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  1. Enter a term or terms in the search box:

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  2. Select whether the search should be for any words, all words, or the exact phrase.

  3. Click on the Search button or continue to limit your search by selecting from the options below.

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  7. Limit the search by selecting lesson plans.  The default is to search by instructional strategies.

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  10. Select whether the results should be displayed with brief description or just URLs.

  11. Click on the Search button.

  12. The search results will either show the title of the resource, a brief description, and the grade level of the resource or a list of titles with the URLs for the resources listed just below the titles. In the brief description display, clicking on the Title link will take you directly to the resource or you may click on the link to Display Full Record for more information about the resource.

Term Help

The following table provides some tips for entering search terms.

To search for

Enter

Results

both terms in
the same page

space and station
-or- space & station

pages with both the words "space" and "station"

either term in a page

solar or system
-or- solar|system

pages with the words "solar" or "system"

the first term without the second term

Washington not George

pages with the word "Washington" but not "George"

words with the same prefix

uni*

pages that have the prefix "uni", such as "universe," "university," and "united."

 
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