Module 5- Search Tools Comparison

1. What were your Search term(s)? What Search Tools did you use?
Search Tools: Directories- Best of the Web
Search Terms: Measurement activities for Preschoolers

Search Tools: Search Engine- DuckDuckGo
Search Terms: Measurement activities for Preschoolers

Search Tools: MetaSearch Engine- DogPile
Search Terms: Measurement activities for Preschoolers

Search Tools: Kids Search Tools- Ask for Kids
Search Terms: Measurement activities for Preschoolers

Search Tools: Pathfinders/Gateways- Information you can Trust
Search Terms: Measurement activities for Preschoolers

2. How many hits did you get from each search tool?
Best of the Web- 20 hits
DuckDuckGo- 100+ hits
DogPile- 100+ hits
Ask for Kids- 100+ hits
Information you can Trust- 500 hits

3. List the top five sites from each search tool.
Best of the Web
Preschool Activities
Measurement Worksheets
Papa Jan
Measure for measure the play by William Shakespeare
Raytech Measuring Systems, Inc.

DuckDuckGo
Preschool Measurement Activities
Preschool Math Activities
Pre-K Math: Sizes and Measurement
Preschool Measurement Activities on Pinterest
Teaching Measurement to Kindergarten and Pre-K children

DogPile
Preschool Measurement Activities
Preschool Math Activities
Pre-K Math: Sizes and Measurement
Measurement Activities by Jean Warren
Preschool Measurement Activities on Pinterest

Ask for Kids
Preschool Math/Measurement on Pinterest
Preschool Measurement Activities
Fun Activities for Preschoolers
Preschool Measurement Worksheets
Pre-K Math: Sizes and Measurement

Information you can Trust
Preschool and Kindergarten Activities
Test and Measurement World
Clever Toddler Activities
Instrument Society of America
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

4. Are they the same sites?
Some of the search tools have the same first site. If I was comparing
DuckDuckGo and DogPile the first three sites are the same and they both game
me the same four out of five sites.

5. Are they in the same order?
Yes, the Preschool Measurement Activities was the first site using the three
different search tools. DuckDuckGo and DogPile gave me the first three sites in
the same order. Ask for Kids and Information you can Trust have some of the
same sites, but in a different order.

6. What do you attribute these finding to?
I feel that each of the search tools use the key words that I put in the search bar.
Majority of the sites given have one of the words in the websites name, so that is
why it was pulled up more frequently.