Skip Navigation
Share Share
Task Cards: An Easy Internet Integration Idea

One of the keys to effectively using the Internet in the classroom is to direct student learning. It is too easy to get lost, overwhelmed or side tracked. Task Cards can direct students' learning while on the Internet and they are easy to create.

Creating Task Cards | Using Task Cards | Non-readers | Kindergarten Example | 1st Grade Example | 2nd Grade Example | 3rd Grade Example | 4th Grade Example | 5th Grade Example | 6th Grade Example | Bookmarks| Copy & Paste
Creating Task Cards

When you find a good web site that will help support your curriculum:
  1. Bookmark it. (Go to Bookmarks instructions below.)
  2. Copy & paste the address to your word processing software. (Go to Copy & Paste instructions below.)
  3. Preview the site and develop 2 or 3 questions or activities for your students to do at that site. (See example task cards.)
  4. Type the instructions in the task card format.
  5. Print, copy and cut out each task card.
Go back to the top
Using Task Cards
Go back to the top
Using Task Cards with Non-readers

Go back to the top
Kindergarten Example:
Objective: Identify the location and function of each sense organ.
The Ear
Go to the bookmark:
"How the Body Works: The Ear"
or
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html

  1. Observe and listen to the short animation of how the ear works.
  2. Explain to your computer partner what you think is happening.
  3. On the back of this card draw a picture of the inside of an ear.
Go back to the top

First Grade Example:
Objective: To help students review the basic functions of plant parts
in relation to the needs of the plant.
Great Plant Escape
Detective LePlant needs your help to solve the mystery of plant life!
To solve this case, you must identify the different parts of plants.
Go to the bookmark:
"Great Plant Escape: What are the parts of plants?"
or
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1a.html

  1. Answer the six questions in this activity.
  2. If you miss one, the green bean will show you the correct answer.
  3. After you learn what each plant part does, continue the case to find out if you know where each part is located.
  4. On the back of this card, draw and label the various parts of a plant.
Go back to the top

Second Grade Example:
Objective: Observe and describe how plants and animals change during their lives.
Butterfly Life Cycle
Go to the bookmark:
"Children's Butterfly Site
The Butterfly and Moth Life Cycle"
Or
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/activities/coloring/butterfly%2Dcoloring.asp
  1. Read and look at the pictures to learn about the butterfly life cycle.
  2. Caterpillars spend most of the time eating. Why do you think that is true?
  3. What do you think is happening inside the chrysalis?
  4. On the back of this card, describe how the butterfly life cycle is different than a human's life cycle.
Go back to the top

Third Grade Example Example:
Objective: Identify simple machine components in a complex machine.
Gadgets
Go to the bookmark:
"Gadget Anatomy"
or
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html
  1. Look carefully at each tool.
  2. Think about how each part moves and makes the other parts move as the tool does its job.
  3. Click on the elements of machines that you see in each gadget.
  4. Click on the Inventor's Toolbox link if you need more information.
  5. Hit the "Check my answers!" button to see if you were correct.
  6. Find a small machine such as a can opener, garlic press, tongs, wind up toy, pencil sharpener, or stapler. Examine the tool carefully and then sketch it on the back of this card.
Go back to the top
Fourth Grade Example:
Objective: Learn more about the state rock of Utah
The Utah State Rock
Go to the bookmark:
"Utah's State Symbols"
or
http://www.state.ut.us/about/rock.html
  1. What is Utah's official state rock?
  2. Briefly describe how this rock is formed.
  3. In how many of Utah's 29 counties is our official rock found?
  4. Which 2 of Utah's counties have the greatest amounts of this rock?
Go back to the top
Fifth Grade Example :
Objective: To understand how veins and arteries help the circulatory system.
All About the Heart
Go to the bookmark:
"All About the Heart"
or
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_SW.html

You will need to read several short pages about the heart to answer the following questions:
  1. Your heart pumps blood to deliver what two important things to your body?
  2. What would happen if your heart did not have a septum?
  3. Why do you think it is important for your heart to beat so quickly all day long?
  4. Pretend you are a blood cell. Describe your journey through the body, starting from the right side of the heart.
  5. What is your �pulse�? What can you do to change your pulse?
  6. Name 3 things you can do to strength your heart and 3 things that could potentially damage it.
Go back to the top
Sixth Grade Example :
Objective: Compare statistical information between countries.
Infonation: Country Comparisons
Go to the bookmark:
"Infonation"
or
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
  1. From the main menu, select Somalia, Nepal, France, Cuba, Fiji, Uruguay, and India.
  2. Scroll down and click on the "Data Menu" button.
  3. Select Threatened Species, Population Density, and Life Expectancy (Male/Female).
  4. Which country has the highest population density?
  5. Which has the lowest life expectancy?
  6. Which country has the greatest number of threatened species?
  7. Go back to the first page and compare some country data on your own.
Go back to the top
Bookmarks

Bookmarks let you bring a little personal organization to the chaos of the Internet. When you find a site you like and want to go back to later, then click the "Bookmarks" button on your browsers' toolbar and highlight "Add Bookmark." To retrieve a bookmarked site, simply click the "Bookmarks" button and highlight the site you want to view.

Go back to the top
Copy & Paste
Utilizing the Copy & Paste feature of your computer can save you a lot of time. Copying and pasting Internet addresses is essential because you may have noticed the web is not tolerant of errors. After you have found a web page that you want to use on a task card:
  1. Click and drag your mouse across the Location or Netsite line to highlight the URL (Internet address.)
  2. Click on the EDIT menu at the top of your window and select Copy. Now the URL is saved in the computer's short-term memory.
  3. Open up your word processing software.
  4. Click your mouse where you want the address and then click on the EDIT menu and select Paste.
    Go back to the top

    Author: - Email