Turn on the computer. Use your own username and password if you have one or enter the following: username: ic, password: as given in class, and domain: RIVNET.

After everything is loaded, use the mouse to click on the Internet Explorer (or Netscape) icon.

Click on File and then Open Page... and type http://www.rivier.edu/chemistry (there are several other ways to get to this URL; take your pick).

Click on Physical Sciences (PHY101) to get to the class homepage. Make a bookmark to this page by clicking on "Favorites" (IE) or "Bookmarks" (Netscape) at the very top of the screen and then "Add Favorite" (IE) or "Add Bookmark" (Netscape). Only do this once.

Click on NASA Spinoffs (just under Quick Links). This will connect you with the NASA computer and the NASA Spinoff homepage. Bookmark this initial page.

Just below the Spinoff picture there are links to back issues. Click on one of these years and choose "Table of Contents" on the new page.

On the table of contents page there is a heading "Commercial Benefits - Spinoffs" with some options under it. Pick one of the options (Health and Medicine, Transportation, Public Safety, etc.) to get to another page that will have an article about a product that NASA helped develop. If you aren't interested in the page that initially comes up try clicking on "Next Page" if it is available (or choosing from the menu in some of the years). Choose one of these short articles, read the article, and then write a very short summary of what you read that will jog your memory during the next class. Use your Back button to go back to the page with the seven categories (Health and Medicine, Transportation, Public Safety, etc.). Choose another one of the categories and find another article to summarize.

Go back to the Spinoff homepage that you bookmarked, choose a different year and repeat the exercise.

Go back to the Spinoff homepage and choose a third year to explore.

You should explore and identify at least six specific applications, two from three different years and within each year the applications should be from a different area (Health and Medicine, Transportation, Public Safety, etc.). I will expect a very short summary (hand written is ok) of each of these six applications to be handed in at the next class.

You should have six very short summaries to hand in at the next class period. These summaries will count as one homework assignment. Hand written is ok for this assignment.

If you have time, explore other areas of the NASA site. There are some very good lessons available for classroom use (try http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/Redirect_Spacelink.html). Leave about 10 minutes at the end of the period for finishing up. Don't close any windows or turn off the computer until the instructor has talked to the class about the writing assignment associated with this exercise.

To quit, click on the X at the top right corner of the screen. Then click on the Start button at the bottom of the screen and choose Shut Down. Make sure shut down the computer is marked, then click on Yes.