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Information Skills — Grade 6
Goal 4, Objective 4.07
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Literature biography project
- For this project, students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, note taking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft. This project is designed to act as an independent study geared toward AG or Level 3 and Level 4 students, but each step in the research process can also be taught directly to students in the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Sandra Dail.
- Analyzing Statistics S.S. Europe and Russia
- Students will gather statistical information on countries in Europe and Russia from almanacs. The information will be recorded in a chart. Students will then take the information and make line or bar graphs. Students will analyze the information by answering higher level thinking questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Information Skills)
- By J. Brown.
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- 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)
- Provided by: 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)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 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)
- Provided by: National Geographic