- Newton's third law of motion (experiments)
How can I explain Newton's third law (that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction) in a simple demonstration? We recommend using the search engine dogpile to find some good websites. Dogpile searches using 'natural language' so you can just type your question into the search box. HOT TIP: Dogpile suggests other possible searches to try under Are you looking for? (on the right hand side of the page). Sometimes this is great for narrowing down or expanding your topic if you are not finding what you want. When looking at your results list, try to avoid the links which say "sponsored link". These are usually trying to make money or sell you something. They may have some useful info, but try other websites first. Try the keywords demonstrate Newton's third law. There are lots of options but we quite liked Swift's Newton's 3rd law site. HOT TIP: Check out our ManyAnswers entry on Science Fair Projects for more great links! - Olympic Games: New Zealand's participation
Where can I find information about New Zealand at the Olympic Games? Want to know about the New Zealand team? Or the history of New Zealand’s participation over the years. Or a past competitor? Check out the official New Zealand Olympic Committee site. You can find information about New Zealand’s involvement through individual athletes, games, or sports in the Games & Athletes area, learn about the museum’s collections, or see images of past glories in the gallery. If you want to know which New Zealanders won gold at various Olympic games, you can find out at this site, too. Search for the games at the games search. - NCEA exam papers
Where can I find old exam papers for NCEA? External assements - including exams - are available from the NZQA site. Type in the subject you require into the first box. Put in All document in the second pull down box and then select the level you need. The exams are there and the answers are under the Reports, schedules and statistics heading. There is also an explanation about the different types of documents you'll find. Top tip: try your local library, or school library, as they may have some printed out for you. A list of New Zealand public libraries (those with websites) is available at nzlibraries. We also have tips on finding exam papers for IB. - Louis Sachar (author)
How long did it take Louis Sachar to write the book Holes? Level: Intermediate Many authors have their own websites including Louis Sachar. From his homepage you can click on Holes: The Book. There's a very useful Q&A section which has more about writing this book (including how long it took). HOT TIP: If you want to find an author's website you could try these things: Just type their name into a search engine. Often it will come up at the top of the results list! If there are too many websites (which there might be if the author is very famous) you can also add the words official site onto your search e.g. J.K. Rowling + official site Sometimes the publisher of an author will also have some great info and interviews at their site - so look for publishers names in the URL address. To find information about New Zealand authors, such as V.M. Jones - check out the NZ Book Council site. You can select the authors name from the alphabetical list. - Candy floss - making
How do you make candyfloss at home? (without a machine) Level: Primary / Intermediate Most sites for candy floss recipes are for using a special machine which you can either buy or hire. Note in the USA they call it Cotton Candy. At first we tried the search cotton candy + making, but it was really hard to find the homemade recipes. So to find a recipe for making it at home we tried this search using Dogpile: cotton candy + homemade. It was much more successful with some excellent recipes at sites called Foodnetwork and Sugarstand. We learned sometimes you have to try a few different search words until you get results! HOT TIP: When looking at your results list, try to avoid the links which say sponsored link. These are usually trying to make money or sell you something. They may have some useful info, but try other websites first. - Global warming - definition
What is global warming? Level: Intermediate For some quick definitions, we like the google define feature (you can find out more in our entry about definitions). In this case type: define: global warming. Google will bring back a list of definitions on various websites, with related phrases you might be interested in. Another option is to type your question directly into Ask.com: what is global warming. Ask.com gives you option of narrowing or expanding your search, looking for images, news and more. - Olympic Games: Beijing 2008
Where can I find information about the 2008 Olympic Games? The 2008 summer Olympics was held in Beijing in August 2008, followed by the Paralympics in September 2008. If you want a quick background to the games, visit Christchurch City Libraries backgrounder. The official site – Beijing 2008 has news, information about the sports & venues, schedule of events and pages about the history of the Games and their spirit. If you want to know about the Olympic Rings, or a brief history on the Games (ancient and modern), try the Olympic Spirit section of the site. The official Olympic Movement site contains information about every summer and winter games since 1896, and links to upcoming games – including the Youth Olympics and Paralympics. There’s also information about the Ancient Games. Factmonster has pulled together a number of pages and resources about the games, including history, the torch relay, controversies surrounding the Beijing games, fun facts, memorable moments and quizzes. - Olympic Games: Ancient Greece
Where can I find information about the Ancient Olympic Games? Want to learn about the games in Ancient Greece? These sites all have a lot of information. The Official Olympic website has information on the Ancient Games. In the BBC schools page, follow Thespis and Melina, your guides to the original Olympic Games in this interactive quiz. Tip – to get to the party make sure you scroll over and read each text box. Note, you will need flash installed. Are the modern games more political? Have we strayed from the values and spirit of the original games? Find the answers – and lots more information – at the Penn Museum site. Travel through an online tour of artefacts related to the ancient games at the British Museum. - Shakespeare facts
I have to do a project on Shakespeare, and I have a few Qs. I need to write about a paragraph on Shakespeare's language, life in London, places to visit, and I also need to get a picture of him. LEVEL: Secondary Some good Shakespeare sites are: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - including an FAQ page, and portraits, amongst lots of other information Shakespeare Resource Center - including a biography, information on his language and plays Renaissance - the Elizabethan World - life in Shakespeare's time The Literature Website - Shakespeare articles Shakespeare's world - notes for teachers, with good links Shakespeare's such a popular topic, it's hard to limit the number of sites! Remember also to use EPIC databases - available through your school or public library for articles. Good databases to use would be History Resource Center and Literature Resource Center. - Dogs - pictures
Where can I find good pictures of different breeds of dogs? Level: Primary / Intermediate For younger students, try a search on YAHOO Kids! All the sites have been chosen specially for children. You can enter the search words dog breeds to get some great websites. Many have pictures of the dogs included. It's helpful to look for sites that have an A-Z search index of dog breeds or that are called a directory. HOT TIP: Both Google and Dogpile search engines have image search options. For example to search Google for images look for the links in the top left side of the Google homepage. Click on the one which says Images. Now you can enter your search dog breeds and click search images. Or you can enter the type of dog you want to find pictures of , for example, beagle, doberman etc.
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