Web Search Engine Lesson Plans

Students research state parks. In this geography lesson, students use suggested Internet search engines to research a state park of their choice. Students use the information to record facts on their specific state park.

The students of Roxboro use the Internet to build their computer skills. Your students can do research on the community they live in to help them type, toggle between two windows, use a search engine, and use Microsoft Word. This is first and foremost a activity on using technology, but the added research and written component make it interdisciplinary.

Students research the importance of the religion Teotihuacan. In this Egyptian research lesson, students use Yahoo search engine to research topics associated with Teotihuacan. Students journal facts about each topic and write a descriptive essay.

Students examine the process for the creation of a home page and the use of HTML or Hypertext Markup Language. the lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.

Fifth graders practice searching for information on the Internet and then research the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They search the Internet for the ten answers on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worksheet by typing in different words and phrases in search engines.

Students become familiar with the process of using search engines to locate information on the Internet. They continue the process of developing their own web sites and make one ready for posting on the Internet.

Third graders use a search engine to search the Internet and find the birthdates of the singers listed on the Popular Singers Worksheet. They provide the URL address from which they obtain their information for each singer.

Fifth graders will link to a Funbrain survey from the web page to get them to start thinking about searching and search engines. They access the lesson from teacher's web page or from URL address. They then use five different search engines to look for answers to informational questions.

Ninth graders participate in a mini-lesson plan as a basic introduction to a research project. It is designed to familiarize students with various Internet search engines, as well as the media center catalog. They practice refining searches by using effective keywords to find accurate information.

Students search the Internet using search engines to answer content specific questions.