Internet Searching

Scavenger Hunt

Definitions

• Search engine - a computer program that retrieves data from the Internet...ex: Google

• Browser - A program used to view HTML documents…ex: Internet Explorer, Firefox

• Website -A collection of web pages, or a collection of links between pages…Schlaffman Wiki

• URL -The address of a web page on the world wide web Ex: www.schlaffman.wikispaces.com

Videos on how a Google works

• https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfvwdtqp_51gw7326d7– YouTube Video: "How Search Works by Matt

Cutts" (3 minutes)– YouTube Video: "Matt Cutts Discusses

Snippets“ (8 minutes)

Searching Techniques:• Use the words that are most likely to appear on the

page. • Describe what you need with as few terms as possible. • Choose descriptive words • To search for a phrase, supply the phrase surrounded by

double quotes (" ").• Broaden or narrow your search by combining words or

phrases using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT

• Google is NOT case sensitive• Google decides which is the most relevant page for your

search

Complete EasyTech lesson and complete the following Quiz on

Searching - quia

• http://www.quia.com/quiz/106756.html?AP_rand=1966329444

Native American

Scavenger Hunt

1. Name the 7 South Dakota reservations.

Your answer:

What are three Sioux Language Dialects?

Your answer:a.b.c.

Name 2 things that the Plains Indians made from the hair of a buffalo.

Your answer:a.b.

Name 2 things that the Plains Indians made from the horns of a buffalo.

Your answer:a.b.

Name 2 types of Native American houses and what tribe lived in them.

Your answer:a.b.

Games and Activities

• http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.php