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Treatments for Characters' Problems
Young scholars research treatments for problems associated with specific characters. In this online research lesson, students use kid-friendly search engines to find information that will help a character from Charlie and the Chocolate...
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Start Your Engines: An Internet Research Lesson
Fifth graders engage in a lesson which offers informational how-tos for conducting research on the Internet. Three search engines are introduced and used to gather information to solve a specific problem.
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Oh, What a Tangled Web!
Students research how different World Wide Web search engines work and navigate these engines to find information on a specific topic. They write a reflective journal entry about the in-class topic search on the World Wide Web.
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this search engine worksheet, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer questions using the given website.
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Searching Near and Far Learning
Young scholars explore locating information on the Web. In groups, students research a variety of topics to determine the effectiveness of various search engines. Young scholars write a review of their team's search engine.
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An Introduction to Search Engine
Students practice researching on the Internet using various search engines.
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Where Do Animals Come From?
Pupils use library search engines to research an animal and its origin. In this animal research lesson, students research their assigned animal using ProQuest. Pupils then find the country of origin of the animal using a library search...
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Summer Trip
Seventh graders utilize the Internet for use of search engines to plan a trip. They research and develop expenses for a trip and divide and round the cost of things to the nearest tenth.
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"Google, What?"
High schoolers understand what a search engine is and distinguish the differences between it and human-created directories. They discover that search engines with fewer hits are the most desirable.
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Evaluating General Web Search Tools: Which are Best?
Learners develop a topic statement or research question. They examine the best use of search engines and directories to effectively retrieve good information.
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BUS: The Internet
Middle schoolers become acquainted with Internet terms, and practice searching for information on the Internet.