Subject Surfing

Welcome

Welcome to the Subject Surfing blog! Our mission is to create a place where seventh grade classes can help one another as they seek to find information on the Internet. If your class would like to submit questions to other seventh grade classes in our network, please leave a comment and we'll add it to this blog.

Please Assist

A class in Boston, Massachusetts is studying this question, "According to experts who was the best President of the United States? Why?" They would like your help.

Here is what they'd like you do to:

1. Locate information about who was the best President of the United States.
2. Find at least two locations that have different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thank you!

Request for Information

A seventh grade class in Medina, Ohio wants to know, “What killed the dinosaurs?” They would like your help.

Here is what they’d like you to do:
1. Do research to find out what killed the dinosaurs.
2. Find at least two different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!

Can You Help?

A seventh grade class in Atlanta, Georgia wants to know the answer to this question, "Is the earth getting warmer or cooler?" They would like your help.

Here is what they’d like you to do:

1. Find a site that tells you that the Earth is getting WARMER.
2. Share the name of this site and its location.
3. Find a site that tells you that the Earth is getting COOLER.
4. Share the name of this site and its location.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!

Need Assistance

A class in Oakland, California is visiting Japan. They want to know the answer to this question, "What is the most important custom to observe in Japan? Why?"

Here is what they'd like you to do:

1. Locate information at several different sites about the most important custom in Japan.
2. Find at least two different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!

Please help us out

A class in Seattle, Washington is studying this question, "What is the most popular poem? How do you know?" They would like your help.

Here is what they'd like you do to:

1. Locate and read information at several different sites about what is the most popular poem.
2. Find at least two locations that have different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!

Can you help find this information?

A class in Detroit, Michigan is studying this question, "Who discovered the Pythagorean Theorem?" They would like your help.

Here is what they'd like you do to:

1. Locate and read information at several different sites about this question.
2. Find at least two locations that have different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!

Request for Information

A class in Hightop, Tennessee is studying this question, "Who invented algebra?" They would like your help.

Here is what they'd like you to do:

1. Locate and read information at several, different sites about who invented algebra.
2. Find at least two locations that have different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!

Lend us a helping hand

A class in Phoenix, Arizona is studying this question, "Who is the most popular children's author?" They would like your help.

Here is what they'd like you do to:

1. Locate and read information at several, different sites about who is the most popular children's author.
2. Find at least two locations that have different answers to this question.
3. Share the titles of the web sites where you found each answer.
4. Share the locations of the web sites where you found each answer.
5. Which information is the most reliable? Explain why.
6. Post your response on this blog site.
7. Include your name.

Thanks!