Disa's+Dream


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The Cultures of South America Next I wanted to find out about the people of South America. I decided that I would not search for all of the cultures of South America because there are so many. I thought I would research just Peru because this was the country I wanted to spend the most time in doing the Inca Trail so I searched. Peru culture k12. Using a sign gives you more control over your results. It tells the computer that you want websites which have Peru and Culture and are for young people. This website was made by some children about Peru This site was made by a boy called Matthew. It had a lot more information than the other one I had found. I learned a lot from his work. I found this great website which had a lot of information but no pictures. It talked about Peruvian Fire dancing and I wanted to see what that was. So I entered Peruvian Fire dancing into the search engine and asked only for images. There were no images listed. I thought if I was lucky I might find a video on teacher tube. I didn't find anything about fire dancing. I entered Peru into the search and found a story read in Spanish with English subtitles. It was an autobiography about some one who grew up in Peru and was very interesting. || This is my dream. I've been to a lot of places around the world but I would like to go to South America next. I want to see the wildlife and I am interested in the history and culture of South America. I have lots of friends who have been there and they have talked about some amazing things that they have seen and done. I am interested in finding out about the Inca trail and the Galapagos Islands but I don't really know where in South America they are or how I would get to them.

I have decided I will search for the Inca trail and the Galapagos Islands in the Ask Search Engine.

Wow, not only did I find some great information about the Inca trail I found a website that will take me on a virtual trek of the Inca trail. I have copied the name of this website and put it here as a link so I can do it later when I have more time. fgsgdf cool website

 [|A Virtual Trip of the Inca Trail]

[|Everything you could want to know about the Inca Trail]



The Galapagos Islands entered into the Ask Search Engine gave me lots of results. I had to be careful selecting the links because a lot of them where website made by tour companies. It is hard to find information online sometime because a lot of people use the internet to sell things. I found one website that sold cruises of the Galapagos Islands and it had great information about each of the Island and what you can see there.

[|Website of the Islands]  I found out so much about the Islands. There were a lot of pictures on the websites but many of them you couldn't copy so I decided to search for them. I went to Ask search engine and typed in Galapagos Islands. I clicked on the "images" category/ at the top of the search bar, the search engine will only show me images of the Islands now not give me websites. I found all of these. Look at how huge the tortoise is!

I found this website with lots of information about all of the wildlife on the Island

I[|sland Wildlife]


 * Reflection **

I have thought a lot about the steps of research and have a lot more things to research now because every time I have found something out I have wanted to know more. Hopefully the things I have explained here will help you all to become better at researching using the internet and the help page will show you how to present what your learning on a wiki. || **Tip- Always start with a table, on a website the images and text will not format themselves like other documents. Keep things inside boxes of a table to stop them getting all mixed up. It is easy to move things later but it is difficult to sort out a mess and add a table later.**

**You should include the following on your page...

A little bit about your self and why you would like to go to the place you have chosen. **

**As you research your topic you need to write about how you found out about different parts of your trip. **


 * Tip- I have linked my map of South America to the site I got it from so you can go to the same site to find out about your country and what you might like to do there by clicking my picture. I have done this all over my pages so if you like something copy it, or think of your own way to find the information you need and want. **


 * Tip: If you want to learn to add a video please leave this until you have learnt to add a picture. You will need help to do this from an adult. ** ||