Favourite Places and Search Engine · B5 Computing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.6.4.1.2 - Explore how smart search engines work.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain in their own words how a smart search engine finds and ranks information on the internet.
Describe at least three sources of information that search engines draw from when returning results.
Identify how search engines use keywords, links, and popularity to decide which results appear first.
Give an example of how a professional or worker in Ghana uses a search engine to find information for their job.
Predict what kind of results a search engine would return for a given keyword, and justify their prediction.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Internet and Social Media (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Favourite Places and Search Engine (6.4)
Content standard: B5.6.4.1 - Demonstrate how to use Search Engines.
Indicator: B5.6.4.1.2 - Explore how smart search engines work.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 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. 24
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Guide learners to how smart search engines work (i.e. how professionals or people seek information for their work or interests and what information they draw from it).