1. How would you start an internet search?
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How would you start an internet search?

2. What are the pros and cons to using the internet for research? Google?

3. How to do a Google Search?
Topic
Key words
Brainstorm your topic
What are some key words?
Use brain map
Type in what you’re looking for
Be concise and specific
Every word used and their order matter
Spelling and capitalization do not
Refine your search
5 Questions to Narrow Topics:
1. What am I looking for? What do I want to find?
2. What key words could I use?
3. How would someone else talk about this topic?
4. How could my key words be more specific?
5. What kind of results am I looking for?

4. Tips and Tricks to doing a Google Search effectively
Symbols and search functions
Minus sign (-): excludes the word following it from search results
Ex. Michael Jordan -shoes
Plus sign (+): makes sure the word in front of it is used exactly as you entered it
Ex. +ball
Tilde sign (~): includes similar words in your search results
Ex. ~car
“Or”: includes either of the two words or both in your search results
Ex. Apartment or Condo for rent

5. More Tips and Tricks
“..”: includes a range of numbers in your search results
Ex. Civil Rights
Asterisks (*): leaves space for a missing word in your search results
Ex. Music and *movies
Quotations (“”): includes only your exact phrase in your search results
Ex. “The meaning of life”
Search results Tools --> Verbatim: sometimes Google looks up a search very similar to yours with to best help you answer your search. Can be turned off to help accuracy of results

6. Whole Class Search Problem: Search questions for finding a solution:
Carbon Dioxide levels highest in last 800,000 years
What are some key terms that relate to this topic, that could help us narrow down our search?
Search questions for finding a solution:
How do we fix carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
How can we fix carbon dioxide levels
How do we stop global warming
Plans to end global warming

7. Group Search – Exit Ticket
Using your phones find at least 1 source that your group could use to finish your research
Step by step explanation of how you found this source
Explain why you think this source is useful for your topic