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Classroom AC1710
Monday, October 2nd 2023
9:10 am
It’s the first day of the second week of class.
By now, pretty much everyone who should be in this class is here.
Your instructor is going over the syllabus.
She is now talking about the final.
(button:)[[What's the final?]]
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Classroom AC1710
Monday, October 2nd 2023
9:10 am
Instructor:
"The final project will be a term paper, a mini-research essay.
Your essay should be about ten pages long, plus references.
It should be cited and formatted using <a href = "https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/index.html" target = "_blank">MLA</a> rules.
It’s due on the last day of term.
A good portion of your total grade will depend on the quality of your research.
You will choose between two topics for your research essay".
(button:)[[Pick a topic]]
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(set:$nuclear_fusion to 'true')
Classroom AC1710
Monday, October 2nd 2023
9:50 am
By the end of class you decide to work on the nuclear fusion energy research project.
You remind yourself to talk to your instructor and tell her about your choice.
(button:)[[Talk to your instructor on Wednesday | Talk to your instructor]]
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Classroom AC1710
Wednesday, October 4nd 2023
9:52 am
You wait until after class to talk to your instructor about your choice of project.
Instructor:
"It's a good thing you found a topic to work on at this point in the process.
A good term paper can take a lot of work.
Oddly enough, the most difficult thing about doing research is deciding on a topic.
Which one did you pick?"
(if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
(button:)[[I picked nuclear fusion|Make your choice]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
(button:)[[I picked uncontacted tribes|Make your choice]]
]
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Classroom AC1710
Wednesday, October 4nd 2023
9:50 am
(if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Instructor:
"There is a lot of discussion about fusion energy right now.
Specifically about how we could use it as a source of household energy.
You won't have any problems finding information about it.
This paper is an ''analytical'' essay.
You will ''describe'' what fusion nuclear energy is, how it could be used, and why we
are not using it right now, or any other question you may have about it.
This is not an argumentative essay. That's a very different animal.
If you want to work on an argumentative essay, go back and pick the
uncontacted tribes paper instead."
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Instructor:
“There has been a lot of discussion recently about the last uncontacted tribes.
Mainly because, as you might expect, they are becoming fewer.
Some of these tribes have violently refused to be reached.
Your paper will be ''argumentative'' in nature.
I would like you to ''argue'' either in favor of or against reaching these tribes.
I would like you to ask question such as:
“Is it a good thing for uncontacted tribes to be reached?”,
Or
“Do uncontacted tribes have the right to be left alone?”,
Or you can ask any other question you want.
This is not an analytical essay. That’s a whole different ball of yarn.
If you want to work on an analytical essay, go back and pick the
nuclear fusion paper instead.”
]
(button:)[[I have a topic. What's next?]]
(button:)[[Go back and pick the other topic instead.|Pick a topic]]
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Classroom AC1710
Wednesday, October 4nd 2023
9:55 am
Instructor:
"Next, go to the library and talk to a librarian.
They will help you find the information you need for your research essay.
Since this is college level work, the quality of the articles you find is very important.
To find these articles, researchers need to be information experts.
They need to know how to ''find'', ''identify'', and ''trace'' good information.
Librarians are information experts.
Tell them about your topic, describe the assignment as best as you can.
They will help you with the rest.
Good luck!"
(button:)[[Go to the library | Library lobby]]
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Library lobby
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
You decide to go to the library and talk to the librarian.
You are now in the ''library lobby''.
Dusty high ceiling above. There's a mixture of reading tables, display shelves, and cushioned sectional seating.
Scattered shelves around the reading areas display the glossiest pages the library has to offer.
It is usually full of activity.
Today, however, it seems quiet, even for a library.
Right now you are standing in the middle of the lobby, facing rows of bookshelves.
To your right there's a room with a ''reference'' sign over the door.
Those shelves in front of you are the ''circulation shelves''.
People browse and borrow books from those shelves.
To your left there is a ''computer lab''.
You find a folded note on the floor. The word "hello!" written on it.
(button:)[[Unfold and read the note]]
(set:$beenToRef to 'false')
(set:$beenToCirc to 'false')
(set:$beenToCompLab to 'false')
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Library lobby
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
"Hello and welcome to the library.
I am sorry we missed you.
As you can see, it appears there is no one here.
But that's just it. This place is not empty.
