11/3: Searching the Internet
By tsteofilo
INSTRUCTIONS: Copy/Paste this post into a new post on the blog you’ve just created. Add your answers to all questions and click the “Publish” button.
Internet Research Scavenger Hunt
Use the Internet to complete each task below. List the search terms you used to find your answers, and provide the URL of each web site you used.
Task 1: Find out what the high and low temperatures will be tomorrow.
Search Terms: Accuweather
Response: Hgh 52 and Low 35
Task 2: Define triskaidekaphobia.
Search Terms: triskaidekaphobia.
URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/triskaidekaphobia
Response: fear or a phobia concerning the number 13
Task 3: How many syllables are in a Haiku?
Search Terms: syllables in a Haiku
URL:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061226075735AAKTI0M
Response: Three lines of five seven five
Task 4: Who was the last NASCAR driver to win the Winston Cup
(note – it’s now called the Nextel Cup – you need to find the last winner of the Winston Cup).
Search Terms: Winston Cup winner 2008
URL: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_last_to_win_the_Winston_Cup_in_Nascar
Response: Matt Kenseth
Task 6: Name a famous author from West Virginia.
Search Terms: famous author in wv
URL: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_famous_author_is_from_West_Virginia
Response: Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth
Task 7: What is the high school graduation rate in West Virginia?
Search Terms: high school graduation rate in wv
URL: http://www.all4ed.org/files/WestVirginia_wc.pdf
Response: Graduates 72% Non Graduates 28%
