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WEBSITES AND SEARCHES ~ A Pop Quiz for Mrs. Naiman's Eighth Grade Travel Researchers


Atomic Learning
YAHOO! and Google
Google Tips
Google Print

Other Search Engines

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Dictionaries
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WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
For each numbered question,
  1. examine both websites to determine which website you would prefer to use for your class project
  2. click on the green button of your choice
  3. click on the other green button to compare choices




1. Let's look for background information on CUBA!
Columbia Encyclopedia Online
http://www.bartleby.com/65/cu/Cuba.html


OR
Cuba Fact Sheet
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/
americas/cuba/background/factsheet.html




2. Let's look for a website with lots of information on ARGENTINA!
Infoplease.com
http://www.infoplease.com/
ipa/A0107288.html


OR
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina



3. Let's look for travel warnings about GUATEMALA!
travel.state.gov
travel.state.gov/travel/
cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1129.html


OR
Travel Guide - virtualtourist.com
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/
Caribbean_and_Central_America/Guatemala/
Warnings_or_Dangers-Guatemala-BR-1.html





4. What is there to see and do in Nicaragua?
nicaragua.com
http://www.nicaragua.com


OR
Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
worldguide/destinations/central-america/
nicaragua?a=facts





5. Let's find a photo/image of VENEZUELA!

Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Image:Mt_Roraima_in_Venezuela_001.JPG


OR
Google Images http://images.google.com





Super Searcher Question #1:

Your teacher wants you to choose a holiday in Peru to write about. Which search below is likely to yield the best results if you want to find a list of holidays to choose from?
    Christmas in Peru
    Peru holidays site:gov
    Celebrate in Peru
    What are Peru's holidays?
    Fun things to do in Peru
    Holidays of Peru
Super Searcher Question #2:

URLs tell us a lot about a website. Why should a ~ in a URL cause you to pause? e.g., http://www.travel.com/~llindsay





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