This document provides strategies for effective searching on search engines. It explains what search engines are and how they work by searching keywords entered by users. It also defines operators like NOT, OR, and AND that can make searches more specific by removing or adding additional search terms. Finally, it encourages practicing different search strategies using a site called Boolify.org and reflecting on the results.
2. Write Your Response - Act. 1
What is a search engine?
What does it do?
What does it actually search?
Explain how you think it works when you
search for something.
3. Searching Effectively
We need to search for information quickly and
effectively. Sometimes that can be difficult.
This lesson is going to give you strategies to
assist you in finding what you need.
Searching Strategies in Plain English Video
4. How Does It Work? Act. 2
When we use search engines, we enter key
words (things we are searching for). We need
to use operators to help us be more specific.
Operators are words like NOT and OR. They
are used to remove or add results to our
searches.
5. NOT, OR, AND Means
NOT means that we dont want to receive
something as a result.
OR means we want EITHER thing 1 or thing 2.
AND means both things have to be present
6. Lets Try Something
Search 1: students
Search 2: girl
Search 3: girl OR boy
Search 4: student NOT wearing red
shoes
Search 5: boy AND hat
7. Quotes
Theres something else thats important to know
about search engines. Does anyone know what
happens if you use quotes around your words or
phrases?
What do you think the difference would be if you
search Georgie Washington with and without
quotes?
8. Boolify Activity
www.boolify..org
1. search for Dolphins
a. What do you think will appear?
b. What actually happened?
2. Using the operators we learned, how do we
search to find just the mammals?
9. Activity On Your Own
Using www.boolify.org and your handout, do
the searching and record your findings per
the instructions.
Then go to IC and answer the questions
online.
Thank you!