Today I’m going to share some educational Google search tricks with you.
You may not have known this, but the Google search box is a handy tool for teaching concepts such as graphing, weather, word origins, geography and more. You can show children and teens everything from temperature conversions to the locations of recent earthquakes. It’s also a very helpful reference tool when a student question comes up.
I have compiled a list of items below that you can find using the Google search box. I’ve also included some handy tips for searching online using this powerful search engine. I hope they help you out.
Educational Google Search Tricks
Go to google.com and test these out.
- Look up conversions for weights and measures. Type in the conversion you are looking for using the words to or in, i.e. 36 inches to cm or 16 ounces to cup.
- Do math problems. Google instantly becomes a calculator when you type in a problem like 326+524.
- Graph equations. Google can do advanced math. Enter in an equation like cos(3*x)+sin(x) and see what you get.
- Find word definitions and synonyms. Type the word define followed by a word to discover its definition, i.e. define affluent.
- Discover word origins. Type etymology before a word to see its origins.
- Learn about nutrition. Type a food name followed by the word facts and discover its nutritional value.
- Convert temperatures. Type the number and conversion to convert temperatures, i.e. -10 fahrenheit to celsius.
- Find out the local weather. Type the word weather followed by a zip code or city name to discover the weather anywhere in the world, i.e. weather Cairo Egypt.
- Look up recent earthquakes. There are two ways you can do this. You can type in the word earthquake to get a list of recent earthquakes, or you can type the word earthquake followed by a location, i.e. earthquake India.
- Check the local time. Type what time is it to see the time.
- Find the time in other areas of the world. Type the word time followed by a location, i.e. time France.
- Look up the times of sunrises and sunsets. Type in the word sunrise or sunset along with a location like this sunset Australia to find out when the sun rises/sets in that location.
- Find a map of a city or country. Type the word map followed by the location, i.e. map japan or map london.
- Discover your IP address. Enter IP address to find out what your public IP address is.
- Look for an exact phrase. You can narrow your search on Google by putting quotes around your search phrase, i.e. “math facts flash cards”.
- Look for something you forgot. Use an asterisk * to fill in for a word you don’t remember, i.e. louis * invented.
Did you find these educational Google search tricks helpful? If so, feel free to share them with anyone else you know who teaches.
Pin me so you can find me:
