Scavenger Hunt Questionnaire for Seattle

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Matt Riggsbee: Ideas for the Scavenger Hunt 20 Questions

• Home Page
  • 1. What 5 User Types are represented on comPADRE's Home Page?
  • 2. What collections are represented for STUDENTS on the comPADRE Home Page?
  • 3. What information is required to log in to the comPADRE web site?
  • 4. Which of the following are not on the comPADRE home page?

***a. a link to a list of relevant workshops and conferences ***b. a link to the NASA official home site ***c. a link to a more extensive advanced search page

• Registration:
  • 1. What information is required to register for the comPADRE portal?
  • 2. Do you have the option of receiving or declining email updates from comPADRE?

Searching:

• ((Search for a relevant Physics/Astronomy term using the comPADRE Search))
  • 1. What 3 options are presented to you in order to narrow your search down?
  • 2. Expanding the "Browse within these search results" option presents you with 3 ways to narrow your search. What are the 3 ways you can do this?
  • 3. What 4 options are presented to you in order to sort your search results?
  • 4. Under the Partner Results tab, What 5 Services are listed under Search Information?
• Miscellaneous
  • 1. What is the subscription fee for using comPADRE?
  • 2. Do you need to register with comPADRE in order to use the resources?
  • 3. What are two benefits of registering with comPADRE?

Caroline's Scavenger Hunt List

I suggest that we give them specific tasks that require them to become acquainted with the various collections. I would delete the questions above under Searching and integrate this as follows:

• • • Matt - The point of the Searching questions, though, was to get them aquainted with a good number of features available to them while they Search. While using the questions below, I don't see why we can't leave the above as well. They are simpler questions, but make the user look and see what tools they have, while the questions below are a little more difficult and might make them gloss over said tools and not give them proper attention.

• 1. Go to the Physics Front collection and find a good lesson plan with a related classroom activity for a high school unit on Electrostatics. In the space below, write the title and author of the resources you chose.
• 2. You are interested in current literature and journal articles related to cognitive research in physics education.
  • Which ComPADRE collection do you go to?
  • How do you find a list of articles on this specific topic?
• 3. You are an undergraduate physics major seeking a summer REU position.
  • In which ComPADRE collection will you find REU listings?
  • How many opportunities are currently listed by the NASA organization?
• 4. Go to the Astronomy Center collection and register as a new user. Locate a simulation you could use to teach about supernovae and store it in your personal file cabinet. Now post a comment about the Astronomy Center on the discussion forum.
• 5. You are an instructor of upper-level undergraduate physics. You want to integrate more web-based resources to help your students understand quantum effects.
  • Which two ComPADRE collections could you utilize to redesign your curriculum?
• 6. Visit the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) booth and find out: How is ComPADRE connected to the NSDL?
• 7. Visit the AAPT booth and find out: How is the AAPT involved with the ComPADRE project?

JUST FOR FUN Write a limerick about ComPADRE. You may write about ComPADRE overall or about any one of the eight collections. The five best limericks will be featured next month on the ComPADRE portal. Caroline 15:36, 28 November 2006 (EST)