Monday, December 14, 2009

Holiday Internet Scavenger Hunt


Scavenger Hunt Test Your Skills:
Use Key words, phrases and internet research skills to find the answers to these questions. Also use the hints provided in your search.
Have fun trying to solve the questions. Some may have more than one answer. You are a Cybernaut if you can answer 8-10, an Internet Navigator with 5-7, a Hitchhiker with 3-4, or a Newbie with less than 3.

1. What causes hiccups? __________________________________
Hint: KidsHealth

2. Where can these lyrics from a popular children's series be found?
It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. ________________________________________________
Hint: PBS

3. What do you need to make bubbles? _________________________
Hint: The Bubblesphere

4. Who wrote these famous lines? ___________________________________________
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door." 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door;Only this, and nothing more."
Hint: House of Usher

5. Are cockroaches active during the day? _____________________________
Hint: Yuckiest Site on the Internet

6. Who were the Buffalo Soldiers? ______________________________
Hint: The International Museum of the Horse

7. Where can I go to see the world through the eyes of a honeybee? ______________
Hint: B-Eye

8. Kwanzaa is a special holiday created by______________ in _______. He wanted Black Americans to have a holiday to celebrate their unique __________________.

9. The words of Kwanzaa comes from _____________ a language from ___________ that is special because _________________________. He chose it because he thought it would help Black Americans remember that all of ____________ is their __________________________________.

10. Kwanzaa means _______________________. It is a __________ day celebration that begins on ____________________ and ends on _____________.

http://www.afroam.org/children/fun/kwanzaa/kwanzaa.html

When finished, give your paper to the substitute. You may write your answers on a sheet of paper or complete the worksheet (handout).

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

i learned alot about podcasting thanx alot

Anonymous said...

i really learned alot about podcasting.

jhenneal said...

well this scavenger hut was a little hard or may i say very hard but it was fun especialy the kwanzaa part

zephaniah said...

i really like the scavenger hunt because i learn a different stuff

leon simpson said...

what i leared is that about kwanzaa and bufflo soldeirs and bubbles it was hard as well but with my noleg i overkum by leon simpson

andre a.k.a [mr. flyboy] said...

i cant wait to start the podcasting project

angel. browne said...

i love scavenger hunts!

Kia Freeman said...

Today I took a test on stuff like what make bubbles and the test was hard

Ayanna Baker said...

I lreaned that Dr.Maulana Karenga created kwanzaa in 1966. And I eared about the buffalo soldiers. I finsh the scavnger hunt today to.