B+-+LONGHORN+COUNTRY

**WELCOME TO LONGHORN COUNTRY!!** Laurie Kjosness, Lone Star School District K-12th -

For the lab work over the next 10 days you have the following assignments:
== 1. Divide up the questions among you group. == == 2. Research the questions == == 3. Go to the Wiki ==

**http://searchingthetools.wikispaces.com**
== 4. Click on your group name on the LEFT side == == 5. Type in your answers in the correct area with the question == == 6. Place the name of the person answering the question-with your school name at the end so you receive credit on the assignment == == 7. Please remember to CLICK SAVE to finalize the WIKI material ==

Browser questions

 * >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **

4. What are the different types of Domain Name Extension (name 10 of them)
>>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name [|**Google**] - [|www.google.com] [|**Yahoo! Search**]- [|search.yahoo.com] >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name Altavista – [|www.altavista.com] 10. ASSIGNMENT: using the search box on the search engine : [|**Google**] - [|www.google.com]
 * 5. **** How do Search Engines Work? **
 * __________________________________________________________________ **
 * __________________________________________________________________ **
 * ___________________________________________________________________ **
 * 1) ** What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? **
 * >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **
 * Noteworthy features: **
 * 8. **** What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? **
 * >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **
 * Noteworthy features: **
 * 9. **** What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? **
 * [|Exalead] - ** [|www.exalead.com/search/]
 * Noteworthy features **
 * 10. **** What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? **
 * Noteworthy features **
 * >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **
 * Connecticut Compromise** How many? _____________________

Now try searching for the same subject as a phrase, enclosed in quotes: 11. ASSIGNMENT: using the search box on the search engine : [|**Yahoo! Search**]- [|search.yahoo.com]
 * "Connecticut Compromise"** How many? _____________________
 * Connecticut Compromise** How many? _____________________

Now try searching for the same subject as a phrase, enclosed in quotes: 12. ASSIGNMENT: using the search box on the search engine :
 * "Connecticut Compromise"** How many? _____________________
 * [|AltaVista] ** http://www.altavista.com/
 * Connecticut Compromise** How many? _____________________

Now try searching for the same subject as a phrase, enclosed in quotes:
 * "Connecticut Compromise"** How many? _____________________
 * 13. HOW DO SEARCH ENGINES RANK WEB PAGES?**
 * >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **

Answer the question and put the web site after your answer and your name
Try finding answers to these questions by browsing directories, using search engines, or even using the links to different web sites found in your documents that were downloaded for the first class. == 14. What is the flavor of the day at Kopps custard? ==
 * >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **

== 15. What is the population of the United States? ==

== 16. Find a recipe for peanut butter cookies. ==

== 17. Find out which Milwaukee County Parks have tennis courts and which ones are lighted? ==

== 18.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> Who is the architect of the Milwaukee Art Museum's new expansion? ==

== 19.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988? ==

== 20.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> What college basketball team is ranked #1 in the latest AP poll? ==

== 21.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> What are the hours of your neighborhood library? ==

== 22.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> John Wilkes Booth, of course, pulled the trigger, but there surely were people who helped him plan the crime, and Thomas Gates was one of them. True ??? ==

== 23.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> What film won the academy award for best picture in 1984? ==

== 24.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> Find out the current weather forecast for Boston, Massachusetts. ==

== 25.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> Locate a web site for a Colorado Public School. ==

== 26.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> Find a home remedy for getting rid of fruit flies. ==

== 27.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> Is there more than 1 STATUE OF LIBERTY? ==

== 28.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> How many words are there in the English language? ==

==// 29.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> //// Who are the KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE //==

== 30.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> I shouted “Sic semper before I fired.” (Who said that?) ==

== 31.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> How many Members of Congress Twitter ==