Quick Finds

Quick Finds

Essential Question: How can I improve my search experience by locating information more efficiently?


Students will be able to use search features and operators to locate information in the following categories:
• Data
• Reference Information
• Essential Information
• Trip Planning
• Keywords
• Local Information
• Search for numbers
• Web search results
• Define Web terms
• Identify search engine parts

Weather:
What it does: Tells you the weather for any zipcode or place you type in.
What to type: Weather in 11233.
What you'll get: The weather forecast such as the humidity, degrees f, wind and the forecast for the next four days.

Time:
What it does: It gives you the time and the day of the week.
What to type: Time place
What you'll get: The current time and day of the week.

Earthquakes:
What it does: It gives you the most recent information about earthquakes in the place that you chose.
What to type: Earthquake place
What you'll get: You'll get the magnitude,place and most recent earthquake.

Spell Check:
What it does: Tells you if you spell something wrong.
What to type: The word
What you'll get: The correct spelling.

Local Information:
What it does: Searches for local Information.
What to type: The place and the zip code.
What you'll get: The name of the place, website and phone number.

Patent:
What it does: Tells you the product of that patent.
What to type: The patent then the patent number.
What you'll get: The name of that product and the person who invented that product.

Area Code:
What it does: Searches for the city and state of that area code.
What to type:
What you'll get: