| Name _____________________ |
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Internet Search Activity |
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| What to Type | Number of Hits www.yahoo.com |
Number of Hits www.google.com |
| honey bees |
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| "honey bees" |
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| "honey bees"-Africanized | ||
| "honey bees"-Africanized AND information | ||
| "honey bees"-Africanized AND information AND Nebraska |
| What to Type | Number of Hits www.yahoo.com |
Number of Hits www.google.com |
| Revolutionary War |
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| "Revolutionary War" |
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| "Revolutionary War" AND "Benjamin Franklin" | ||
| "Revolutionary War" AND "Benjamin Franklin" AND France |
Evaluating Websites
1. Click on the following Website.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22honey+bees%22+AND+information
2. Notice the web addresses of the sites that Yahoo selected.
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 |
| George Norris |
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| Information on Mount Rushmore |
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| Information on Yorkshire Pigs |
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| Information on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska | |
| Information on the history of Valentine's Day | |
| Information on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii |
Compiled by Barbara Jones
(January 7, 2003) Revised
August 24, 2005
Bellevue Public Schools Technology Trainer