Besides the collective thought of all the greatest minds in the world, both in print and digital format, there are monsters and creatures roaming the library.
They forced us to leave.
Librarians help people find information, but these monsters are the opposite.
They like to keep all of the information for themselves.
If you are reading this, you probably have or will have a term paper due and need reliable information sources.
Maybe a bibliography, perhaps some recommendations.
Most likely articles from the library databases.
If you want information from these guys, you will have to fight them for it.
We were aware of your project and collected the information you needed just before they kicked us out.
The articles you need are scattered all over the library."
(set:$articles to 0)Articles: (print:$articles)
"Your first article is in the Reference room.
Good luck!
Sincerely, the librarian."
(button:)[[Go back to the lobby]]
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Library lobby
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
You are now back in the lobby.
Where do you want to go?
(button:)[[Reference room]]
(button:)[[Bookshelves]]
(button:)[[Computer lab]]
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Library lobby
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
You turn right and proceed to go inside the reference room.
To your left there are some tables and cushionless chairs made of the heavy wood one sees in libraries.
There is also a small table. On top of it there is a machine with a cube for a screen librarians use to read teeny tiny newspapers from a long time ago.
Beside it there is a gray file cabinet where the tiny newspapers are kept.
You can see lamps, one on top of each table.
To the right there are several shelves.
Some shelves have encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Others have magazines and newspapers.
in front of you, on the floor, almost under a table, you find another note.
"These people really like notes", you say to yourself.
(button:)[[Open the note|Open reference note]]
]
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Library bookshelves
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$beenToRef is 'false')[
You must go to the reference room first.
(button:)[[Go back to the lobby]]
]
(else:)[
You are now in the bookshelves area.
It's the largest area of the library.
There are dozens of shelves filled with books on many subjects.
In between some of the shelves, you can see reading tables and chairs.
There is a reading lamp on each table.
It is dark and all the lamps are off except for one.
You walk in the direction of the lit lamp.
Under the lamp there is another folded note.
On the side facing up to the light only one word:
"read".
(button:)[[Open note | Open bookshelves note]]
]
]
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Computer lab
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$beenToRef is 'false' or $beenToCirc is 'false')[
You must finish searching the other rooms first.
(button:)[[Go back to the lobby]]
]
(else:)[
You are now in the computer lab.
This room is more or less set up like a classroom with a whiteboard and a podium in front.
A screen projector hangs from the ceiling.
Each seat in this classroom has a desktop computer. Their screens display the bouncing and warping squiggles of their screensavers.
Except for one.
This screen is displaying what looks like text in the distance.
You come closer to read the screen’s text.
(button:)[[Read screen | Open computer lab note]]
]
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Reference room
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
"To whoever dares to come in here:
We are information monsters and we have decided to take over this library.
We know the value of information and don't really see a reason to share this wealth with anyone but ourselves.
You have come here to get information from us.
The librarians would have had no problem giving it to you.
They seem to think information becomes more valuable the more it is shared.
Who has heard of such nonsense?
With us in charge, you must work and pay for it.
The librarians left a box here. We assume it's for you.
The thing is, we put a special, very painful lock on this box of yours.
The box will open only if you answer the test questions correctly.
If you even try to open the box without passing the test, you will get an electric shock instead.
This shock is so big you will need to take a health pack just to start over."
(set:$healthpacks to 2)
<b>Health packs: (print:$healthpacks)</b>
"
Once you run out of health packs, if you fail, The shock will be so strong it will send you to the beginning of time, proving your lack of preparation for the task at hand.
If you pass our test, you can have your precious information and be in your merry way, safe and sound.
Having second thoughts?"
The doors behind you swing shut and fasten. Blinds drop.
"...Too bad!
Hahahaha!
If you must have a clue, here's one: ''make sure you always know who's talking to you''.
Sincerely: The Monsters."
(set:$q11Answered to 'false')
(set:$q12Answered to 'false')
(set:$q13Answered to 'false')
(button:)[[Question 1.1]]
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Reference room
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q11Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'Question 1.2')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Take a look at this <a href="https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-nuclear-fusion" target="_blank">article</a>.
Who are the publisher and author?
