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  Scavenger Hunt - Meet Google

Created by: Nikita Kovalyov
Updated: January 2003


Instructions


  • Spend at least 20 minutes reading the Google Search Tips (Google Help Central) and trying out some searches. It will be the *best* 20 minutes you can spend in terms of improving your search efficiency. Learn to use Google well and it may well become your best Internet friend.

  • When you are ready try to complete the following tasks.

  • You MUST search for the answer even if you know it.

  • Feel free to consult Google Search Tips any time while you are doing this Scavenger Hunt.

Tasks


Enter full name:  

Enter e-mail:*  

* Please, don't forget to provide your e-mail address if you want to have the correct answers sent to you.

Web Site Search

  • Find at least one web site dedicated to Learning of English that interests you.

Web site address:  

Was looking for:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

Lyrics Search

  • What is the name of the song that has the following lines? Who wrote it?

    Am I sitting in a tin can
    Far above the world
    Planet Earth is blue
    And there's nothing I can do

Answer:  

Web site address:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

Graphic search

  • Find a picture like one of these:




Answer:  

Web site address:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

General Knowledge

  • Who invented the radio? Don't get surprised when you see the results. :-)

Answer:  

Web site address:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

Specific Information Search

  • Find an English joke which has words "instruction manuals" in it.

Answer:  

Web site address:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

Address Search

  • What is the street address of the International House, Kharkiv?

Answer:  

Web site address:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

Free Hunting

  • Put a question that you would like to know the answer to! Then find the answer!

Question:  

Answer:  

Web site address:  

Search Terms Used:  

Number of searches:  

Links Search - *Optional*

  • How many web sites have links to the International House World Organisation web site?

Number  

Search Terms Used:  

Feedback

Which task did you like most of all and why? Do you have any additional comments about this Scavenger Hunt?

Teacher's Notes




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