productive & safe google seaches for kids
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Making the Most of Google Searches
Learn to Search Like a Librarian
What is Google?
INFORMATIONGoogle helps you find:
A Wise Googler…
are safe Googlers!
makes safe and smart choices.
Always use Google with your teacher or parents.
Who can make a website?
Anyone!
Sreelakshmi Suresh is the world’s youngest web designer.
How to Start!No questions or sentences.
NO: Who is the oldest American still alive? YES: oldest American person
Ms. Besse Cooper of Georgia is 115 years old.
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Search Hint:tallest mountain world
Your Turn!
Mount Everest
29,035 Feet Tall
Try Another One!
How many muscles does a caterpillar have?
Search Hint:caterpillar muscles
4,000 Muscles
Humans have only
640 muscles!
One More!
What animal is immune to every disease? (He never gets sick. Not even cancer.)
Search Hint:animals immune all diseases
Sharks
Be Very Clear!Use exact words.
NO: craneYES: crane birdYES: crane machine
NO: Michael JordanYES: Michael Jordan basketballYES: Michael Jordan actor
Crane?Crane?
Crane?Crane?
Michael?
Michael?
Instant Conversions Google calculates measurements for you
in an instant.
EXAMPLES:
Search: 8 cups in ounces
What do you get?
Search: 5 feet in meters
What do you get?
Minus SignThe
Leaves out information in a search.
EXAMPLE: jaguar (animal) jaguar –car –Jacksonville –football
animalcar
football team
QuotationsUse quotes for very specific searches. EXAMPLES:
OBJECTS & PEOPLE
“Space Shuttle Discovery”
“Space Shuttle Endeavor”
“Alexander Graham Bell”
TITLES“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
Wildcard A * tells Google to fill in the blank.
Examples:Civil War cloth*(Civil War cloth, clothing or clothes)
Water Freez*(Water Freeze, Freezes, Freezing)
Special Signssite:
Searches ONLY where you tell it.
EXAMPLES:
volcanoes site:discovery.kids.com
Earth atmosphere images site:nasa.gov
What is your science fair topic?
Search Hint:
YOUR TOPIC site:discovery.com YOUR TOPIC site:nationalgeographic.com
EXAMPLE:water cycle site:discovery.comhoneybees site:nationalgeographic.com
Your Turn!
Citing your research is giving credit to the author for their hard work.
Author’s NameAny DatesArticle TitleTitle of the Website
Giving Credit
<---Article Title
<---Author
<---Website Title
BibliographyImages Sources:
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