4. A Wise Googler…
makes safe and
smart choices.
Always use
Google with
your teacher or
parents.
5. Who can make a website?
Anyone!
Sreelakshmi Suresh is the world’s youngest web designer.
6. How to Start!
No questions or sentences.
NO: Who is the oldest American still alive?
YES: oldest American person
Ms. Besse Cooper
of Georgia is
115 years old.
7. Your Turn!
Whatis the tallest
mountain in the world?
Search Hint:
tallest mountain world
13. Be Very Clear!
Crane?
Use exact words. Crane?
Crane?
NO: crane Crane?
YES: crane bird
YES: crane machine
NO: Michael Jordan
YES: Michael Jordan basketball
YES: Michael Jordan actor
Michael?
Michael?
14. Instant Conversions
Google calculates measurements for you
in an instant.
EXAMPLES:
Search: 8 cups in ounces
What do you get?
Search: 5 feet in meters
What do you get?
15. Minus Sign
The
Leaves out information in a search.
car
animal
football team
EXAMPLE: jaguar (animal)
jaguar –car –Jacksonville –football
16. Quotations
Use quotes for very specific searches.
EXAMPLES:
OBJECTS & PEOPLE
“Space Shuttle Discovery”
“Space Shuttle Endeavor”
“Alexander Graham Bell”
TITLES
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
17. Wildcard
A * tells Google to fill in the blank.
Examples:
Civil War cloth*
(Civil War cloth, clothing or clothes)
Water Freez*
(Water Freeze, Freezes, Freezing)
18. Special Signs
site:
Searches ONLY where you tell it.
EXAMPLES:
volcanoes site:discovery.kids.com
Earth atmosphere images site:nasa.gov
19. Your Turn!
What is your science fair topic?
Search Hint:
YOUR TOPIC site:discovery.com
YOUR TOPIC site:nationalgeographic.com
EXAMPLE:
water cycle site:discovery.com
honeybees site:nationalgeographic.com
20. Giving Credit
Citing your research is giving credit
to the author for their hard work.
Author’s Name
Any Dates
Article Title
Title of the Website