NEW TASK FOR STUDY SKILLS (4TH Quarter)

1. Identifying High Quality Websites
2. Smart Keyword Searching
3. Investigating Search Engines and Directories
   
4. Making Search Decisions

STUDY SKILLS (3rd Quarter)

Internet Searches

DIRECTIONS: Open a new word processing document and copy/paste the questions below onto it. You are to find at least three (3) websites that give the answer to the questions below (copy/paste their URLs). From there, you are to pick the best website among the three. Finally, you are to answer the question itself. Save the document with the following format -- JSMITH_8th_studyskills. You have 4 days for this exercise. At the end of the 4 days, you are to print the document and include it in your Study Skills binder.

1. Who wrote the first opera?
2. What is utopia?
3. What was the first bank?
4. What was the first skyscraper?
5. What is the smallest bird in the world?
6. What is the United Nations?
7. What is a lemur?
8. What is copper?
9. What is a stormy petrel?
10. What is pomegranate?
11. Can a mole see?
12. How many types of roses are there?
13. What is the world's heaviest insect?
14. Where is the longest roller coaster found?
15. Where is the world's oldest theme park?
16. Where is the newest theme park in the world?
17. What is the tallest species of dog?
18. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
19. What is the deadliest frog?
20. Where is the busiest museum in the world?
21. What is the highest grossing movie ever?
22. What is the busiest bridge in the world?
23. What is the name of the world's steepest street?
24. What is the slowest moving land animal?
25. What is the smallest bird in the world?
26. What is the slowest fish?
27. What is the name of the largest known asteroid?
28. Where can you find the largest tree in the world?
29. What is the biggest cat species?
30. Where can you find the smelliest bird in the world?
31. What is the lightest bird in the world?
32. What is the heaviest bird in the world?
33. Why is the skeletal system important?
34. Where can you find the largest bone in your body?
35. What else are bones able to do?
36. What holds the bones together?
37. What do bones contain that can also be found in some foods?
38. What does cc mean in email?
39. What is a jackalope?
40. What is Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie used for?
41. Is Dihydrogen Monoxide dangerous?
42. What kind of animal is the haggis?
43. Can Velcro crop be harvested?
44. What is dehydrated water?
45. How many dogs currently live on Dog Island?

EARTH SCIENCE Class

1. Click this link for resources on PLATE TECTONICS.
2. Click this link to view an animation about HOT SPOTS1.
3. Click this link to view an animation about HOT SPOTS2.
4. Click this link to view other earth science animations.
5. Click this link to find out about fossils.
6. Click this link to find out about geologic time.
7. Click the following links for different resources about energy:
   
   1. ENERGY1
   2. ENERGY2
   3. ENERGY3
   4. ENERGY4
   5. ENERGY5
   6. ENERGY6
   7. ENERGY7
   8. ENERGY8
   9. ENERGY9
   10. ENERGY10
   11. ENERGY11
   12. ENERGY12
       
       
8. Click on the following links for resources on TIDES:
   

• TIDES1
• TIDES2
• TIDES3

9. Click on the following links for resources on the ATMOSPHERE:

• Atmosphere1
• Atmosphere2

10. Click on the following for a webquest on HURRICANES.

STUDY SKILLS Website

Click on this link for study skills.

Hi ED636 Classmates!

Click on any of the links below to find out what type of learner you are:

Multiple Intelligence link

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