Search engine homework

Use a search engine (e.g Excite, HotBot, Yahoo, InfoSeek, Ask Jeeves, etc) to locate material on the following topics. Make a list in Word of at least one relevant URL per topic. You'll want to use Copy and Paste since URL's can be tedious to type. Choose one of the topics and answer the question or summarize some of the material you find. Print and hand in. (Sometimes you can just guess the web site address without using the search engine.)

  1. What is Americium? And how is it used?
  2. Who was Lady Ada Lovelace? For what is she famous?
  3. Name the members of Team USA in the upcoming Davis Cup.
  4. How is a colonoscopy performed?
  5. What is the exchange rate between the American dollar and British pound?
  6. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year?
  7. Name a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama in the 1960's.
  8. Did amazon.com stock gain, lose or stay the same yesterday?
  9. Name one of the works of Jacques Lacan.
  10. What is the given name of Sojourner Truth?
  11. What is the schedule for Amtrak from Philadelphia to Washington for tomorow?
  12. What information is the Hubble telescope giving us?
  13. For what is Aphra Behn famous?
  14. What is the current exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
  15. Find some material on the recent use of DNA evidence.
  16. What is the weather forecast for LA?
  17. When did swing music start?
  18. When did the Lewis and Clarke expedition begin?