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Today's teachers are all-too-often faced with the challenge of understanding the new information and communication environment fondly (or not-quite-so-fondly) referred to as the Internet or World Wide Web. The thought of helping their students "surf the Web" leaves them feeling unprepared and nervous. Or, they simply are looking for cool new places on the Web that relate to their content area. Regardless of their Net experiences, they'll find valuable teaching materials and resources in this new guide. In this tour of highlighted material from chapter six of Cynthia Leshin's best-selling book, Internet Adventures 2.0 (1998, Allyn & Bacon, 0-205-27883-3), readers will find examples of both curriculum standards and content standards. Three thematic units of instruction have been selected based on curriculum standards that many states require their teachers to teach: the rain forest, ancient civilizations, and the oceans. Each thematic unit provides examples of how the Internet can be used as a resource to support teaching and learning as well as a new opportunity to convert existing curriculum into performance-based learning. Teachers who need to integrated technology into their classroom. A Longwood Professional Book