Lesson 1: Searching Basics

Children recap search engines and are challenged to find specific websites or information as fast as they can to test their searching skills!

Learning Objectives

  • Understanding what a search engine is and how to use it

  • Explaining what a search engine is

  • Using a search engine to navigate the web

  • Suggesting keywords for searching

Lesson Plan

Searching basics
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Presentation: Searching basics

Resources

Website finding race
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Sway Grantham,  
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Sway Grantham (@SwayGrantham) is a Primary School Teacher, a CAS Master Teacher and Specialist Leader in Education for Primary ICT. She also has a BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching (Primary). She has written several curricula and conducted research into the…
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