Independent Science Research: Smart Ways to Google and Take notes

Independent Science Research: Smart Ways to Google and Take notes

Objective Students will know strategies for researching independent science topics online and will be able to record 25 notes about the topic.

MD State Curriculum 1.0.A.1.a

Rubric

Do now—COPY THIS CITATION EXAMPLE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK "Zoe Saldana." 2014. 25 April 2014. <http://www.biography.com/people/zoe-saldana-20906287> COMPLETE URL surrounded by angle brackets Date you read the page Date web page was written (look at bottom of web page) Title of web page in quotation marks, with period. WATCH WHERE THE PUNCTUATION GOES!

Vocabulary • .edu • .gov • citation • .org • keyword • angle bracket • MLA

Hook: Why Your Topics Are Difficult to Research • Unlike a teacher assignment, YOU have to come up with the questions. • You have to limit yourself to no more than six questions. • So how do you cover all the important facts about your topic in such a limited amount of space and time?

Step One: Choose a Topic Some Examples: • Lions • Female reproduction system • Ecosystems • Oliva

Step Two: Use appropriate keywords • Good keywords include: • PBS • For kids • Fact sheet • National Geographic • CDC • NIH • MedlinePlus • Smithsonian • NWF • Enchanted Learning • Occupational Outlook Handbook • Faq • eHow • Virtual • anatomy Ecosystems overview pbs

Step 3: Choose a reliable source. Reliable—these people check their work! Sketchy—Don’t settle for Wikipedia Blog Blogspot Anything the internet filter blocks • .gov • .org • .edu

STEP FOUR: SET UP YOUR CORNELL NOTES . Get hints about the “big” questions after surveying a few web sites on your topic. HIV/AIDS Rainforest ecosystems Giving birth/labor/babies Neonatal nursing Nursing Veterinary science Reptiles The lifecycles of lions Surgery Navy SEAL training Sports training/muscle building Physical Therapy Dinosaurs Dissections Female body Anesthesiology BE OPEN TO CHANGING OR NARROWING YOUR TOPIC!

Leave 1st row blank for now Reflections and citations go here.

Leave 1st row blank for now What is an autopsy? How is an autopsy done? What information comes from it? Who pays for autopsies? Reflections and citations go here.

Step 7: Use your Cornell notes to create your paragraphs.

Introduction 1st paragraph What is an autopsy? 2nd paragraph How is an autopsy done? 3rd paragraph What information comes from it? 4th paragraph Who pays for autopsies? 5th paragraph Review and conclusion paragraph Citations go on the next page.

Works Cited “Autopsy." 2014. 25 April 2014.<http://www.medicinenet.com/autopsy/article.htm >

Before you take the first note, create a citation for the source. “Autopsy." 2014. 25 April 2014. <http://www.medicinenet.com/autopsy/article.htm > COMPLETE URL surrounded by angle brackets Date you read the page Date web page was written (look at bottom of web page) Title of web page in quotation marks, with period. WATCH WHERE THE PUNCTUATION GOES!

Step Six: Take notes, but do not plagiarize!

Refer back to the rubric often to see what you still have to do.

Exit Ticket Email your Cornell notes to your instructor.

Independent Science Research: Smart Ways to Google and Take notes