Test your search skills! Good Results vs. Bad Results
Can you find out this information by searching online? It can be tricky learning how to efficiently filter out the BS when evaluating search results.

Here is the scenario: Imagine that you have a new baby. Your mother's friend just warned you that you shouldn't allow your baby to get vaccinated. How do you find out if vaccines are safe for babies? Try searching online with Google (or any other free search engine) now. We will go through the search results and answer the questions below together. Fill in the answers as we work through it.
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What is your name? *
Enter Email Address *
What search terms did you put into the Google search box? *
What words did you type in?
How many search results did you retrieve?   *
There is a number at the top of the search results window.
From the first page of results, provide the name of one organization to appear in the results. *
Of the websites listed that did NOT pay to appear in the results, provide the name of one organization that believes that all children should be vaccinated. *
Of the websites listed that did NOT pay to appear in the results, provide the name of one organization that believes that children should NOT be vaccinated. *
Which of the following websites cites scholarly sources for its arguments about vaccination? (check all that apply): *
If these sites aren't in your search results, just Google the site and make a decision based on the kind of site it is. Does it look like the kind of website that responsibly uses scholarly sources?
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