Using Google and SMART resources to teach young students how to appropriately find information online.

1. SEARCHIING FOR YOUR
BEST INFO
USING GOOGLE AND YOUR
BRAIN!

2. GOOGLE SEARCH: HOW DO I
SEARCH THE RIGHT WAY?
o IN ORDER TO FIND THE BEST INFORMATION, WE MUST TEACH OUR
RESEARCHERS HOW TO NARROW DOWN ALL OF THE MATERIAL
AVAILABLE TO THEM
o BEGIN BY ASKING STUDENTS TO GOOGLE SOMETHING OF THEIR
INTEREST
o MONKEYS
o FACTS ABOUT THEIR STATE
o RULES OF FOUR-SQUARE
o ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR SITE LINKS ON A SHARED
GOOGLE DOCUMENT WITH THE CLASS
o ALLOW TIME FOR THEM TO EXPLORE THE SITES THEIR CLASSMATES
HAVE FOUND

3. GOOGLE SEARCH: THIS MATERIAL
DOESN’T SEEM CREDIBLE. HOW DO I
FIND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR?
o GUIDE THE STUDENTS TO THE ADVANCED SEARCH ON GOOGLE’S
HOMEPAGE
o INCORPORATE THE “HELLO OPERATORS” LESSON PLAN FROM
GOOGLE
o ALLOW THE STUDENTS TIME TO PRACTICE RESEARCHING THE SAME
TOPIC AS BEFORE
o ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY TO FIND THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCES
THEY CAN, WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL
PRESENTED
o AGAIN, HAVE THE STUDENTS SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND
TOGETHER

4. FUTURE RESEARCHERS: MY 4TH-6TH
GRADERS (SCIENCE & HISTORY)
HTTP://EXCHANGE.SMARTTECH.COM/DETAILS.HTML?ID=0C81EE0A-FE13-4788-9EEB-
D07178EDAA2C
USING THIS LESSON PLAN
PROVIDED BY SMART
EXCHANGE I WOULD:
o DIVIDE THE TWO CATEGORIES
INTO RELIABLE SITE AND
UNRELIABLE SITE
o INCLUDE PICTURES OF VARIOUS
WEBPAGES LIKE WIKIPEDIA AND
KIDSHEALTH.ORG
o INCLUDE PUBLICATION DATES
OF WEBPAGES
o INCLUDE OPINION PAGES AND
RESEARCH PAGES

5. UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED
o STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO USE VISUAL CUES TO DETERMINE A
CREDIBLE SITE
oHELPFUL FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
o VISUAL LEARNERS CAN LEARN BY THE VISUAL CUES
o KINESTHETIC LEARNERS CAN LEARN BY PHYSICALLY GROUPING THE
IMAGES
o AUDITORY LEARNERS CAN LEARN BY LISTENING TO THE
JUSTIFICATION OF THE GROUPING
o STUDENTS WILL DETERMINE THE MATERIAL THEY WORK WITH BY
SELECTING THE TOPIC OF RESEARCH
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