Student 3'2: Safari Holiday Research

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Student 3.2 Safari Holiday Research

• Imagine you are 18-35 years old. You have
  decided to go on a holiday in Malawi. You need
  to find out the following
• General Information about Malawi
• Where to stay at Lake Malawi
• How to get from Lilongwe to Mount Mulanje

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Search Engines
Ensure that all these search engines are in your
Internet Favourites.
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Assessment Criteria

• Level 4
• Finding 3 or more relevant and reliable sites
  (one for each part of the task)
• Using the most effective keywords to find
  specific information
• Not using capitals or very common words
• Use Ctrl F on a webpage when you want to find
  where a specific word is.
• Selecting just the information you need, not
  large chunks of text
• Level 5
• Use the best search engine for each task
• Use the specific phrase search in Google Advanced
  Search or
• Use synonyms to improve search results

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Search 1 General information about Malawi.
Think carefully about the best keywords to find
some accurate facts about Malawi. Think carefully
about which search engine to use. Take a screen
shot (Print Screen) of the search results. Use
callouts to show which keywords you used
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Site 1 information
Choose one of the sites listed in the search
results and click on the link. Use ctrl F to find
key information. Carefully select a few key
phrases and appropriate images. Paste them onto
this page.
Paste text in this box
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Search 2 Where to stay at Lake Malawi
Think carefully about the best keywords to find
some places to stay next to Lake Malawi Think
carefully about which search engine to use. Take
a screen shot (Prt Sc) of the search results. Use
callouts to show which keywords you used
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Site 2 information
Choose one of the sites listed in the search
results and click on the link. Use ctrl F to find
key information. Carefully select a few key
phrases and appropriate images. Paste them onto
this page.
Paste text in this box
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Search 3 How to get from Lilongwe to Blantyre
Think carefully about the best keywords to find
out how to get from Lilongwe to Blantyre. Think
carefully about which search engine to use. Take
a screen shot (Prt Sc) of the search results. Use
callouts to show which keywords you used
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Site 3 information
Use Print Screen to create a map giving
directions of how to get from Lilongwe to
Blantyre. Use tools on the draw toolbar to label
the map with useful information.