[[hint]]
(button:)[[ AP, Alejandro Shwartz | q11Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ IAEA, Seph Blatter | q11Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ UN, John Cannon| q11Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ IAEA, Matteo Barbarino | q11Correct]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Take a look at this <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/uncontacted-amazon-tribes-endangered-peru-brazil-indigenous-group-2021-12-08/" target="_blank">article</a>.
Who are the publisher and author?
[[hint]]
(button:)[[ Amnesty International, Bruce Andrews | q11Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Reuters, John Soccer | q11Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Red Cross International, Beto Marubo| q11Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Reuters, Anthony Broadle | q11Correct]]
]
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(set:$q11Answered to 'true')
Correct!
Before using or sharing any article, social media post, news clip, image, video, or any other piece of information, make sure to acknowledge who the publisher and the author are.
(button:)[[Next question|Question 1.2]]
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Incorrect.
Before using or sharing any article, social media post, news clip, image, video, or any other piece of information, make sure to acknowledge who the publisher and author are.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 1.2]]
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Reference room
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q12Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'Question 1.3')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Take a look at this <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-future-of-fusion-energy/" target="_blank">article</a>.
Choose the answer that truly describes the ''author''.
[[hint| hint 2]]
(button:)[[ Phillip Ball. Los Angeles Times reporter | q12Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Phillip Ball. Science writer based in London | q12Correct]]
(button:)[[ Phillip Ball. Register Forum metro editor | q12Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Phillip Ball. Newsday reporter | q12Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Take a look at this <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/man-of-the-hole-death-uncontacted-tribes/101390546" target="_blank">article</a>.
Choose the answer that truly describes the ''author''.
[[hint| hint 2]]
(button:)[[ Velvet Winter. Freelance journalist based in the U. S. southwest | q12Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Velvet Winter. Digital journalist for ABC News Australia. Based in Birsbane, Queensland | q12Correct]]
(button:)[[ Velvet Winter. BBC news clime and science correspondent | q12Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Velvet Winter. CBS news | q12Incorrect]]
]
]
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(set:$q12Answered to 'true')
Correct!
When using information for research, make sure you can locate an author’s name, and if possible, make sure they are qualified to talk about the subject.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 1.3]]
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Incorrect.
When using information for research, make sure you can locate an author’s name, and if possible, make sure they are qualified to talk about the subject.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 1.3]]
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Reference room
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q13Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'End of Questionnaire')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Ok. Last question.
Take a look at this <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/05/nuclear-fusion-science-explained/" target="_blank">article</a>.
Pick the answer that best describes the ''publisher'' of the article.
[[hint|hint 3]]
(button:)[[ IWorld Economic Forum. Created in 1957 | q13Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ World Economic Forum. “The international organization of public-private cooperation”. Not-for-profit foundation established in 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland | q13Correct]]
(button:)[[ World Economic Forum. Promotes a wider understanding of nuclear energy | q13Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ World Economic Forum. Newspaper founded in 1843| q13Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Ok. Last question.
Take a look at this <a href="https://www.fairplanet.org/story/peru-approves-gas-project-spells-disaster-for-uncontacted-tribes/" target="_blank">article</a>.
Pick the answer that best describes the ''publisher'' of the article.
[[hint|hint 3]]
(button:)[[ Fair Planet. Founded in 1969 and based in over 100 countries | q13Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Fair Planet. Global non-profit who reports on human rights and environmental justice. Founded in Berlin in 2014. | q13Correct]]
(button:)[[ Fair Planet. Congress chartered think tank | q13Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Fair Planet. News magazine created in 1923| q13Incorrect]]
]
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(set:$q13Answered to 'true')
Correct!
(button:)[[End of Questionnaire]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect
(button:)[[End of Questionnaire]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Reference room
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q11Answered is 'false' or $q12Answered is 'false' or $q13Answered is 'false')[
You try to open the box.
The box makes an electric ripping noise and you fall back unconscious.
Moments later you wake up.
(if:$healthpacks is 0)[
You are all out of health packs.
Go back to the beginning of time
(button:)[[Start]]
]
(else:)[
Feeling weak, but realizing you have an assignment to do research for, you take a health pack.
(set:$healthpacks to $healthpacks - 1)
Health packs: (print:$healthpacks)
(button:)[[Start over |Question 1.1]]
]
]
(else:)[
You try to open the box.
The box opens without much effort.
(set:$articles to $articles + 1)
Articles: (print:$articles)
You did it!
Inside the box you find a single strip of paper with a link written on it.
