DISCUS Scavenger Hunt
Overview
Students will navigate DISCUS through a scavenger hunt to learn about databases.
| Name: |
Using the website www.scdiscus.org answer the following clues in any of the resources from Middle School on the By Grade Level page.
| What puts the “fire” in fireflies? |
- Click on Smart Search for kids
- Search fireflies
- Locate the article titled “Gone in a Flash”. Click on the PDF link for this article
- Scan the first two paragraphs of this article.
| On Tim Tebow’s first at-bat with the Columbia Fireflies, he had a ….. |
- Enter Columbia Fireflies as a search in DISCUS Kids and search Tim Tebow.
- Click on the Full-Text link under the title “Tim Tebow Believes. Do You?
- You may need to scroll down to find the answer on the right side of the page
| When is LeBron James' birthdate? |
| What is LeBron’s Middle Name? |
| How many images are found of LeBron? |
- When looking for information about people, Gale in Context: Biography is a great place to start. Use Gale in Context: Biography to get your answers.
| Name an Inventor |
| What did he/she invent? |
- Click on Browse People in the black banner across the top Gale in Context - Biography
- Choose a Category
- Choose an Inventor
| On what date did William Brice Stadium open |
- Find the link to Credo References
- Enter SC Gamecocks into the search bar
- Locate books to find out the correct date.
| Name a Recipe from Mexico |
| Name a Famous Person from Mexico |
- Need information on the United States or countries from around the world?
- Go to Culture Grams
- Select North America from the Map and then select Mexico
| Name an entertainer from SC |
- StudySC is another source for SC information
- Go to StudySC from the middle school list
- Click on SC People.
- Choose Entertainers