the lotus diagram that everyone was raving about - can't remember who recommended it but thanks! It's wonderful. Make sure you look as the example along with the template.
Please note that search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations.
With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.
"Developed by Education Services Australia through The Le@rning Federation, the education collection is designed to help teachers and students make the most of the wide range of moving image resources on the site. The clips in this collection are accompanied by teachers' notes created by specialist curriculum writers. Expert curators' notes also provide useful background material.
Clips in this collection have been selected for their educational value and any clips that are considered potentially disturbing carry clear classification warnings."
Jeff Utecht's blog entry about a novel way to teach students search skills.
Give students and start and end point. Eg. 3rd Grade - give students: Rocks and Volcanoes. Start with Rocks and create a search story that gets them to end the search story with how Rocks and Volcanoes are related.
Google's created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond. Search Literacy lessons are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.