Project Code Name: Boil the
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Teacher's Guide
You will need the
following:
World-Wide Web browser
Search Engine (Magellan or your favorite alternative).
Searching the World-Wide Web for specific information is a lot like
prospecting for gold. You can spend quite a bit of your time
without finding anything. Looking for interesting webpages is
often called mining. The reason for this name
probably has something to do with the fact that some of the most
interesting webpages ly beneath the surface or homepage. You will
find that even when your search has been sucessful, you must often
do a little bit of mining to find what you really want. Consider
using the idea of mining to engage your students in searching the
Web. You may wish to start out with a story about mining or
prospecting for gold.
Step 1
- Open your browser and find the "Search"
on the hot list task bar or in the
Menu bar. This should bring up a list of search engines.
You may use the "Teacher's choice" option on the student
worksheet if you wish to have the students use a different engine.
I have constructed a webpage of search engines. Using your
World-Wide Web browser, have your students "Open File:"
Step 2
Select the Yahooligan engine. (Not seen here)
- Now, have your students
type in "newbery book award" as above and click on the
search icon. There should soon appear a list of possible
hyperlinks associated to your keyword newbery. One of the
choices will likely be "Awards for Childrens Books." Have
the students click on the underlined title
Awards for Childrens
Books
to find the name of the 1992 Newbery Award winner.
Step 3
You can now research several keywords and the
associated list to find interesting questions for the students to
answer on a scavenger hunt. I have put together one such scavenger
hunt using keywords and the Magellan
search engine.
- Who won the 1992 Caldecott Medal Award?
- What was significant about the Apollo-11 Mission and what was
the Command Module's name? One of the anchors should be:
- Does the Metropolitan Museum of Art have
a special Web page for Education? Using the right code words should
hoist the anchor:
- How many words are there in the last sentence of the
Gettysburg Address? Who wrote the speech? The anchor should be:
I have included a student worksheet which you may fill out to
create a scavenger hunt for youe students once they have learned
how to use a search engine.
To print out the Student Worksheet:
- use the link below and the print function of your
browser,
- or use the projects page link provided below,
- or download the
files:
- Webbing/Projects/spbc.html
and
- Webbing/Projects/srchme.html
and
- Webbing/Projects/type.gif
to your hard disk using the "copy/download file"
features of your browser.
Student Search Sheet
- Question:
- Mine location:
- Answer:
- Question:
- Mine location:
- Answer:
- Question:
- Mine location:
- Answer:
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