ORIENTATION TO MR. FITCH'S WORLD

This assignment is based on your review of MR. FITCH'S WORLD. Please Type out your answers.

1. Go to the Games Page. Try 5 games. Do not spend more than 12 minutes in total!
List your three favourites.

2. Count how many links Mr. Fitch has on his main Science page.

3. What's the name of this website? What is the address / URL?

4. From the site's English page look up the word "WILD" using the thesaurus. Write 3 synonyms that you found.

5. What is the email address you can use to send email to Mr. Fitch from this site?

6. Write out one of the poems from this site. It must be available on Mr. Fitch's World.

7. What is the address of the school's site? Name 2 good points (things to keep) about that site & 2 weak points (things to improve).

8. What is the address (URL) of the School Board's site? (Ottawa Carleton District School Board).

9. Name the titles of at least 3 songs that you can hear at MR. FITCH'S WORLD.

10. Spend 10 minutes looking for broken links at MR. F'S WORLD? List any found & on where they're located.

11. Write the address of the page where you can find the U.S. (American) flag on Mr. Fitch's website.

12. What's the address of Mr. Fitch's Halloween page? List 2 aspects (things) of that page that you enjoy. Give a suggestion for change / improvement. Be specific.

13. Which page at MR. FITCH'S WORLD is your favourite? Give the address of that page. Explain why.

14. Which page at MR. FITCH'S WORLD is your least favourite? Give the address of that page. Explain why.

15. Think of what is offered at this website. Think of the purpose of the website. Also consider the target audience of MR. FITCH'S WORLD. What would you change / modify at the site? Why? Give concrete details.

16. What links would you like to see added to this site? Give the exact address & explain why.

17. One of the pages at the site show the local weather for Ottawa. Which page is it? Give the address. How is today's weather?

18. If you are "deep" into the site, how can you go back to the homepage without clicking the "BACK" button in your browser many times? Are there any pages without this special feature that helps you? If so, give that page's address.

19. Find the museums & zoos pages on Mr. Fitch's website. Check out at least 3 museum's websites & 3 zoo's websites. Name your favourite of each & why. Give the address to both favourite sites.

20. There is a page in the "HEAT & TEMPERATURE" section within the SCIENCE area of MR. FITCH'S WORLD. This page lets you convert temperatures. Find it & use it to discover what Oº Celsius and 100ºC equals in K (Kelvin). Kelvin is another type of temperature scale used to measure heat.

21. Choose 3 words from the Science glossaries (Vocabulary List) on the site. Write out these definitions.

22. Give the addresses (URLs) of 5 search engines that are listed on Mr. Fitch's site.

23. Find the "online calculator" on Mr. Fitch's site. Use it to calculate the following: 9 x 8 - 1 x 100 -7000 = ____
Do not use BEDMAS, just do the question left to right in order.

24. Find & read Mr. F's homeroom class's bi-monthly newsletter. List one of the links found on that page.

25. Use the French page links on this site. Translate into French: Probably - car - clock- I am thirsty -


IMPORTANT

BONUS: Find, print & complete 1 of Mr. F's wordsearches. Also: (Typed answers are a great idea!)

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