Create your own regional 'reliable links' webpage

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Computational Thinking and Creativity Web Research Challenge

Objectives

Computing

  • Use search technologies effectively.
  • Appreciate how results are selected and ranked.
  • Be discerning in evaluating digital content.
  • be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of ICT.
  • Evaluate and apply information technology analytically to solve problems.

Geography

  • Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features, and land-use patterns.

Lesson Planning

Complete some in-house training on online copyright law and learn how to create informative and useful hyperlinks. Have a go at creating your own webpage highlighting the highly reliable links you have found throughout your research. Make your website the place to visit for primary school geographers.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To identify online copyright issues and develop and use format and style guides.
  • To write a geographical overview of a UK county or city.

Children will:

  • Explore the copyright laws surrounding images and text.
  • Learn how to create hyperlinks and rename them.
  • Create their own ‘reliable links’ webpage for specific geographic regions of the UK.

Provided Resources

  • Copyright statements
  • Hyperlink instructions and sample hyperlinks
  • Style and Format guidelines

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.