It's a link to a reference article.
(if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
<a href = "https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nuclear_fusion" target="_blank">https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nuclear_fusion</a>
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
<a href = "https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-uncontacted-tribes-are-left-in-the-world.html" target = "_blank">https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-uncontacted-tribes-are-left-in-the-world.html</a>
]
(set:$beenToRef to 'true')
(button:)[[Go back to the lobby]]
]
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Library bookshelves
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
"If you are reading this, good job!
You now have the first source for your research paper.
Now, about the second source you need, there is a problem.
Among the monsters who came and threw us out, there is a book troll.
Book trolls are nasty creatures. They hoard the books they want to read and hide the books they don't.
The troll who took over these bookshelves has the book you need for your second source, and it’s especially stubborn and nasty.
You will need a good sword to persuade him to give you the book.
Answer the following questions to unlock a sword you can use against the troll.
Once you defeat the troll, you will get the next source for your paper.
If you need a hint, remember this:
''When someone gives you a choice, always choose the best''
Sincerely: the librarian.”
(button:)[[Question 2.1]]
(set:$q21Answered to 'false')
(set:$q22Answered to 'false')
(set:$q23Answered to 'false')
(set:$hasSword to 'no')
]
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Library bookshelves
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q21Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'Question 2.2')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
When you do a typical search on Google for nuclear fusion, it will give you something like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=nuclear+fusion" target="_blank">this</a>.
It looks good enough, but we could do even better.
There is a way you can limit your search results to a specific type of website.
For example, if you are doing research for a college paper, you could limit your results to websites from universities and academic institutions (.edu websites) using the ''site:''operator.
Type or copy and paste each of the queries below in <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google's search</a> field. Based on the search results you find for each, choose the right query:
nuclear fusion .edu
nuclear fusion site:.edu
nuclear fusion site: .com
nuclear fusion educational
(button:)[[ nuclear fusion site:.edu | q21Correct]]
(button:)[[ nuclear fusion | q21Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ nuclear fusion site:.com | q21Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ nuclear fusion educational | q21Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
When you do a typical search on Google for uncontacted tribes, it will give you something like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=uncontacted+tribes" target="_blank">this</a>.
It looks good enough, but we could do even better.
There is a way you can limit your search results to a specific type of website.
For example, if you are doing research for a college paper, you could limit your results to websites from universities and academic institutions (.edu websites) using the ''site:''operator.
Type or copy and paste each of the queries below in <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google's search</a> field. Based on the search results you find for each, choose the right query:
uncontacted tribes:.edu
uncontacted tribes site:.edu
uncontacted tribes site:.com
uncontacted tribes educational
(button:)[[ uncontacted tribes site:.edu| q21Correct]]
(button:)[[ uncontacted tribes:.edu| q21Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ uncontacted tribes site:.com | q21Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ uncontacted tribes educational| q21Incorrect]]
]
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(set:$q21Answered to 'true')
Correct.
Google’s ''site:'' operator makes it possible for you to limit your search results to only the type of sites you want to look at.
The complete query looks like this:
nuclear fusion site:.edu
OR
uncontacted tribes site:.edu
(button:)[[Next question|Question 2.2]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect.
Google’s ''site:'' operator makes it possible for you to limit your search results to only the type of sites you want to consult.
The complete ''query'' looks like this:
nuclear fusion site:.edu
OR
uncontacted tribes site:.edu
(button:)[[Next question |Question 2.2]]
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Library bookshelves
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q22Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'Question 2.3')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
This is good, but you can do even better. The site: feature not only allows you to limit your search to a specific domain, it also allows you to search for information within a single website.
For example, it makes sense to think that MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) would have a lot of information on nuclear fusion. We can use the ''site:'' operator to search for information on nuclear fusion within the MIT website and nowhere else. ''Your search results will originate only from MIT's website''.
Copy and paste the queries below in <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google's search</a> field. Based on the search results you find, pick the right query:
Nuclear fusion site:.edu
Nuclear fusion from MIT
Nuclear fusion site:mit.edu
Nuclear fusion
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion site:.edu | q22Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion site:mit.edu| q22Correct]]
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion from MIT | q22Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion| q22Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
This is good, but you can do even better. The site: feature not only allows you to limit your search to a specific domain, it also allows you to search for information within a single website.
