooligans and Ask Jeeves for Kids?

Yahooligans -

Ask Jeeves for Kids –

4) Why is Ask Jeeves for Kids different from normal search engines?


Welcome to the Web - Researching on the Net

DO NOT PRINT ANYTHING!!

NOTE: The Secret Code for the scramble page is A1P5W case sensitive)

1) Explain how to print a web page:
2) How many times did you find the word CHOCOLATE on page 5?

3) How many times did you find the word PHOTO on page 6?

4) What was the secret message which you unscrambled on the Thunk web-site?
5) The following text explains how to save a picture from a web-site. Fill in the blank spaces:

·  Move the mouse pointer over the of the picture.

·  Click on the picture with the

·  Now choose " or " ” from the menu which appears.

·  Your computer will now ask you where you want to . If the computer you are using is not your own, you should ask the owner where this picture can be saved.

·  When you have found a place to save the picture, click on and your picture will be saved! If you wanted to use this picture in your work, you should load it from the place where it was saved.