Elementary Students

Search Engine Tips and Activity
Here's an activity you can do with students to learn how to use Boolean search terms and the Google search engine.This can be done with students as young as fourth grade.

KidsClick! Worlds of Web Searching. KidsClick! is a kid-friendly search engine maintained by librarians and media specialists. Spend some time learning how to use it to do searches of all types. http://ansernet.rcls.org/wows

Older Students

For older students, try Search Engine Math to learn how Boolean indicators can help narrow results. http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2156021

Interested in learning more? Web Searching Tips provides many links to improve your searching skills. http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/index.php

Teachers

Become familiar with the BigSix™ research strategies which is based on national Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) to organize an introduction to research on the Internet. This site has comprehensive lessons designed to introduce Internet research to your students. http://www.surfline.ne.jp/janetm/big6info.htm#nets2