Information Seeking Scenarios
- Tomorrow is your mom's birthday. You were planning to bake her favorite cookies but now you won't have time. You decide to make her a card with a picture of the oatmeal nut raisin cookies you will make. Print the recipe you will use and download an image for the card.
- For your family vacation your parents decide to drive to Mount Rushmore. Since your younger sister will be sitting next to you the whole trip, you want to find the fastest, most direct way to get there. Print a map with the directions for your parents to follow. You will be leaving from your home in Long Beach, California.
- You are in Austin this weekend visiting your grandmother. You have a baseball game at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday evening in Dallas. What time would you need to leave Austin to get to your practice time at 6:30 p.m.? (You will be driving the speed limit of 70mph)
- You and your friends just came back from seeing Star War: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace. While talking about how cool the movie was you start a Star Wars trivia game by asking questions about different characters. You must find out which actor played Darth Vador in Return of the Jedi.
- A friend of yours is at camp in Colorado for the summer. You are going to call him on his birthday but you will be in Paris, France with your soccer club. Is it too early to call if it is 5 p.m. in Paris?
- You have just been accepted into NASA's U.S. SPACE CAMP program in Alabama. Can your parents drop you off at 2:30 p.m. on the first day?. How much extra is that blue astronaut flight suit with custom leather name tag?
- Needing a little extra cash for the summer, you decided to start a sitting service for your local neighborhood Parent's Group. Most of the children you will be taking care of are between the ages of 3-8 years old. What type of activities would be fun for the older (6-8) children? Download or Print 5 different activities.
- Lucky you! Your parents decided that they would purchase you a new car for your birthday. You may choose the type of car, model and color, but it must be under $15,000. They would like to see at least three different brands and the MSRP for each.