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Oh, What a Tangled Web!

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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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search engines, Research, the internet

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reflective journal, search engines, world wide web, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
1998
Usage Permissions
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