| Name _____________________ |
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Internet Search Activity |
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| What to Type | Number of Hits http://www.yahoo.com/ |
Number of Hits http://www.google.com/ |
| George Washington |
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| "George Washington" |
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| "George Washington" AND "Revolutionary War" | ||
| "George Washington" AND "Revolutionary War" AND "Valley Forge" |
| What to Type | Number of Hits http://www.yahoo.com/ |
Number of Hits http://www.google.com/ |
| frogs |
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| "deformed frogs" |
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| "deformed frogs" AND Minnesota | ||
| "deformed frogs" AND Minnesota AND research | ||
| "deformed frogs" AND Minnesota AND research AND 2003 |
Evaluating Websites
1. Click on the following Website.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22deformed+frogs%22+AND+Minnesota+AND+2003&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-top&vm=i&n=20&fl=0&x=wrt
3. Select one of the sites that has .edu, .k12, .org or .gov in the address and write a short description of what the site contains.
4. Click on one of the sites that does NOT have .edu, .k12, .org, or .gov and write a short description of what the site contains. Then, explain which kind of site you found had better information (.org, .edu, .k12, OR .com, .net).
5. Write in the table below what you would type into the search engine to narrow an Internet search for the following topics:
| Topic | Internet Search Strategy |
| West Nile Virus | |
| The population of Lincoln, NE | |
| The Native American tribes of Nebraska | |
| Information on the latest Harry Potter book | |
| Latest volcano eruption |
Compiled by Barbara Jones
(August 13, 2003) Revised August
24, 2005-Bellevue
Public Schools Technology
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