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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 3

Research with Curated Sources

Learners turn a research question into strong keywords, start from curated sources (a teacher's link list, the school library database, a kids' encyclopedia) and explain why, skim an original article about monarch butterflies for the sentences that answer their question, and take notes in their own words with a record of where each fact came from.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 65 minutes
  • Research check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, sort into groups, arrange tiles and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Turn a research question into a few strong keywords.
  • Choose curated sources (teacher lists, library databases, kids' encyclopedias) and explain why they are a safer starting point than random results.
  • Skim a source for information that answers the question, take notes in their own words, and record the source's title, author or organisation and date.

Lessons

  1. From question to keywords 4 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  2. Start with curated sources 3 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  3. Skim and find 3 steps2 practiceabout 16 min
  4. Notes in your own words 4 steps3 practiceabout 20 min
  5. Research check 8 questions at the end

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