Integrating the Internet into the Classroom Facilitator: Michael Krauss, AES, Lewis & Clark College Scavenger Hunt: Trying Out Internet Search Tools Please enter your full name: Please enter your Email address: Use a different search engine to find the answer to each of the questions below. Enter the information in the boxes and click on Submit when done. This will automatically email the answers to me. If you don't remember how to compose searches for the different engines, check out Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques. For newer search engines (Google, Ask Jeeves, Northern Light), which use "off the page" (ie information other than that found on a web page, see Second Generation Searching on the Web. As you search, keep notes on the pros/cons of the different engines you use. (Note: When you click on links for the Search Engines, a new window will open. When you finish using a search engine, you can close that window. Don't hit the "Back" button on the page where you record your answers or you will lose your data. Also, you'll need to complete this task in one sitting. If you quit your browser, your answers will be gone.) Suggestion: Write down your search terms and answers on a piece of paper as you go. Or copy and paste your search terms and answers into a word processing document. Then, if you inadvertently erase your answers, or if you can't finish in one session, it will be a simple matter to re-enter your answers (or copy paste them) into the form! Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 1. What is the first line of the Beatles song, "Ticket to Ride"? Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 2. Copy and paste a recipe for apple pie which MUST include cinnamon and nutmeg. Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 3. Who was the Italian who invented the battery? Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 4. Who won the first academy award for best actor? Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 5. What is the highest point in the continental U.S. (i.e. the lower 48 states)? Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 6. How many bridges cross the Danube River to join Buda and Pest in Budapest, Hungary? Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Google, Alta Vista, Brainboost, Lycos, MetaCrawler, Ask.com, Dogpile, Clusty 7. Post a question that you would like to know the answer to! Then find the answer! Question: Answer: Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost Search Terms Used: Number of searches needed to find the answer: Which search engine did you prefer and why? Do you have a different search engine which is your favorite? If so, tell us about it. Hope you found all of your answers and a favorite search engine too! ©1998-2007 All Rights Reserved Return to top. Return to Workshop Home Page. Return to Workshop Discussion Page. Return to Syllabus-at-a-Glance. Created by: krauss@lclark.edu Updated: 2/15/07
Integrating the Internet into the Classroom Facilitator: Michael Krauss, AES, Lewis & Clark College
Please enter your full name:
Please enter your Email address:
Use a different search engine to find the answer to each of the questions below. Enter the information in the boxes and click on Submit when done. This will automatically email the answers to me. If you don't remember how to compose searches for the different engines, check out Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques. For newer search engines (Google, Ask Jeeves, Northern Light), which use "off the page" (ie information other than that found on a web page, see Second Generation Searching on the Web. As you search, keep notes on the pros/cons of the different engines you use.
(Note: When you click on links for the Search Engines, a new window will open. When you finish using a search engine, you can close that window. Don't hit the "Back" button on the page where you record your answers or you will lose your data. Also, you'll need to complete this task in one sitting. If you quit your browser, your answers will be gone.) Suggestion: Write down your search terms and answers on a piece of paper as you go. Or copy and paste your search terms and answers into a word processing document. Then, if you inadvertently erase your answers, or if you can't finish in one session, it will be a simple matter to re-enter your answers (or copy paste them) into the form!
1. What is the first line of the Beatles song, "Ticket to Ride"?
Answer:
Search Engine Used: AltaVista Lycos Ask.com Google MetaCrawler Dogpile Clusty Brainboost
Search Terms Used:
Number of searches needed to find the answer:
2. Copy and paste a recipe for apple pie which MUST include cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. Who was the Italian who invented the battery?
4. Who won the first academy award for best actor?
5. What is the highest point in the continental U.S. (i.e. the lower 48 states)?
6. How many bridges cross the Danube River to join Buda and Pest in Budapest, Hungary?
7. Post a question that you would like to know the answer to! Then find the answer!
Question:
Which search engine did you prefer and why? Do you have a different search engine which is your favorite? If so, tell us about it.
Hope you found all of your answers and a favorite search engine too!
Return to top.
Return to Workshop Home Page.
Return to Workshop Discussion Page.
Return to Syllabus-at-a-Glance.
Created by: krauss@lclark.edu Updated: 2/15/07