1.2. Strategic Searching

Key Vocabulary

• • effective: achieving a desired goal or result

  • efficient: doing something in a way that saves you time and energy

  • strategy: a course of action designed to help you reach a specific goal or result

Note: This lesson emphasizes informal online searching, rather than academic research specifically for school. In their everyday lives, students search or surf for information online. This lesson helps students think critically about their online searches so they are effective and produce relevant results. Much of what students learn can be applied to their schoolwork as well. In this lesson, we encourage you to use search engines that students typically use on their own, such as Google, Yahoo!, and Bing.