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4th grade - Locate resources using search techniques

4th grade - Locate resources using search techniques

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English

4th Grade

Hard

Created by

Trina Wilson

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8 Slides • 14 Questions

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Search Detective Challenge

Today, we are going to be search detectives! Detectives need special tools to find exactly what they're looking for, and we're going to learn some detective search tools.

By Trina Wilson

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Keywords

Important words that tell what you're looking for

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Keywords

Quest round 1

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Multiple Select

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What keywords might you use to look for this book? (You may choose more than one answer if it fits.)

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dinosaurs

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space

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cooking

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Jurassic

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Multiple Select

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What keywords might you use to search for this book? (You may choose more than one option if you feel it fits.)

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airplanes

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cats

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dinosaurs

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amazing

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Phrase

Words that go together, like "chocolate chip cookies"

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Phrase Power

Quest Round 2

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Multiple Choice

If you want to find books about "wild horses" running free, which search is best?

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wild AND horses

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wild OR horses

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"wild horses"

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horses NOT wild

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Multiple Choice

You need information about "solar system" for your science project. Which search will find the MOST SPECIFIC results?

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sun planets

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solar AND system

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"solar system"

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solar OR system

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Multiple Choice

What's the difference between searching for "chocolate chip cookies" (in quotation marks) and searching for chocolate AND chip AND cookies?

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They give exactly the same results

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"Chocolate chip cookies" finds pages with those exact words together in that order

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Using AND will find more results

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Searching with quotation marks will find any page with chocolate, chip, or cookies

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BOOLEAN OPERATOR (AND/OR):

Special detective words that help us narrow down or expand our search

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Boolean logic:

And/Or

Quest Round 3

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Multiple Choice

If you search for cats AND dogs, you will find:

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Only information about cats

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Only information about dogs

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Information about cats OR dogs

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Information about BOTH cats AND dogs

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Multiple Choice

If you search for beaches OR mountains, you will find:

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Only information about beaches

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Only information about mountains

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Information about EITHER beaches OR mountains (or both)

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Information about BOTH beaches AND mountains

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Multiple Choice

Which search would help you find the MOST books?

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dinosaurs AND fossils

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dinosaurs OR fossils

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"dinosaur fossils"

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dinosaurs NOT fossils

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Decide which of the research options would be most helpful in each question.

Quest Round 4 - Mixed Bag

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Multiple Choice

What type of search is "Harry Potter"?

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Keyword search

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Phrase search

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Boolean AND search

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Boolean OR search

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Multiple Choice

Which search would find books about space rockets, but NOT toy rockets?

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space AND rockets AND NOT toys

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space OR rockets

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"space rockets"

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rockets

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Multiple Choice

If you want information about either tigers or lions, which search is best?

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tigers AND lions

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tigers OR lions

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"tigers lions"

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tigers NOT lions

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Multiple Choice

Which is a keyword search?

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"dogs cats"

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dogs AND cats

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dogs

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dogs OR cats

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Multiple Choice

What's the difference between searching for rainforest AND animals versus "rainforest animals"?

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They're exactly the same

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AND search finds any page with both words, even if they're far apart

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Phrase search finds more results

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AND search only finds books

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Multiple Choice

You need to find books about pandas eating bamboo. Which search is MOST specific?

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pandas OR bamboo

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pandas AND bamboo

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"pandas eating bamboo"

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pandas NOT bamboo

Search Detective Challenge

Today, we are going to be search detectives! Detectives need special tools to find exactly what they're looking for, and we're going to learn some detective search tools.

By Trina Wilson

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