It’s Never Too Early:Middle School Students &

the Academic Library

Why Collaborate with an Academic Library

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience

• Conduct short research projects to answer a question….drawing on several sources and generating additional related focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration

Why Collaborate with an Academic Librarian?21st Century Skills

Why Collaborate with an Academic Librarian?

PES Team 8The Science Assignment

Produce a happier, healthier plant!

Answer These Questions

• What does your plant need to live and why does it need this?

• Why might the variable that you are selecting produce a happy, healthier plant?

Big Project, Small Steps

www.crlsresearchguide.org

Team 8 Preparation at School

Key English Concepts:• Thesis Statement• Outline• Parenthetical Citations• The Six Traits of Writing-Organization• Draft Writing• Peer/Teacher Editing“Stick with me and I can get you through this

process.”

Team 8 Preparation at School Study Skills

• Note Cards

• Journals

• Outlining

Study Skills and Mathematics

• Statistics• Line graphs• Excel • Special attention

to interpretation of different graphs

The Research Day

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Tell Us About Your Library Visits!

Gerry Gontarz ggontarz@hotmail.comKayla Gontarz kgontarz@pes.sau48.org

Kevin Greenler kgreenler@pes.sau48.orgAnne Marie Jung amjung@plymouth.edu

Paula Tanner ptanner@pes.sau48.org