1. How to find a specific topic on a Web site with many links

2. Use host: command Then your web site Leave off http://

3. Results indicate how many pages on the nasa.gov site

4. Add + to narrow to a specific topic

5. Results indicate how many pages pertaining to Mars on the nasa.gov site

6. Add “ ” to narrow even further

7. Results indicate how many pages pertaining to Mars appropraite for 5 th grade on the nasa.gov site

8. Search Tips Be sure to type in the AltaVista search box, not the address bar. Leave no space before or after the colon. Use the plus sign when adding words. Leave a space on either side of the plus sign. Put phrases in quotation marks

9. Now you try it!! Create a Virtual index for the National Geographic site Team 1 + animals Team 2 + maps Team 3 + people Team 4 + biomes Team 5 + climate Team 6 + insects Team 7 + endangered animals

10. Team 1 ANIMALS How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

11. Team 2 MAPS How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

12. Team 3 PEOPLE How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

13. Team 4 BIOMES How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

14. Team 5 CLIMATE How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

15. Team 6 INSECTS How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

16. Team 7 ENDANGERED ANIMALS How many results did you find?___________ What was the top result? __________________

17. Additional practice Team 1 + people Team 2 + mayor Team 3 + vegetation Team 4 + weather Team 5 + museum Team 6 + schools Team 7 + shopping

18. Additional practice Team 1 + decimals Team 2 + fractions Team 3 + addition Team 4 + multiplication Team 5 + shapes Team 6 + division Team 7 + equations