For example, it makes sense to think that Harvard University's department of anthropology (https://anthropology.fas.harvard.edu/) would have a lot of information on uncontacted tribes. We can use the ''site:'' operator to search for information on uncontacted tribes within Harvard University's website and nowhere else. ''Your search results will originate only from Harvard's website''.
Copy and paste the queries below in <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google's search</a> field. Based on the search results you find, pick the right query:
Uncontacted tribes site:.edu
Uncontacted tribes from Harvard
Uncontacted tribes site:harvard.edu
Uncontacted tribes
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes site:.edu| q22Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes from Harvard| q22Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes site:harvard.edu| q22Correct]]
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes| q22Incorrect]]
]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
(set:$q22Answered to 'true')
Correct!
In general, the query to search within a website is:
<i>keyword1 keyword2</i>... site:<i>website.com</i>
(button:)[[Next question |Question 2.3]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect.
In general, the query to search within a website is:
<i>keyword1 keyword2</i>... site:<i>website.com</i>
(button:)[[Next question |Question 2.3]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Library bookshelves
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q23Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'End of Questionnaire 2')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Ok. Last question.
Suppose you want to find ''news'' articles about nuclear fusion. If you do a typical Google search, you will inevitably go through hundreds of results to find only a handful of articles that would be considered news. This would be a very time-consuming task with no guarantee of good results.
There is a better way.
Knowing that news articles usually include the word news in their ''url'', you can find news articles on the topic of your choice using the ''inurl:'' operator.
The inurl operator looks for the word or words specified in the web page’s url. Only web pages that include that word or words in their url will show.
Type or copy-and-paste the queries below into <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google's search</a> field. Based on your search results for each, pick the correct query.
Nuclear fusion site:.news
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion inurl:news
Nuclear fusion inurl:.edu
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion | q23Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion inurl:.edu| q23Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion site:.news| q23Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Nuclear fusion inurl:news| q23Correct]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Ok. Last question.
Suppose you want to find ''opinion'' articles about uncontacted tribes. If you do a typical Google search, you will inevitably go through hundreds of results to find only a handful of articles that would be considered opinion or editorial articles. This would be a very time-consuming task with no guarantee of good results.
There is a better way.
Knowing that news articles usually include the word news in their ''url'', you can find news articles on the topic of your choice using the ''inurl:'' operator.
The inurl operator looks for the word or words specified in the web page’s url. Only web pages that include that word or words in their url will show.
Type or copy-and-paste the queries below into Google’s search field. Based on your search results for each, pick the correct query.
Uncontacted tribes site:.news
Uncontacted tribes inurl:.edu
Uncontacted tribes inurl:opinion
Uncontacted tribes
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes site:.news| q23Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes inurl:.edu| q23Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes| q23Incorrect]]
(button:)[[ Uncontacted tribes inurl:opinion| q23Correct]]
]
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(set:$q23Answered to 'true')
Correct!
Your query should look like this:
<i>Keyword1 keyword2...</i>inurl:<i>words in url</i>
(button:)[[End of Questionnaire 2]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect
Your query should look like this:
<i>Keyword1 keyword2...</i>inurl:<i>words in url</i>
(button:)[[End of Questionnaire 2]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Library bookshelves
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q21Answered is 'false' or $q22Answered is 'false' or $q23Answered is 'false')[
Sword: (print:$hasSword)
You didn't get the sword.
You go and fight the monster anyway.
The ensuing one-sided brawl would be described by some as "sad" and "pointless".
because of this, you now find yourself in rather bad shape.
(if:$healthpacks is 0)[
You are all out of health packs.
Go back to the beginning of time
(button:)[[Start]]
]
(else:)[
Feeling weak, but realizing you have an assignment to finish, you take a health pack.
(set:$healthpacks to $healthpacks - 1)
Health packs: (print:$healthpacks)
(button:)[[Start over |Question 2.1]]
]
]
(else:)[
(set:$hasSword to 'yes')
Sword: (print:$hasSword)
You have the sword now.
You confront the monster and defeat it soundly!
(set:$articles to $articles + 1)
Articles: (print:$articles)
You did it!
On top of the table you find the book with the information you were looking for.
