Have you ever conducted a Web search and received too many hits? Teach your class about Boolean search terms and provide them time to practice conducting efficient online searches. This lesson plan contains several fun activities which introduce students to the logic behind Boolean search terms, as well a few informational links for them to explore.

Concepts

search engines, Research, the internet, technology resources

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Additional Tags

1 on 1 computing, search engines, small group work, online research, web searches, whole class discussion, boolean search terms

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Classroom Considerations

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• None

Cons

• Two of the included website links are broken