Information Skills — Grade 6

Resource Recon

Teams of students will search for the answers to questions using various information resources. The questions will be in categories such as: biography, current events, historical events, geography, language. Besides competing for the fastest answer, the students will learn (1) how to use the resource effectively, and (2) which resource is best for finding different types of information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Information Skills and English Language Arts)

By Keith Dudley.

Winter Olympics: Inquiry into Statistics

Following the excitement of Olympic events, students are involved in an I-search http://www.avon.k12.in.us/hickory/pages/hickoryhome2.htm (click on Media Center then I-Search) activity that helps them develop question and search techniques. Their research provides them with data to enter into spreadsheets and display in graph format.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)

By Carol Horne, Nancy Cowal, and Victoria Lunetta.

Lesson plans on the web

The impact of natural hazards around the world

This Xpeditions lesson focuses on how humans can use technology to adapt to phenomena such as fires, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Information Skills)

Provider: National Geographic

Nearsightedness

This lesson gives students the opportunity to examine the nature of scientific research in the context of research pertaining to myopia, or nearsightedness. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills)

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Reviving Bodie

Students will work in groups to write guides for a ghost town's new potential citizens, explaining the things they need to know about the town's climate, landscape, location, natural resources, and history. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Information Skills and Social Studies)

Provider: National Geographic