Archery Challenges Main Menu (Skills for Searching the "Deep Web")

Archery Challenge 1: The Database Match: By knowing where to search more of  your queries will be on target. This game challenges your ability to find database information commerical search engines can see!

Archery Challenge 2: Can Google google it? There are times when you need to aim beyond Google or Yahoo. Learn when to choose specialized databases to find hidden information.

Archery Challenge 3: Can Yahoo! google it? Ten new questions using another popular database.

• Difficulty Level: Novice through Expert

• Core Competency: Locate 2, emphasizing types of information in databases

• ISTE NETS: 3, 5, 6

California Gold Rush  Scanning for Information: Interactive Tutorials Games to Strengthen Scanning of Snippets  Learn to mine nuggets of information from search engine results pages.

• California 1 (untimed)

• California 2 (untimed

• California 1 (timed)

• California 2 (timed)

• Difficulty Level: Novice, Intermediate and Expert Levels

• Core Competency: Locate 3, Evaluate

• ISTE NETS: 3, 5, 6

Klondike Gold Rush  Scanning for Information: Interactive Tutorials Games to Strengthen Scanning of Snippets. Each game has levels for grades 3 - 12. Timed versions are more challenging.

• Klondike 1(untimed)

• Klondike 2 (untimed)

• Klondike 1 (timed)

• Klondike 2 (timed)

• Difficulty Level: Novice, Intermediate and Expert Levels

• Core Competency: Locate 3, Evaluate

• ISTE NETS: 3, 5, 6

Keyword Challenge2: Question to Query: The first step in power searching: Know what you are looking for!

• Earthquake Challenge

• Broadway Challenge: Funny Girl 

• Great Wall Challenge

• Hollywood Challenge

• Piranha Challenge

• Stamp Collectors Challenge

• Diamond Challenge

• Buffalo Challenge

• Difficulty Level: Novice through Expert

• Core Competency: Locate 1

• ISTE NETS: 3, 5, 6

Snippet Sleuth Directory Practice reading snippets for important search clues and better keywords

• Snippet Sleuth Broadway Challenge

• Snippet Sleuth Action Figure Challenge

• Snippet Sleuth Great Wall Challenge

• Difficulty Level: Novice, Intermediate, Expert

• Core Competency: Locate 3

• ISTE NETS: 3, 5, 6

Photo Tagging Challenges: Flickr Tag Search

Observe Flickr pictures and intuit likely keywords (Tags). Then use tag search to track down the origins of the images. This is not how you would normally search for information, but it's a useful exercise for improving browsing skills.

• Difficulty Level: Intermediate, Expert

• Core Competency: Locate 1, Locate 3

• ISTE NETS: 3, 5, 6

Pirates and Piranhas

Build queries from concept identification, keyword selection and operator selection.