Research

Put it All Together

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Pull it Together provides students with practical information on how to synthesizing data. Readers are encouraged to think critically as they conduct research, collaborate with fellow students and present their findings in new and different ways.

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Phyllis Cornwall
Put it All Together

Information Explorer: Super Smart Information Strategies

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The Information Explorer series presents the tools that readers need to find, organize, and share information clearly and effectively. Each chapter includes activities designed to help readers explore various kinds of information sources. Critical thinking is encouraged as readers research, collaborate with fellow students, and present their findings in new and interesting ways.

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Field Notes on Science & Nature

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Covering disciplines as diverse as ornithology, entomology, ecology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, and animal behavior, Field Notes on Science & Nature allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.

24 Questions with NRC Director Dr. Meg Lowman

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As Director of North Carolina’s new Nature Research Center (NRC), Meg oversees all aspects of the technology/research/education center including staff supervision; research laboratories; technology; fund-raising; strategic planning; and integration with existing Museum programs.

Organizing Research (2004)

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A successful research project depends on evaluating, analyzing and selecting information; developing and refining a thesis; and using quotes effectively to support an argument. The key to tying together solid sources, credible facts and supporting details into a cohesive and effective product is organization.

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00:23
Organizing Research

Evaluating Sources (2004)

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Throughout their lives, successful people use information to make decisions, solve problems and communicate more effectively. Based on information literacy standards, this series helps students learn to navigate our complex, information-rich world through the development of critical research skills and the ability to access, evaluate and use information.

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Middle
High
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00:23
Evaluating Sources

Searching the Internet (2004)

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Using both the free Web and the invisible Web, students will learn how to focus, strategize, refine and evaluate their research throughout the search process.

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Middle
High
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00:23
Searching the Internet

Inventions (1997)

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An inventions episode – what a great idea!

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Elementary
Middle
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00:23
Inventions

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