Smart Schools Participants-SEC

Challenge 1: Search Techniques

Search the internet for the following facts and information. Write your answer in the table below.

What country is the second largest exporter of rice? How much rice does it export annually?

“country’s second largest exporter of rice” + rice does it export annually”
SEARCHED ANSWER:
Apr 22, 2008 ... Vietnam is the second largest exporter of rice in the world, ... used to produce 700000 tons of rice and export around 600000 annually, ...
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7DY4Q7?... [Found on Google, Windows Live]

What country is the largest importer of rice? How much does it intend to import in the next few months to address the coming rise crises?

“country’s largest importer of rice”+ “intend to import in the next few months to address the coming rise crises”
SEARCHED ANSWER:
Apr 24, 2008 ... But the country only produces about 90% of the rice it needs requiring it to import about 1.8-M metric tons, making it the world?s largest ...
forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=97957 [Found on Google]

What percentage of total rice exported to Africa comes from Asia? How much is it worth annually?

“percentage of rice exported to Africa from Asia’’ + “How much is it worth annually?”
SEARCHED ANSWER:
... 5 percent per year in much of Asia and Africa up ... percent rise in wheat or rice yield in Asia ... South Asia. Sub-Saharan Africa. All Africa (Percentage per year)
www.fao.org/docrep/x4400e/x4400e11.htm [Found on Windows Live, Ask.com]

In 1910,150 glaciers dotted the Glaciers National Park in Montana, USA. How many are there now?

“1910,150 glaciers dotted the Glaciers National Park in Montana, USA”+ “How many are there now?”
SEARCHED ANSWER:
"In the Glacier National Park, for instance, only 27 glaciers remain out of 150 ... century retreat have been well documented in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. ...
www.ocs.orst.edu/pub/pdfs/glacier_park.doc [Found on Yahoo! Search]

What is Europe’s biggest glacier? Why is it breaking up? What are the consequences if it breaks up?

“Europe’s biggest glacier?” + “Why is it breaking up? What are the consequences if it breaks up?”
SEARCHED ANSWER:
... called "Now Europe's biggest glacier falls to global warming". A glacier from the big Vatnajokull ...
www.john-daly.com/press/press-00b.htm [Found on Ask.com]

Which country is slowly disappearing due to rising sea water level? Where is it?

“country is slowly disappearing due to rising sea water level?” + “ Where is it?”
SEARCHED ANSWER:
... and Australia, is disappearing before their very eyes. The water surrounding Tuvalu (too-VAH-loo) is slowly rising. ... Our fears about sea level rising are ... This is due to carbon .....
www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/wr/5/wr5_03_6_7.html [Found on Windows Live]

Item
Answer
URL
Search Engine
Search Techniques
1
Vietnam
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7DY4Q7?... [Found on Google, Windows Live]

WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
“country’s second largest exporter of rice” + rice does it export annually”
2
Philippines
forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=97957 [Found on Google]
WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
“country’s largest importer of rice”+ “intend to import in the next few months to address the coming rise crises”
3
5 percent per year
www.fao.org/docrep/x4400e/x4400e11.htm [Found on Windows Live, Ask.com]

WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
“percentage of rice exported to Africa from Asia’’ + “How much is it worth annually?”
4
27 glaciers
www.ocs.orst.edu/pub/pdfs/glacier_park.doc [Found on Yahoo! Search]

WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
“1910,150 glaciers dotted the Glaciers National Park in Montana, USA”+ “How many are there now?”

5
Vatnajokull
www.john-daly.com/press/press-00b.htm [Found on Ask.com]

WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
“Europe’s biggest glacier?” + “Why is it breaking up? What are the consequences if it breaks up?”
6
Tuvalu, Australia
www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/wr/5/wr5_03_6_7.html [Found on Windows Live]

WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
“country is slowly disappearing due to rising sea water level?” + “ Where is it?”


Challenge 2:

Create a thematic scavenger hunt that will develop the search skills of student. There should be at least 10 items to be searched. You may want to explore some examples listed below.

Some Models:
Egyptian Scavenger Hunt: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/egypt/hunt
Scavenger Hunts: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu.jcheek3/shunts.htm
Scavenger Hunt: http://www.aea14.k12.ia.us/technology/ScavengerHunt.html
Using Scavenger Hunts: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavenger.html

Challenge 3
Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting not more than 10 slides to that show relationship between global warming and ice glaciers. The following sites are recommended. Analyze and evaluate each site to its credibility and accuracy of information.

Label each site accordingly as:
- Most recommended
- Recommended
- Least recommended

You may use a recommendation only once.
Sites:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2000/oct/22/weather.climatechange

http://www.boutforum.com/general-science/32815-global-warming-real-not-13html

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/scienceenvironment/global-warming-thaw.html

Bibliography:

Ellen Chamberlain, Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web, University of Southern California Beufort Library, http://wwwsc.edu/beufort/library/bones.html January 2000, February 10, 2002

Craig Branham, A Student’s Guide to Research in the WWW, St. Louis University, Illinois, http://www.slu.edu/department/english/research/, March 27, 1997, February 10, 2002

Bright Planet Corp., Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet,
http://wwwbrightplanet.com/deepcontent /tutorials/search/index. asp, 2000-2002, March 1, 2002