Introduction

The Internet is a great tool for research. It contains the most up-to-date information and is easy to access. BEWARE! Not everything on the Internet is true, so use only reliable sources. As you locate useful information, you will want to share it with your classmates and others and a nice way to do this is by creating a PowerPoint Presentation. In this activity you will combine two tasks: practice using the Internet and practice presenting information in a PowerPoint Presentation.

Task

Your task is to locate the pictures listed below. In most cases you will be given several Internet sites from which to choose and you will have to hunt for the right picture. When you find the picture you are hunting, right-click on the picture, COPY it, go to your PowerPoint program and PASTE the picture on a slide. Using INSERT, TEXTBOX, draw a box below the picture and label your picture. Click on SAVE before returning to this webquest.

Process and Resources

Slide One:  Title Page (Juan's ESL Internet Scavenger Hunt)

Slide Two: Animals (alligator, polar bear, flamingo)

• Animal 1

• Animal 2

• Animal 3

Slide Three: Holidays (chocolate Easter bunny, pumpkin pie, Christmas tree)

• Holiday 1

• Holiday 2

• Holiday 3

Slide Four: American Food (hot dog, pizza, apple pie)

• American Food 1

• American Food 2

• American Food 3

Slide Five: Foreign Foods (burrito, Quiche Lorraine, Japanese Sushi)

• Foreign Food 1

• Foreign Food 2

• Foreign Food 3

Slide Six: Sports (basketball player, boxer, soccer player)

• Sports 1

• Sports 2

• Sports 3

Slide Seven: Characters (Frankenstein, Pocahontas, Tarzan)

• Characters

Slide Eight: Famous Americans (Alexander Graham Bell, Betsy Ross, Helen Keller)

• Famous Americans

Slide Nine: U.S. Presidents (Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln)

• Presidents 1

• Presidents 2

Slide Ten: Foreign Attractions (Popocatepetl, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal)

• Other Things 1

• Other Things 2

• Other Things 3

Slide Eleven: U.S. Attractions (Grand Canyon, White House, Mount Rushmore)

• Yahooligans  - Enter the name of the attraction in the Search Box and click on SEARCH.

Slide Twelve: Mexico (Any picture of the coastline, of a city, of a famous piece of art)

• Encyclopedia Britannica - to use this site, click on the word Encyclopedia Britannica which will take you to the Intranet page. Click on Encyclopedia Britannica in the upper right corner and then enter Mexico in the search box. Then click on GO.

Slide Thirteen: People in the News (Paul Patton, Vicente Fox, George W. Bush)

• http://www.cnn.com

• http://www.abcnews.com

• http://www.cbsnews.com

Slide Fourteen: Find some pictures of Britney Spears, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan. 

• http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/

Slide Fifteen: Find pictures of three people who interest you.

Teacher Tips

To get a picture from the Internet to PowerPoint

1. Right-click on picture

2. Click on Copy

3. Open PowerPoint to correct slide

4. Right-click on slide

5. Click on Paste

6. Save the PowerPoint before leaving every time!

To draw a Text Box

1. Click on Insert

2. Click on Text Box

3. "Draw" a box under your picture

4. Type the words in the box

Evaluation

Conclusion