(if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
<a href = "https://alliance-mhcc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_MHCC/1s09fcr/alma993842701860" target="_blank">Nuclear fusion book</a>
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
<a href = "https://alliance-mhcc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_MHCC/1s09fcr/alma993759301860" target = "_blank">Uncontacted tribes book</a>
]
(set:$beenToCirc to 'true')
(button:)[[Go back to the lobby]]
]
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Computer lab
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
"If you are reading this, it means you are one step and one source away from completing your research.
Congratulations! I wish we could be there to help you.
You are doing great, though.
This is the library's computer lab.
Students come here to search the library databases.
The library databases have access to hundreds of academic and scholarly journals.
These journals have highly specialized articles written by academics and meant to be read by other academics and students.
As a student, one of the things you need to learn is how to access the professional literature in your field of study.
But I digress.
This computer lab is possessed by an evil wizard.
Once anyone enters this lab, the door will close and no one can escape."
The door slams shut with a dense, wooden thump.
"Yeah, that's the door. The only way you can get out of the lab is by acing the wizard's grueling test of wits.
If you outsmart the wizard, you will unlock a potion you can use to turn him into a bookworm, and counter his magic."
Potion: (print:$hasPotion)
Once you accomplish this, you will be freed from the lab with the last source you need for your research.
If you need a clue, just ''follow the path to the origin''.
See you at the end:
The librarian."
(button:)[[Question 3.1]]
(set:$q31Answered to 'false')
(set:$q32Answered to 'false')
(set:$q33Answered to 'false')
(set:$hasPotion to 'no')](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Computer lab
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q31Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'Question 3.2')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Take look at this <a href ="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-repeat-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-in-a-step-toward-more-clean-energy-180982683/#:~:text=in%20December%202022%2C%20a%20team%20at%20LLNL%20in%20California%20announced%20they%20had%2C%20for%20the%20first%20time%20ever%2C%20created%20a%20fusion%20reaction%20with%20a%20net%20energy%20gain.%20Using%20192%20giant%20lasers%2C%20the%20team%20delivered%202.05%20megajoules%20to%20their%20target%2C%20which%20subsequently%20released%203.15%20megajoules%20of%20energy%20output." target="_blank">article</a>.
The highlighted part states that in December, 2022, the LLNL announced the creation of a fusion reaction with a net energy gain. They link to the original article.
What is the title of the original article?
(button:)[[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieves fusion ignition | q31Correct]]
(button:)[[DOE Explains...Nuclear Fusion Reactions | q31Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Nuclear fusion | Development, Processes, Equations, & Facts | q31Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Nuclear Fusion: Basics | q31Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Take look at this <a href ="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1119939392/last-member-uncontacted-tribe-dies-brazil#:~:text=Little%20is%20known%20about%20the%20man%2C%20whose%20death%20was%20announced%20over%20the%20weekend%20by%20Funai%2C%20Brazil%27s%20federal%20agency%20for%20Indigenous%20affairs.%20He%20was%20the%20only%20inhabitant%20of%20the%20Tanaru%20Indigenous%20Territory%20in%20the%20western%20Amazon%20state%20of%20Rondonia." target="_blank">article</a>.
The highlighted part tells about the death of the only member of a uncontacted tribe in Brazil. They link to the original article that ''announced'' his death.
What is the title of the original article?
(button:)[[Nota de pesar - Índio Tanaru | q31Correct]]
(button:)[[The Last Member of an Uncontacted Tribe | q31Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Uncontacted Amazon tribes endangered in Peru, Brazil | q31Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Uncontacted Indians of Brazil | q31Incorrect]]
]
]
(font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
(set:$q31Answered to 'true')
Correct!
Articles that include links to their sources allow us to trace it to the original context.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 3.2]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect.
Articles that include links to their sources allow us to trace it to the original context.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 3.2]]
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Computer lab
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q32Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'Question 3.3')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Great!
Now take look at this <a href ="https://mndaily.com/275201/opinion/ogren-nuclear-fusion-makes-gains/#:~:text=Hydrogen%20is%20the%20most%20abundant%20element%20on%20Earth%20(there%20are%20two%20hydrogen%20atoms%20in%20every%20molecule%20of%20water)%2C%20and%20helium%20can%20be%20produced%20through%20nuclear%20fusion%20of%20hydrogen.%20The%20sun%2C%20which%20is%20mostly%20made%20up%20of%20hydrogen%20gas%2C%20uses%20nuclear%20fusion%20to%20produce%20energy%2C%20light%20and%20helium%20gas." target="_blank">article</a>.
