Planets Pathfinder

Define

What is your task? What is your teacher asking you to do? What does your final product need to look like? Ask questions!

Seek

Think of all the places you can look to find the information you need. What types of resources are you required to use? Evaluate those resources!

Locate

Encyclopedias

• Grolier Online articles will give you brief overviews of topics and offer related keywords with which to search. Log in with "alpha, alpha" and follow the link!

• Look on the library shelves under the dewey number 523
• Remember that the library catalog also gives you websites as part of your search results! You know you can trust these, and there are far less to wade through than google. Try searching for either planets or for a specific planetary topic. Remember to group more than one word with quotes. For example, "dwarf planets" will retrieve resources on dwarf planets. Without quotation marks, you might retrieve resources on dwarves and planets!
   

• KidsInfoBits password - slick  . Type a keyword into the search box or follow the topic links to narrow your search!
• BrainPop! username - ccspop / password - apple . Watch and listen!

Other Online Resources

• NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets



Use 

Read, hear, view, touch resources. Time to take notes! Remember to cite your sources.

Remember that many of our online databases will give you the citation. Just cut and paste into a word or google doc! 

Synthesize

Put it all together! Organize your information and present your final product.

Evaluate 

Take a look at your final product. Did you complete the project according to your teacher's guidelines? Check the rubric! Do you have all the pieces? If you forgot something, go back! 

Mrs. H's References Cited:

Berkowitz, Bob. The Big6: Information and technology skills for student achievement. The Big6. 12/1/11 <http://www.big6.com/about/>.