Search Engines
To learn independently, children need to be able to find relevant and accurate information quickly. This topic teaches pupils how to use key words and phrases, to identify inaccurate information, how pagerank works as well as how to credit their sources appropriately
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Lesson 1: Searching Basics
Children recap search engines and are challenged to find specific websites or information as fast as they can to test their searching skills!
View LessonLesson 2: Inaccurate Information
Learning that not everything they read online is necessarily true, children learn how to check that information that they find is accurate
View LessonLesson 3: Web Quest
By focusing on key words, children develop their research skills, learning how to quickly find relevant information on a specific topic
View LessonLesson 4: Information Poster
Using the information they found in the previous lesson, pupils create an informative poster using the software Canva, ensuring that they appropriately credit the images and videos that they use
View LessonLesson 5: Web Crawlers
Pupils learn how search engines work, specifically; the role of a web index, what can affect pagerank and the role of web crawlers
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