WonderWheel

This can be combined with the Two-Minute Fact Hunt. Google gets a bad rep for having "way too much info" and it being difficult for students to cyphen through nonspecific information. Introduce them to the WonderWheel and this may no longer be the case.

First, Google a topic, such a Polar Bears. There are 14 MILLION possibilities, so we need to narrow what is is we are looking for. Go to **WonderWheel**!

The WonderWheel is like an automatic Main Idea graphic organizer. The main idea is polar bears, but you need to dig deeper. One click takes me to this: By clicking on one of the "supporting details" you dig deeper into that on topic, and your list of possible links continues to drop. See below: The WonderWheel will continue to branch off until the list becomes fairly finite (for Google!).

__**Uses for the classroom:**__
 * Any general research topic
 * A great visual tool in demonstrating focus and narrowing of topic in writing class
 * Animal research, social studies, biographies, problem/solution