The WebQuest Window
	Trainees:  begin training  to develop your skills.   The Task: Scavenger Hunt    Assignment: Go to the suggested site to find the information or picture requested. Copy and then paste the results into a word processor document and hand it in to the teacher. Allotted time: 60-75 minutes Instructions: Follow the links and report your findings.   1.       The weather:  Check-out the weather for a major city near you from the available list (i.e. Sherbrooke) and write a short sentence to summarize the  forecast for tomorrow.  (Instructions: go to Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) and choose the link to weather. Select your region and nearest city. ) 2.       The news:  a) What are the Canadian headlines of the newspaper for today (Instructions: go directly to http://www.montrealgazette.com/ or via  Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) and choose the link to newspapers in News and Media. Select the country, city and finally, newspaper. ) 3.       Looking for ...a kitten: Find an image of an elephant but make sure it's not too big!  Instructions: go directly to www.ctr.columbia.edu/webseek/ or via  Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) or any search engine and choose the link to pictures or write "elephant picture" in the search box . Choose the link(s) that best describes what you are searching. When you find an image, right click (Windows) on the image and choose Save as to put it on your diskette or network drive. Then in a word processor, choose Insert image - From file and add the image you had saved or simply print out the picture from the page. 4.       The sports scores: Give the scores of  3 games played yesterday and the name of one player featured in an article. Via  Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) or any search engine and choose the link to Sports. Select the link to a sports site. 5.       A dictionary: Go to www.dictionary.com , www.m-w.com or do a search for dictionary in a search engine. Look up the definition of these words:  clang, sigh, splinter, tangle. 6.       Let's travel:  Choose an interesting place in the world and give specific details of two activities you would like to do there from the information on the site (cost, times, etc.)?  Go to Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) or any search engine and choose the link to travel or write " travel " in the search box . Choose the link(s) that best describes what you are searching. 7.       The words to that song: From Yahoo (www.yahoo.com), or any search engine do a search for lyrics and choose a type of music you like and include the lyrics to one of your favorite songs. 8.    A television program: From Yahoo (www.yahoo.com), or any search engine do a search for television programs and choose your favorite English language program. Give 2 interesting facts from the pages, about the show.

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