Britannica Scavenger Hunt

What is Yuri Gagarin famous for?

• he invented the light bulb

• he discovered woolly mammoth fossils

• he was the first human to travel into space

Canberra is the capital of which country?

• Italy

• Australia

• Spain

• Dominican Republic

Sea anemones are related to which other sea creature?

• jellyfish

• octopus

• hydra

Which section of Britannica would you look in to find information about a famous athlete?

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You may legally use images found in Britannica for your projects if you provide the citation (give credit) to your source.

• True

• False

Where do you find the citation button (what to click on to give credit for your information) for this article about cheetahs?

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Why do you need to give credit when you use information from a resource such as Britannica?

• so that you don't plagiarize someone else's work

• because you have to pay for it

What does a citation (credit for a source) tell us?

Here is an example:

"Cheetah." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2019. school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/cheetah/390117. Accessed 7 Oct. 2019.

• the title

• the name of the resource

• the date it was published

• the date you found it

• all of the above

If you wanted to learn about the differences between Japan and Russia, which Britannica resource would you choose?

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Who founded modern recreational camping?

Click here to read the article:

https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/camping/623594

• John Deere

• Thomas Hiram Holding

• Katherine Johnson