Searching Search Engines Trail

Be sure to check out the options for Video and Pictures searches!

What's your opinion of this tool?  Would you show it to students?  At what grade level?

Be sure to click in front of the words "world wide web" before beginning your search, unless you want to search just pages from the U.K.

What do you think of the visual display of "hits"?  Are the folders helpful in narrowing your search?

Ask.com says it's a "Better Web Search".  Do you agree?

Be sure to check out all of the buttons: Web, Images. City, etc.  How do these options help narrow your search?

Would you have students search "Blogs"?  If so, for what topics might this be an appropriate search tool?

For fun, look at the options accessed by the little triangle next to the word "Skin".

Click on the cluster, sources and site tabs on the left hand side of the "hits" page to view different systems for organizing results.

Which of these views do you find most helpful?

After you have entered a search term and clicked the Search button, check out the "clustered results" on the left side of the page.

Also, take the time to look at the options available when you click "Advanced Search".

What can you learn by clicking on "Help" and reading the info there?  Did any of those tips prove to be useful?

Take a look at a search engine designed for kids!

Type in a search term and experiment with both Web and Book searches.

What do you notice when you use the slider bar to request easier or harder results? Is this tool effective?  How would you present this search tool to students?

Here are links to other search engines that were designed especially for kids.  Try out several.  What features do you like?

Would you show any of these to students?  At what grade level?

Check out "Google's latest ideas"!  You may select one of these trial features by clicking on its "Join this experiment" button.

Under Alternate views for search results, look at the  linked query results.

How might these features be helpful in a classroom?

Try a variety of these tools.  Which ones would you use with students?  Would you recommend this site to your students?  Why or why not?

How is this search tool different than most?  Would you introduce it to your students?  At what grade level might it be appropriate?

Try this search tool?  How is it different from other search tools?