Big 6 Research Model
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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?