Google Doodle

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/google-doodle

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the first animated doodle date?October 31, 2000, for Halloween
2. What is the total doodles by 2024?Exceeded 5,000 Doodles globally
3. How did the first Google Doodle start?In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin added a stick figure to the logo during a Burning Man trip to let people know the servers were down.
4. When did Google Doodles become animated or interactive?The first animated Doodle was for Halloween in 2000, and the first interactive game, a Pac‑Man version, appeared in 2010.

Doodlers: The specialized team of artists and engineers at Google responsible for conceptualizing and creating Google Doodles.
Interactive Content: Digital media that allows users to actively participate or control elements, such as games or simulations.
Cultural Commemoration: The act of honoring and remembering significant events, figures, or traditions of a society or group.