DLCS18.2.12

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 2

DLCS18.2.12
Conduct basic keyword searches to gather information.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

a search engine searches exactly what you type.
a search engine may only produce search results for one or some of your keywords.
using a plus (+) sign between words tells the search engine to search for all of the words and using a minus (-) sign before a word will exclude that word from your search.
putting quotation marks around a set of words or a phrase tells the search engine to keep those words together in a search.

Skills

Students are able to:

state important key words that pertain to a topic
use the plus (+) sign to tell the search engine to search for both words in a resource and use a minus (-) sign before a word to remove it from your search.
use quotation marks around a phrase to communicate to the search engine that they want that phrase to be found with the words in that order.

Understanding

Students understand that:

search engines have to be told exactly what to search.
a search engine will search each word separately unless it is told it to search for a phrase or multiple words or to exclude words.

Vocabulary

search engine
quotation marks

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