B5 Computing · Term 3, Week 4

Customizing Your Browser

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.6.6.1.1 - Demonstrate how to set default search engines.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

  1. Explain what a default search engine is and why it matters when using the internet.
  2. Identify the search engines commonly available in Ghana (such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo).
  3. Demonstrate the steps to set Google as the default search engine in a web browser.
  4. Change the default search engine back to another option (such as Bing) using browser settings.
  5. Discuss how the default search engine affects their daily internet searches at school and at home.

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Curriculum details

Strand
Internet and Social Media (Strand 6)
Sub-strand
Customizing Your Browser (6.6)
Content standard
B5.6.6.1 - Show how to Customize a Browser
Indicator
B5.6.6.1.1 - Demonstrate how to set default search engines.
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Computing Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 25

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Guide learners to set default search engines.