SUBJECT GUIDES

Sometimes you may want to look up information, but if you don't know the right word for it, a dictionary or encyclopedia won't be very useful. Fortunately, there is another way to search for information, i.e. you can use some sorting skills that you know already....

To read more about sorting, click on the little squirrel sorting out his collection of berries and nuts! We'll be doing a similar exercise.... When you've gone through the explanation and completed the accompanying sorting exercise, please return to this page by clicking on the correct link.

SUBJECT GUIDES, PART 2

Some of the best search tools on the Internet use subjects divided into sets and sub-sets to help user find information. Yahoo! is such a search engine, as well as Yahooligans! With both of them, you have to click through a series of screens to get to the subject you're looking for. Let's go surfing.....

INSTRUCTIONS

Read through and follow the instructions provided here. Your goal is to find a clear picture of the animal that you have chosen to make a study of when we were exploring online encyclopedias.

Click on the link to Yahooligans!

The page will look like this:

When you move your mouse down, you'll come across a series of main subjects, including one called Science & Nature - click on the link to "animals".

Notice that the topic "animals" has been divided into smaller categories, including birds, farm animals, insects, mammals, marine life, and many others.

If you click on any one of these topics again, it would be divided into smaller categories. For example, if you click on the list of Endangered Species you will find a list of animals facing extinction.

Choose and click on a category that will take you to web sites on the animal you have chosen to study, for example "Gorillas". You will be given a list of suggested web sites on the topic similar to this one:

	Take a look at some of the suggested sites until you find a clear picture of the animal you have chosen to study. Save a copy of this picture to a disk and keep to use later.
	Return to BASE CAMP or

LEARN HOW TO SAVE A PICTURE ONTO A DISK!

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