Let me pick my jaw up out of my lap and I'll tell you about the coolest tool I've used on the web.
It hasn't been that long ago that my son (now twelve) did a science project on our solar system. So, being the great dad that I am I pointed him to the computer, showed him the search bar and said "knock yourself out." After about an hour or two, he came back and had relevant information on all nine planets (say what you want...Pluto will always be a planet to me). I then showed him how to enter all that information into a word processor so he could print it out nice and neatly. Long story, short. His project turn out great and he got a 100 on it.
Now, as the late Paul Harvey would say, for the rest of the story. Today, I was introduced to Google Squared. This gem is amazing. What do you want to know? Type it into the search bar and be prepared to be shocked and awed. I started with "Presidents." Then, I tried "States." After learning that Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia (the sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...not the one known for peaches and the Bulldogs), I tried "Fifty States." The information was more accurate. "Periodic Table of Elements" returned a great search grid, so I naturally tried "Planets." Guess what! What took my son a couple of hours was completed in under five seconds by Google Squared. It even lets you add additional columns and if necessary join one "Square" to another.
Obviously, not all information lends itself to a grid layout, but Google Squared will certainly be a tool I use in the future.
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