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Ready,set,search!
1. READY,SET,SEARCH!
RACE TO THE RIGHT
ANSWER.
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2. ABSTRACT 1
• Do you ever use the Internet to get fast answers to all types of
questions?
3. ABSTRACT 2
• Like what time does the amusement park open? How do you
open a lemonade stand? When is the next Pixar movie coming
out? Chances are, any question you can think to ask is
answered somewhere on the Internet.
4. ABSTRACT 3
• you're just one science fair project away from discovering how
to use search terms (words) to find the right answers!
5. INTRODUCTION 1
• All you have to do is type the search terms (or words) into
Google (or any other search engine, but for this science fair
project, we'll stick to Google) and presto! Up pop hundreds of
web pages with information about your topic
6. INTRODUCTION 2
• But have you sometimes gotten way too many results that don't
have the kind of information for which you are looking? Why is
that? Doesn't Google know any better? Unfortunately, the
answer is no.
7. INTRODUCTION 3
• 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. Here are some of the strategies that you will test.
8. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
• •Computer with Internet connection
• •Lab notebook
• •Graph paper or printer
9. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 1
• 1.First, familiarize yourself with Google and read the Google search basics:
Basic search help page.
• 2. Think of a topic to search for, and make a list of possible terms that
describe it. For example, if I want to research different kinds of fruit, my list
would be:
• Fruit,
• Apple,
• Banana,
• Orange,
• Etc.
10. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 2
• 3. Make a data table in your lab notebook in which to write
down your results.
• 4. Go to the Google Home Page.
11. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 3
• 5.Choose search terms for your topic and type each one into
the search box. You should try combinations of different terms
and strategies. Here are some examples of search terms using
the "fruit" topic (the text that you would type in to the search
engine is shown in parentheses—do not include the
parentheses in your search):
12. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 4
• 6.Click the "Google Search" button. On the results page, look
near the top of the page for number of hits and write the
numbers in your data table. For example, there could be text
that says something like "About 1,020,000,000 results (0.53
seconds)."
13. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 5
• 7.Repeat for the other search terms you want to test, writing down
the number of hits each time in your data table.
• 8. Make a bar graph of your data, either on graph paper, or using a
website like Create a Graph. Make a scale of the number of hits on
the left side of the graph (y-axis). Draw a bar for each set of search
terms up to the matching number of Google hits on your scale. Make
sure that your scale is big enough to include all of your data by
setting the biggest number (the maximum) above your largest piece
of data.
14. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 6
• 9. Which searches retrieved the largest amount of data? Which
searches retrieved the smallest amount of data? How did that
relate to the quality of the search? How do search terms
without quotes ( A and B ) compare to search terms that are in
quotes ( "A and B" )?
15. VARIATIONS
• Libraries use similar algorithms to help you search for books
about certain topics. Go to your local library to use the
computer catalog and search for a book on a specific topic.
