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Handout
University of California

Uc Berkeley: Recommended Search Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California provides a chart presenting a recommended 5-step search strategy.
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Handout
Other

University of Leeds: Literature Searching Explained: Develop a Search Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to create a search strategy when doing research. This resource explains how to choose search terms and keywords, about using truncated and wildcard searches, how to use Boolean logic, and how to search for citations. Includes...
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Logica Digital 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive unit shows you some elementary fundamental laws of Boolean Algebra. Given a digital circuit you will be able to obtain the corresponding logical expression and vice versa.
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Article
Other

Controlling the Real World With Computers: Boolean Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an indepth discussion of boolean logic and includes bit-wise operations and manipulation.
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Website
Other

Boolean Propositional Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduction to classic, boolean propositional logic. Written in a clear way with little or no technical notation. A great place to start for those beginning to learn about logic.
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Claude Shannon

For Students 9th - 10th
Claude Shannon was a mathematician and electrical engineer whose work underlies modern information theory and helped instigate the digital revolution. He was the first person to recognize how Boolean algebra could be used to great...
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Website
Colorado State University

Boolean Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this site is designed for teaching efficient searching techniques, it provides an engaging tutorial on the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: John Venn

For Students 9th - 10th
Good introduction to Venn's life and work. Explains especially his lifelong relationship to Cambridge. Includes links to further information on Venn's "probability theory."
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Understanding and Using Boolean Operators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After an introduction to the Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT, parenthesis and NEAR, students practice searches using a worksheet.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nested Conditionals

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about when a program selects one of many paths, it can use nested or chained conditionals.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Conditionals With If, Else, and Booleans

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how omcputer programs also make decisions, using Boolean expressions (true/false) inside conditionals (if/else).
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compound Booleans With Logical Operators

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to make shorter and more expressive code by combining simple Boolean expressions using logical operators (and, or, not) to create compound Boolean expressions.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Conditionals With If, Else, and Booleans

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial explainning the use of if, else, and Boolean logic in computer programming.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nested Conditionals

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how nested conditionals work in computer programming.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compound Booleans With Logical Operators

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about computer programming using compound booleans with logical operators.
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Handout
Other

Morningside College: Keyword Searching: Advanced Search Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about how to use advanced techniques when searching for information online. Covers the use of wildcard symbols, truncation, proximity searching, and how to combine tools.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compound Booleans With Logical Operators

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using compound boolean expressions with AND/OR/NOT for programs in the AP CSP pseudocode, in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Computer Science Principles students.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Conditionals With If, Else, and Booleans

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using conditional statements (if/else) and boolean expressions in programs in the AP CSP pseudocode, in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Computer Science Principles students.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Logic Gates

For Students 9th - 10th
The Not Gate or the inverter is explained as is Boolean Logic.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Boolean Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia description of boolean logic.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: George Boole

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides an in-depth look at the life, accomplishments, and ideas of mathematician George Boole. It discusses his publications on mathematics and logics, has information on his analogy between the symbols of...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Refining Internet and Database Searches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses how to refine a search to produces better results. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.