Assignment C: Technical Presentation

1. CAN YOU QUICKLY FIND
THE ANSWER
ON THE INTERNET ?
S1240044 SAYA IWAMOTO

2. SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT
I WILL INTRODUCE
You will use
different search
terms for a similar subject
in the Google search engine,
and evaluate the results.

3. MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT
○ Computer with Internet
connection
○ Lab notebook
○ Graph paper or printer

4. WHEN WILL YOU SEARCH ?
○ When you find a word
that you don’t know
○ When you looking for
a delicious restaurant
○ When see the recipe

5. SEARCH ENGINE
If you use a search engine
such as google,
you get back
page of results.

6. INTRODUCTION - 1
is simply a computer
program that searches
for information,
using an algorithm.

7. INTRODUCTION - 2
You hit "Enter" and instantly,
the Google algorithm is
programmed to scan through
digital information all over the
Internet, looking for web pages
that best match the search terms
you typed in.

8. HOW CAN YOU GET BETTER
SEARCH RESULTS?
The answer is by typing in the
right search terms. Because of
the way the Google algorithm
works, the only way that you
can get better hits is to give the
computer better, more-specific
terms for which to search.

9. THE STRATEGIES
THAT YOU WILL TEST
○ Use a specific term.
○ Use more than one term.
○ Change the order of the terms.
○ Use quotes to search for
a complete phrase.
○ Use a negative term.

10. WHAT'S A NEGATIVE TERM?
A negative term is
a word with
a minus sign
typed in front of it ( -term ).

11. FOR EXAMPLE
If I search for “apple“,
I keep getting information
about Apple Computers,
but I really want information
about the fruit.

12. WE CAN USE “ ー ”
As in the previous slide example,
I can try to use a negative term
to help narrow my search
( apple -computer )
ー ＝

13. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE – 1
First, familiarize yourself with
Google and read the Google
search basics: Basic search help
page.
Think of a topic to search for,
and make a list of possible terms
that describe it.

14. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE - 2
1, Combine the words
you want to search
2, Make a note of the number of hits
3, Search with other combinations
4, Make a graph of the number of hits

15. THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING
When you search
for something,
try using various
search methods!