Searching the Internet Watch the Video called Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Find the answer to these questions.
1. Based on the video, what should you include around two words to group them together when
searching? Give an example.
2. Open Google or Bing and type in jaguar. What is the first result you see about?
3. If you want to only find out about the animal called a jaguar, what should your search words be?
4. Try it, does it work better?
Use Google or Bing to find the answers to the following questions.
5. How tall is Mount Everest?
6. In what countries is Mount Everest located?
7. What is a lunar eclipse?
8. Copy and paste a diagram of a lunar eclipse from Google or Bing.
9. When is the winter solstice?
10. What happens on the winter solstice?
11. Who is the author of the book “Tommyknockers”?
12. What type (genre) of books does this author write?
13. Who were the four band members of The Beatles?
14. Which person played the drums for The Beatles?
15. When did the Beatles release the album Abbey Road?
16. Who played Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz?
17. Who holds the record for the most home runs in Major League Baseball history?
18. Use Google maps to find the country Syria. What are three countries that border Syria?