Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Friday's Online Scavenger Hunt


Alabama Virtual Library Scavenger Hunt

 

DIRECTIONS: When an answer is needed, write it on a sheet of paper.

 

1. Be sure you are on the middle school site of the AVL.

2. Click on the star at the top right of the screen. Name it “AVL.” This will make it appear at the top of your web browser so you can just click on it to find the AVL easily.

3. Click on “Britannica Middle School.”

a. Who is the biography of the day about?

b. Click on “How to’s” and “Research Paper.” What is this about?

c. What does today’s daily buzzword mean?

4. Click on “SIRS Discoverer.”

a. Find an article about Abraham Lincoln. (hint: you can type his name in the search

bar). What year was he born?

b. Click on “current events” at the bottom. Write down the title of one current event article that pulls up.

c. What is one topic that is listed under “Database Features”?

5. Click on “Kids Search.”

a. If I wanted to find an article on exercise, which topic should I click on?

b. Type “tigers” into the search bar. What is the name of the first article that appears?

c. Type “moon” into the search bar. Then click on “Photos” under “filter results by.”

Where is the first photo taken?

6. Click on the “Student Research Center.”

a. Uncheck all the boxes except “primary source documents.” Type Eisenhower into

the search box and click “search.” What is the name of the 3rd article that appears?

b. Name one topic that is listed under “Top Searches.”

c. What is one way I could limit my search results? (hint: Look at the box that says

“Limit Search Results.”)

7. Click on “Kids Info Bit.”

a. Find one interesting fact about the state of Missouri.

b. Write down how I could find a chart about the continent Africa.

c. Click on the dictionary at the top. Type in the word “uninhabited,” and find the

definition. Write down the definition.

8. Click on any other place we haven’t looked through. Write down what you think would be the best thing to look for in that site (what is this site most useful for).


IDR if you finish early. :)

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