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Pre-Search Activities

Pre-Research Activity 1: Using Key Words to Research

  • Review Google Tips and Tricks
  • Students practice using keywords to perform searches using Fetch Handout

Kidblog: Create a new post: What's one new thing you learned today about using keywords when searching?




Pre-Research Activity 2: Evaluating Websites

Activity #1

In partner groups, visit each of the websites below and using the CRAP test sheet on each site to determine their trustworthiness.
  1. Tax Tips
  2. Mankato
  3. WWF Wildlife
  4. Tree Octopus
  5. Toyota
  6. The White House

Kidblog: Create a new post: Why is it important to evaluate websites?

Activity #2
Bogus Website Evaluation - handout
Visit each site below. Choose 2 of the sites and answer the following questions
  1. Google Technology
  2. Google Job Opportunities
  3. History of the Fisher Price Airplane
  4. Burmese Mountain Dog Club

1. What makes this website believable? List 5 characteristics. (Do not list facts; think about the website and its appearance.)
2. What information on the web site or characteristics of the web site make it untrustworthy? List 5 characteristics.

Step 1


Step 2




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      • Brookline Summer Reading
      • Noodletools Summer Reading
      • Noodletools Revalidate How-To
    • Student Search >
      • Images & Sounds for Projects
      • Drawing & Comics
  • Technology Literacy
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    • Guidelines
    • Grade 6 Technology >
      • Digital Citizenship
      • Research
      • Digital Storytelling
      • Animation Using Scratch
      • Extension Activities
  • Tech Help