Create a Custom Search Engine for Your Students

Creating your own search engine is an easy way to limit the sites students search. If you're teaching young students you may want to use a search engine that uses only a limited number of websites that you've vetted for content, safety, and quality. Fortunately, Google makes it easy to create a custom search engine. Find the sites you'd like students to search and follow the steps below.

Try the custom search engine below by visiting the URL created with the three science sites below. Search for a "sciency" word. You'll notice that only the websites provided in the custom search will appear in the search results.
https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=001767721112283538564:h8nbvngkyyi

1. Go to  Google Custom Search
2. Click “New Search Engine”
3. Add the sites you’d like to the students to be able to search from.
4. Give your Custom Search Engine a title
5. Click Create
6. Select Public URL (It will be long!) 
7. Copy and share this link with students 

Pro Tip: To further customize your search engine using the basics tab.