There is a link that say hydrogen is the most abundant element on Earth.
What is the title of the original article?
(button:)[[Hydrogen explained | q32Correct]]
(button:)[[Hydrogent is abundant | q32Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Some facts about hydrogen | q32Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Physics in the natural world | q32Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Take look at this <a href ="https://phys.org/news/2017-09-opinion-brazil-uncontacted-indigenous-amazonians.html#:~:text=The%20allegations%20emerged,have%20to%20go." target="_blank">article</a>.
The highlighted part cites a document called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Who published this declaration??
(button:)[[The Illuminati | q32Incorrect]]
(button:)[[NATO | q32Incorrect]]
(button:)[[The United Nations | q32Correct]]
(button:)[[The European Union | q32Incorrect]]
]
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(set:$q32Answered to 'true')
Correct!
Note: make sure any links in a document point to the intended source. The presence of links by themselves is no guarantee of reliability.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 3.3]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect.
Note: make sure any links in a document point to the intended source. The presence of links by themselves is no guarantee of reliability.
(button:)[[Next question |Question 3.3]]
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Computer lab
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q33Answered is 'true')[
(go-to:'End of Questionnaire 3')
]
(else-if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
Ok. Last question.
There will come a time in your college career when you will need to become familiar with scholarly literature (sometimes referred to as database articles, peer reviewed articles, or journal articles), either through the <a href = "https://www.mhcc.edu/FindArticles/">library databases</a> or <a href = "scholar.google.com" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a>.
In general, an article from scholarly literature:
Has no glossy pictures
Is written in a very technical, complex language
Is written by an academic, scholar, or other professional
Can have (and usually has) more than one author
Has as its audience students and fellow professionals
Communicates results from experiments, surveys, or other analyses
Has a very narrow scope and a specific subject
Is published by an university press or a professional association
Based on this description, which one of these 4 articles do you think is an article from scholarly literature?
<a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion" target = "_blank">Article 1</a>
<a href = "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-repeat-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-in-a-step-toward-more-clean-energy-180982683/" target = "_blank">Article 2</a>
<a href = "https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3994496-breakevens-and-breakthroughs-what-fusion-means-for-our-energy-future/" target = "_blank">Article 3</a>
<a href = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/nucl-th/9708036.pdf" target = "_blank">Article 4</a>
(button:)[[Article 4 | q33Correct]]
(button:)[[Article 2 | q33Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Article 3 | q33Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Article 1 | q33Incorrect]]
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
Ok. Last question.
There will come a time in your college career when you will need to become familiar with scholarly literature (sometimes referred to as database articles, peer reviewed articles, or journal articles), either through the <a href = "https://www.mhcc.edu/FindArticles/">library databases</a> or <a href = "scholar.google.com" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a>.
In general, an article from scholarly literature:
Has no glossy pictures
Is written in a very technical, complex language
Is written by an academic, scholar, or other professional
Can have (and usually has) more than one author
Has as its audience students and fellow professionals
Communicates results from experiments, surveys, or other analyses
Has a very narrow scope and a specific subject
Is published by an university press or a professional association
Based on this description, which one of these 4 articles do you think is an article from scholarly literature?
<a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples" target = "_blank">Article 1</a>
<a href = "https://news.sky.com/story/last-member-of-uncontacted-amazon-tribe-dies-in-brazil-12684704" target = "_blank">Article 2</a>
<a href = "https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mazower-uncontacted-people-20181216-story.html" target = "_blank">Article 3</a>
<a href = "https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1467-8322.12514" target = "_blank">Article 4</a>
(button:)[[Article 4 | q33Correct]]
(button:)[[Article 2 | q33Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Article 1 | q33Incorrect]]
(button:)[[Article 3 | q33Incorrect]]
]
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(set:$q33Answered to 'true')
Correct!
(button:)[[End of Questionnaire 3]]](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Incorrect.
(button:)[[End of Questionnaire 3]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
Computer lab
Thursday, October 5th 2023
(current-time:)
(if:$q31Answered is 'false' or $q32Answered is 'false' or $q33Answered is 'false')[
Potion: (print:$hasPotion)
You didn’t get the potion.
Since you still need the last article, you decide to fight the wizard anyway.
Seeing that you are defenseless, the wizard flicks a wrist and mumbles something under his breath.
