Internet Researching

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Internet Researching

• Searching for Healthy Recipes
• Based on the Food Guide Pyramid

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Before we get started . . .

• we will review some of the basic concepts of
  internet searching.
• You are to research only the topic given in this
  tutorial healthy foods and recipes.
• If you find a website that is not appropriate,
  tell the teacher immediately!
• Have fun, and learn as much as you can!

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Getting to the Internet

• Step 1 Click on the Start button on the bottom,
  left-hand corner of the computer screen.
• Step 2 Use your mouse to highlight the Internet
  Explorer Icon. Click on this icon to go to the
  internet.

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Finding a Search Engine

• Step 1 Once you are on the internet, highlight
  the URL information.
  (This is where the website address is
  located.)

Step 2 Now type the URL address of the
Yahooligans! search engine. Type
in http//www.yahooligans.com
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Yahooligans!

• The page you are on now should look very similar
  to the picture below.

Yahooligans! is a search engine that will help
you find information on the internet.
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Researching Healthy Food

• Now that you are on Yahooligans! search engine,
  it is time to find some information about healthy
  foods.

Step 1 In the blank box next to the Search
button, type in the words Food Guide
Pyramid. Step 2 Once you have typed in this
information, click on the Search button.
Yahooligans! will now locate websites about the
Food Guide Pyramid!
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The Food Guide Pyramid

• When you search for websites about the Food Guide
  Pyramid, you will see that Yahooligans! gives you
  two websites. Please click on site 2.
• This will take you to the United States
  Department of Agricultures website about the new
  Food Guide Pyramid. It is called My Pyramid.

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Personal Information

• On the right-hand side of your computer screen,
  you will see a box called My Pyramid Plan.
• Type in your personal information here.
• Age
• Sex (Male or Female)
• Physical Activity (The number of minutes you are
  very active each day)

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Fantastic Fruits!
Today we will focus on fruits as we learn more
about healthy foods. Look at the number of CUPS
of fruit you should eat each day, and write this
number down. For example, on the picture above
the pyramid says to eat 1.5, or one and a half,
cups of fruit each day. Now it is time to find a
recipe that will help you eat more fruit!
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Retrieve a Recipe

• Step 1 Click on the Back Arrow until you are on
  the Yahooligans! homepage again.
• Step 2 In the box next to the Search button,
  type in Fruit Recipes, and then click on the
  Search button.
• Step 3 Under the section labeled Category
  Matches, click on Recipes and Cooking Fruit

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Time to Explore!

• You should see a page similar to the one below.
  You may use any of these 12 websites to find a
  recipe that uses fruit.

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Lets be more Specific!

• Do you want to find a recipe that uses
• your favorite fruit? No problem!
• Step 1 Return to the Yahooligans! Homepage. You
  might have to use to the back arrow button to
  get here.
• Step 2 In the box next to the Search button,
  type in
• Fruit Recipes AND ________
• (in this blank, type in your favorite fruit)
• For example Fruit Recipes AND Oranges
• By using the word AND, the internet will search
  for specific websites that only include recipes
  for that certain fruit.

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Recipe Requirements

• The recipe you find must have a type of fruit as
  the main ingredient.
• The recipe cannot contain more sugar than fruit.
  For example, a fruit pie probably would not be
  acceptable, because pie is loaded with sugar.
  The goal is to find a HEALTHY recipe!
• Once you find a good recipe, write it down on an
  index card. You can use two index cards if you
  need more space.
• You must include
• The name of the dish created in this recipe
• The ingredients
• The steps to creating the dish
• A short explanation of why you chose this recipe
• A sample index card is on the next page to
  help you!

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• Name of Food Dish
• Your Name
• Amounts of ingredients
• Amounts of ingredients
• Amounts of ingredients
• Step 1 of creating the dish
• Step 2 of creating the dish
• Step 3 of creating the dish
• A short explanation of why you chose this
  recipe.

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Tips for Searching

• Keywords are like the main idea we are searching
  for. Today, our keywords are fruit and
  recipe.
• Look for the keywords fruit and recipes when
  you are searching different websites. This will
  help you eliminate the information that is
  unnecessary for this project.
• Try to find a recipe that you could easily make
  by yourself or with little help from an adult.
  You will always need permission from an adult to
  make a recipe, but try to find one that can be
  made without using knives, a stove, or an oven.

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I have my recipe. Now what?

• It is very important to give credit to the
  website where you found your recipe. After all,
  you did not create this recipe yourself! You are
  simply borrowing the recipe. When you borrow
  information like this, it is essential to tell
  where you found it. This will also help others
  quickly find the same information.
• Once you have your recipe, read on to see how to
  give credit, or CITE, this website.

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Bibliography

• Here is a general format for citing websites
• Authors Last Name, Authors First Name. Title
  of the Article. Title of the Website. Title of
  the organization running the website. The date
  you found information from the website. Address of the website.
• As an example, this is the correct citation for
  the Food Pyramid website we used today
• MyPyramid.gov. United States Department of
  Agriculture. November 15, 2005.
  .
• This example does not have an authors name or an
  article title, because the website did not have
  an author, and we used the entire site, not just
  one article.

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It is your turn!

• Your first citation had been done for you!
• Now it is your turn to cite the website you used
  to find your fruit recipe.
• Follow the format given to do this,
• and write all of your citations on the back of
  your recipe index card.
• You used at least two websites today, so you need
  at least two citations!

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Hooray for Fruit!

• Congratulations!
• You just searched the internet all by yourself!
  Now that you know how to safely use the
  Yahooligans! search engine, you can find out more
  information about almost anything! You should be
  proud!

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Teacher Citations

• MyPyramid.gov. United States Department of
  Agriculture. November 15, 2005.
  http//www.mypyramid.gov
• Yahooligans!. Yahooligans! The Web Guide for
  Kids. November 15, 2005. http//www.yahooligans.
  com