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Internet Research Scavenger Hunt

Use the Internet to complete each task below. List the search terms you used to find your answers, and provide the URL of each web site you used.

Task 1:

Find out what the high and low temperatures will be tomorrow.

Search Terms: What key words you entered into the search engine to find the answer

URL:

Response: Your answer

Task 2:

Define triskaidekaphobia.

Search Terms: What key words you entered into the search engine to find the answer.

URL:

Response: Your answer

Task 3:

How many lines are in a limerick?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 4:

Where can you find career information about being Anesthesiologists?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 5:

Who was the last NASCAR driver to win the Winston Cup?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 6:

Name a famous author from our state, what did they write?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 7:

Find a famous invention founded in Ohio. Who invented it?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 8:

Find 3 funny laws in our state.

Search Terms:

URL:

Laws:

Task 9:

Where would you find out where Jesse Owens was born and about his life?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 10:

Find 2 events at the BI-LO Center in Greenville, South Carolina this month.

Search Terms:

URL:

Events:

Task 11:

Who wrote the poem “Jabberwocky”?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Task 12:

What is the high school graduation rate in our state?

Search Terms:

URL:

Response:

Answer the following discussion questions:

1. Which search engine did you use the most? Why? 2. How did you determine effective keywords for your searches? 3. What were some difficulties you had in finding information?