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RESEARCH SKILLS Link Elementary School |
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RESEARCH SKILLS Link Elementary School |
Homework Helper - online resources including search engines, encyclopedias, magazine index, dictionaries, curriculum web sites and more.
The Big6 Research Skills - web sites that teach this method of research.
Electronic Book Catalog (Winnebago) Review - Mr. Frerichs' , Bardonia's Library Media Specialist, review of how to do a keyword search to locate a book using the Winnebago catalog.
Information Literacy Skills - tips, tools and tutorials
Information Literacy Profile - A list of information literacy skills taught at each grade level.
The
Big6 Assignment Organizer for Grades Intermediate- A step-by-step
template
to help students organize their research process.
Pathfinder for Research - A guide for locating information in three resources.
Fact Frenzy - Note-taking skills from Read Write Think.org
Baker-Keyhole Essay - outline for writing a research paper.
Writing the Works Cited page
- how to write the entries for all the sources used in
your research work.
Sample
Works Cited Page.
Slate Citation Machine - this page provides a template for bibliography entries and converts your information into the proper format for each type of resource. EXCELLENT!
The Big 6 Research Reflections - a guide to help students reflect on their research project based on the Big 6 process.
Evaluating Web Pages - How to determine an informational web page based on authority, accuracy, currency, objectivity and coverage.
Is It Plagiarism? - Students listen to anecdotes about students writing research papers and determine if they have plagiarized. Ask how the student could have avoided plagiarizing his paper.
What are Primary Sources? - students have to identify primary sources and justify their answers.
Information Literacy WebQuests
Causes of the Civil War: Document-Based Questions - scaffold questions using historical documents and primary sources to support the 5th grade social studies performance standards and assessments.
Communities Around the World: Indigenous People - Link's third grade Social Studies, Language Arts and Information Literacy WebQuest about native cultures in the tundra, desert, rain forest and savanna.
Rockland County During the Revolutionary War: A Story of Treason -Link's 4th Grade Social Studies, Language Arts, and Information Literacy WebQuest on the Major Andre Incident.
Causes of the American
Revolution: Interpreting Political Cartoons - Link's fourth grade
document-based questions using political cartoons and other primary sources.
Survivor: The Galapagos Islands - Link's fifth grade multidisciplinary WebQuest on "How to Write a Research Paper".