Big 6 Research Model

Conservation of energy

• Focus on the questions you need to answer.

• What can we do to conserve energy?• Why do we need alternative energy?• How can new technology help to conserve

non-renewable energy and find renewable energy?

Think about all the sources you can find!

• Non-fiction printed books• Non-fiction ebooks• Magazines such as Kids Discover,

National Geographic Kids• Educational videos/DVDs• Reference books such as Encyclopedias• Online databases• Age appropriate websites

Where to find the sources?

• Search library catalog for non-fiction books and DVDs

• Borrow the magazines with the relevant topics

• Use Britannica Online Encyclopedia• Use the age appropriate websites –

Webpath Express

Kids friendly search engines

• Yahooligans• Kidrex• Yippy• Please remember that search engines like

Google and Yahoo are made for adult readers and researchers

• Let’s try to find age appropriate materials for our projects!

Note-taking and cite your sources

• DO NOT copy the information you found word by word, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph

• It’s plagiarism!• Cite the sources you’ve used – Title of the

book, name of the author, publishing company and publishing year

How can I organize the information? How can I best present the results?

How to meet the standard of the project?

• Use the notes you’ve collected from different sources to finish your project

• Use your own words! Cite your sources!!• Make a Power Point/Prezi presentation• Make a manual/book/digital book/blog

about your topic• Make a poster/newspaper about your topic• Oral presentation/living museum

Is the task complete? Does my solution answer the original question? Did I find the best resources?

Self-reflective thinking

• Have I used all the available sources? Can I tell which sources are better for the task?

• Have I taken notes by using my own words? Have I cited the sources I used?

• Have I presented the ideas clearly to meet the requirements of the project?

• How can I do better for the next research project?