Search Tips
Try these ideas:
Type in a letter of the alphabet and see what the top search guess is
Get real information from the Universities and schools around the world
eg
"William Shakespeare" site:edu
Use the wild card *
eg
Jonah Lomu is * tall
Google as a Dictionary
Define:
eg
Define:learning
Google as a calculator
12*7 , 153-29 , etc etc
Google as a spell checker
Google as a world clock
time: [name of city/place]
eg
time: Apia
weather: [name of city]
eg
weather: Christchurch
Google Search for educators
Custom Search
Check out this iTunes U podcast and look for Custom Search
http://itunes.apple.com/us/course/google-in-the-classroom/id517678928