You begin to feel painfully cold and stiff.
You can’t move!
You see the wizard leave.
Moments later, you fall to the ground weak, feeling pins and needles on your skin.
(if:$healthpacks is 0)[
You are all out of health packs.
Go back to the beginning of time
(button:)[[Start]]
]
(else:)[
Feeling weak and with one article left to collect, you take a health pack.
(set:$healthpacks to $healthpacks - 1)
Health packs: (print:$healthpacks)
(button:)[[Start over |Question 3.1]]
]
]
(else:)[
(set:$hasPotion to 'yes')
Potion: (print:$hasPotion)
You have the potion.
Not being a wizard, and with no idea what to do with the potion, you do the first thing you can think of and throw the flask with the potion at the wizard.
The wizard catches the flask and crushes it in his hand.
As the liquid in the flask slides down the wizard, you notice a sizzling noise and an old, rancid smell.
What was the wizard is now a tiny pool of goo.
(set:$articles to $articles + 1)
Articles: (print:$articles)
You did it!
On top of the reading table a packet of stapled printed pages appears.
(if:$nuclear_fusion is 'true')[
<a href = "https://pubs.aip.org/aip/mre/article/4/5/056201/253043" target="_blank">Nuclear fusion journal article</a>
]
(else-if:$uncontacted_tribes is 'true')[
<a href = "https://crc.losrios.edu/crc/main/doc/services/department-pages/political-science/globus-mundi-2019.pdf#page=54" target = "_blank">Uncontacted tribes journal article</a>
]
(set:$beenToCompLab to 'true')
(button:)[[Exit the game]]
]
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(set:$nuclear_fusion to 'false')
(set:$uncontacted_tribes to'false')
Classroom AC1710
Monday, October 2nd 2023
9:10 am
Instructor:
"You can write an ''analytical'' essay about the feasibility of fusion energy for household use,
OR
you can write an ''argumentative'' essay on the ethics of reaching the remaining uncontacted tribes on Earth.
Pick a topic and come talk to me about it next class."
(button:)[[Analytical paper about nuclear fusion|Nuclear fusion]]
(button:)[[Argumentative paper about uncontacted tribes|Uncontacted tribes]]
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(set:$uncontacted_tribes to 'true')
Classroom AC1710
Monday, October 2nd 2023
9:50 am
By the end of class you decide to work on the uncontacted tribes research project.
You remind yourself to talk to your instructor and tell her about your choice.
(button:)[[Talk to your instructor on Wednesday | Talk to your instructor]]
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The publisher is the owner of the website. usually in the website's header.
The author's name can be found under the article's title.
(button:)[[go back to Question 1.1|Question 1.1]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
In most articles, you can ''click on the author's name'' and it will take you to a short bio and maybe other articles they wrote.
If you can't click an author, you an always ''google their name''.
(button:)[[Go back to Question 1.2|Question 1.2]]
](font:"Ubuntu Mono")[
In most websites, information about the publishing website can be found in the ''About'' or ''About Us'' section link. Although the About link can be located anywhere in the page, it is most often found at the bottom in the page's ''footer''.
[[Go back to Question 1.3|Question 1.3]]
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Game Over.
Thank you for playing!
The purpose of the game was to give you a glimpse of what library research is like, and to introduce the concept of evaluating information sources intended for college level research.
You learned to use the internet to find the information you need more efficiently.
You also learned how to find essential information that will help you evaluate information sources, like their publisher and authorship.
Lastly, you learned how to identify articles from scholarly and academic sources.
This game is based on <a href = "https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/">SIFT, or The Four Moves</a>, by Mike Caulfield.
We want to thank you for playing the game by giving you a prize. Below you will find a golden ticket number. Write, show, or copy and paste this number and bring it to the library to collect a prize candy. While there, become acquainted with the library and tutoring upstairs.
(text-color: yellow)[Your Golden Ticket: (random:0,9)(random:0,9)(random:0,9)7(random:0,9)(random:0,9)]
<i>Winners must pick prize in person at the library. Limited to stock or availability, only one prize per ticket per player, since a thing can only be learned once, really. Player must be a MHCC student, faculty, staff, or friend of the librarian.</i>
This game was made using <a href = "https://twinery.org/">twine.</a>
(button:)[[Start Over |Start]] ]