The search treasure hunt

This treasure hunt is designed to show you some different search engines.
You will need to follow all instructions very carefully.
At the end all the activities, you will have created your own list of search engines and subject directories that you will be able to use when you are doing research.
You need to follow these instructions carefully and tick them off as you complete them.
Once you get to the end, write out the first letter of each one word answer. Your answer will form two words.
When you work out the words, type them into google.
What is the name of the first website that you find?

Before you start you will need to create a table on a new wiki page called My Search.
You can download this word document

Search engine or subject directory

Instructions

Your answer




http://www.google.com.
You are going to be creating an anagram.
To find out what an anagram is
Go to google
Type in define: anagram
What is an anagram?

Now Let’s begin your Search

http://www.factmonster.com/

Look for the Home button.

Click on the World section.

What is the first section on the top left hand side?


http://www.factmonster.com/

Click on the World Capitals.

What is the capital of Peru?


http://www.factmonster.com/

Go back to Home.

Click on Science and Technology

Find Health and Body

Click on Body Trivia

What lives 150 days before it falls out?


http://www.factmonster.com/

Find WordWise

Find Grammar and Spelling

Find Frequently Misspelled words

Find a word that starts with v


http://www.factmonster.com/

Find the Sports section

Click on Olympic Games

Find the Summer sports

What is the only Olympic event that starts with e



http://www.ithaki.net/

Go to iThaki

Type in the word mouse You will find that you will get lots of irrelevant hits Type in mouse species

What is the name the species that a mouse belongs to?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Go to Wikipedia
Type in the word mouse
On the wikipage, find the word insects and click on it
What on this page is 55.5cm long?

http://clusty.com/

Type in Proboscidea

Copy and paste the word so that you get the spelling correct.

What animal belongs to this family?


http://clusty.com/

Type in the word continent

What is the second second cluster of results?


http://www.askkids.com/?o=0&l=dir</span>

Click on Science

Go to Earth’s Water

Find the Earth Water’s graphic

What it the top left side waterway?


http://www.askkids.com/?o=0&l=dir

Click on world atlas

What is the name of the country above North America?


http://kids.yahoo.com/

Find the dictionary

What is an abode?

Remember to use only one word


http://kids.yahoo.com/

Find a dinosaur that starts with the letter I


http://www.dogpile.com/

Type in the word environment
In the “Are you looking for?”section.
What is the second category that dogpile suggests?

http://www.dogpile.com

Type in African animals

What is the second category that dogpile suggests?


Now you have completed the words you need to create your anagram. Type in the first letter of each word and see what you have made. It will be two words.
Once you have typed the word. Go to the A on the Editor bar.
Change the font to Georgia, make the size 120% and make the colour #e421ed.

Put your word in this row:
What is the colour?

http://www.google.com.
Go to Google
type in your anagram
What is the name of rthe first page you see in the hits?

And There's More...

http://www.kidsclick.org/
How many categories can you search under?

http://www.kidsclick.org/
Go to the Picture Search tool
Find an image of a Blue-legged mantella frog. Go to it's properties and type in the url location

Almost done


You need to now create a page on your wiki with each of the search engines that you have used. Name the page My Search pages and out a lin k on your front page to it.