Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Stay on the Path Lesson One: Searching for Treasure
This four-lesson unit on search skills and critical thinking teaches students how to target and specify their online searches to avoid unwanted results, how to judge whether a link, search result, or website is legitimate or phony and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How to Get the Most Out of Google Search
Technology based lesson for a High School English class on how to accurately and efficiently research information on the internet using Google Search. Students conduct Web searches on open-ended questions, and draw on their experiences...
Other
Shakespeare.yippy: Shakespeare Searched
This is a Shakespeare search engine which allows students to search characters, themes, quotes, words, plays, sonnets, and more to aid in the study of Shakespeare. It also provides links for teachers and students.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Detectives at Work
Students search for clues of energy around them. They use what they find to create their own definition of energy. They also relate their energy clues to the engineering products they encounter every day.
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 19. Buyer Beware
Buying and selling on the Internet has changed the way we live. We can now perform a web search to locate, compare, and buy goods and services. In this module, you are going to investigate e-commerce as a consumer and learn some tips on...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Medline Search
Search of National Library of Medicine for all current research articles on a specific topic. Students must enter key words in the search box. Results are abstracts of research articles.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Star Search: How Do I Find the Books I Need?
Lesson which outlines the STAR process for finding resources in a library. Students are taught to select appropriate search tools, subject headings, and resources.
Other
Ebsco Post: How to Help Students Select Digital Tools and Resources
This article goes over some key points to help teachers explain to students why they should be cautious about using websites found through search engines to conduct academic research.
Information Fluency
Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
Information Fluency
Imsa 21st Century Information Fluency (21 Cif) Portal
The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet search skills for the advancement of information literacy. The goal of this project is to help...
Other
Don't 'Just Google It': 3 Ways Students Can Get the Most From Searching Online
Searching online has many educational benefits. But spending more time online does not guarantee better online skills. Instead, a student's ability to successfully search online increases with guidance and explicit instruction. The...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: In Search of Globe Data
Students use GLOBE search tools to locate and display data from schools, and then use the data to answer questions regarding weather and climate.
College Grad
College Grad: Entry Level Job Search
If you are looking for an entry level job after graduation, search this database of entry level job opportunities for college students and recent grads.
College Grad
College Grad: Internship Search
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student looking for an internship, co-op or summer employment, search our database of internship opportunities.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hello, Are You Listening?
Students gain a basic understanding of the engineering components behind telecommunications, in particular, the way telephone communication works to link one phone to another for conventional landline and cellular telephones. During this...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Crawling the Web: Grades 6 8
Faced with a large and ever-changing array of options about how to find information they need, middle schoolers learn to make informed choices about which search sites to use for different purposes. They also learn to use multiple search...
Other
Classroom Tech: Web Searching Skills
Presented as a helpful guide for educators wishing to teach their students how to search the web, this site provides several guides and quizzes for use in the classroom.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Web Design: Module 3: Copyright Law
In Module 3 of this course on web design, students learn about copyright law and the Fair Use Act and how these apply to web design. They learn how to find free images online and save them to a computer, how to cite sources, and how to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Search for Secret Agents
Students embark on a scavenger hunt around the school looking for indoor air pollution and mapping source locations.
Other
Internship Programs: The Internship Search Engine
Use this site to search for an internship by occupation, state location, or company, both in the United States or internationally. Most internships listed are for college students.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Get the Word Out at Mc Donalds!
Students take part in a hypothetical scenario that challenges them to inform customers at a local restaurant of how their use and disposal of plastics relates/contributes to the Great Pacific garbage patch (GPGP). What students...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Searching for Bigfoot and Others Like Him
Cryptids, creatures of questionable existence, are used as a source of data to guide students into the creation of their own GIS data layer in Google Earth. The activity serves the purpose of a tutorial to teach students how to make data...
Other
The Association of Boarding Schools
Here you'll find information about boarding schools, learn how to apply and search tools to help you find schools with specific programs or courses.
Other
California Academy of Physician Assistants: Homepage
Home page for California Academy of Physician Assistants, one of the largest statewide organizations of Physician Assistants. This site has a great deal of information regarding the P.A. career. Included in this site are a brief history...