Internet Research:
How to find what you looking for online and use it in your paper
By Ms. Cheby

In this lesson we will learn how to use both the internet and the library to do research. The skills you learn in this lesson are skills you will be able to use in all your classes or anytime you need to research information for yourself (i.e. finding colleges, scholarships, jobs, buying cars or other products, etc.).

Grade Level: 10th, 11th

Objectives:

• Students will be able to recognize various parts of a url and analyze the parts to determine information about a website.
• Students will be able to formulate a plan for researching a topic and use internet search engines.
• Students will be able to evaluate whether or not a website is valid and useful for including in their research.
• Students will be able to collect data for citing online sources and for creating bibliographies for online sources.

CA Standards:

9th/10th Grade:

• 2.0 Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)
  Structural Features of Informational Materials
  2.2 Prepare a bibliography of reference materials for a report using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
  2.3 Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched
• 1.0 Writing Strategies: Research and Technology
  1.3 Use clear research questions and suitable research methods (e.g., library, electronic media, personal interview) to elicit and present evidence from primary and secondary sources.
  1.5 Synthesize information from multiple sources and identify complexities and discrepancies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium (e.g., almanacs, microfiche, news sources, in-depth field studies, speeches, journals, technical documents).
  1.7 Use appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes, and bibliographies by adhering to those in style manuals (e.g., Modern Language Association Handbook, The Chicago Manual of Style).
  

11th/12th Grade:

• 1.0 Writing Strategies
  Research and Technology
  1.6 Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic sources).
  1.7 Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies).
  1.8 Integrate databases, graphics, and spreadsheets into word-processed documents.

Resources

• Access to the Internet
• Internet Quiz
• Worksheets
• Paper and Pen
• Notecards (optional)
• Internet Evaluation Sheet

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Preparation for Part1:

Give students the internet quiz and have students/class create a list of pros and cons for using the internet for research and for traditional library research. (see lesson and link to list for examples)

Prepartion for Part 2:

If time in the lab is limited, then students may do the first part in class as a traditional lesson.

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