Small Group: Week 12 Small Group 1: March 30-31, 2023

Learning Target: I understand what research is and how to do more detailed research using search engines.

Time Activities

2min Ask students to bring their laptops, pencils, Creating Creative Inquiry Questions bell-ringer, and Search Engine to Find
Connections bell-ringer

3min Discuss some specific questions with students about their topics

5min Discuss the importance of finding accurate information with students and go over tips from the lesson to help students
narrow down their searches and also help them apply these tips to their own research:
● Enter key words only
● Enter exact phrases in quotation marks
● Place “..” between two numbers to get a range of numbers
● Place “site:” in a search if you want to look at specific websites, including certain news sites
● Look at the extension of the URL to see how well you can trust it (“.com” “.org” “.net” “.gov”)
● See what is paid for and is an ad
● Discuss news tab as well as “tools” and “time” buttons
● Discuss why articles show up in the order they do when people are searching on Google (website cookies and
targeted ads?)
● Google Scholar

2min Have students go back to table groups and use inquiry questions and search on Google using the search engine tips

Differentiation: Working as a group, asking students scaffolding questions, using peer supports, asking challenging questions,
Creating Creative Inquiry Questions bell-ringer, Search Engine to Find Connections bell-ringer (scaffolding)

Materials: Small group plan, pencils, lesson plan, Creating Creative Inquiry Questions bell-ringer, and Search Engine to Find
Connections bell-ringer, laptops

Prep: Go over students’ topics again

Next Class: Write next small group plans, look over students’ chosen topics again
 Reflection:

Due to scheduling and how the lesson went, doing small groups was difficult and much of them were at individual tables.