MEETING OF THE MINDS

A biographical scavenger hunt across the curriculum.

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SCIENCE

Match the Inventor with the Invention

Thomas Edison	Cotton Gin & Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney	Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell	Incandescent Light

Activity

Choose one inventor. Imagine you are a newspaper reporter assigned to cover the inventor’s life and last invention. List ten questions you would like to ask the inventor about his life, tape record, or video tape the article

To assist you in the search for your answers:

1.

Use a search engine:

Yahoo

Ask Jeeves

Dogpile

2.

Type in a keyword or question

3.

If the number of hits is too high, refine your search using quotes”, plus+ , or minus

4.

If all else fails , GO TO HELP

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Students email search results

To assist you in the search for your answers:

1.	Use a search engine:
	Yahoo
	Ask Jeeves
	Dogpile

2.	Type in a keyword or question

3.	If the number of hits is too high, refine your search using quotes”, plus+ , or minus

4.	If all else fails , GO TO HELP