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Computer savvy kids construct a lift-the-flap poster to aid them in selecting appropriate search sites for research and information gathering. Through online observations, they record and compare the features of four children's search sites. They use their observations to create their poster.

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search engines, Research, the internet, multimedia, asking questions, answering questions, compare and contrast texts, compare and contrast, text analysis, text features, technology resources

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internet researches, web searches, ask and answer questions, compare and contrast, Informational Text, multimedia, report, search engines, search tools, text features, compare texts
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3rd - 5th
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STEM
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