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1. #SCIENCE RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FOR FREE#
2. #SCIENCE RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HOW TO#
3. #SCIENCE RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PDF#

#SCIENCE RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PDF#

Onto the ideas! Here is a PDF summary for you and you can read a more detailed description of each activity below.

#SCIENCE RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FOR FREE#

Newsela is also a great resource but you do need to sign up for free account. Looking for simple articles for younger students for some of the activities? Try DOGO News or Time for Kids.Some of the activities could fit into more than one category.Depending on how much time you have, many of the activities can be either quickly modelled by the teacher, or extended to an hour-long lesson.Teachers of younger students could generate these themselves. Some activities suggest coming up with a list of words, questions, or phrases. Depending on the age of your students, you can decide whether the activity will be more teacher or student led.Many of these ideas can be repeated throughout the year.These ideas can be adapted for different age groups from middle primary/elementary to senior high school.It also includes ideas for learning about staying organised throughout the research process. This post shares ideas for mini-lessons that could be carried out in the classroom throughout the year to help build students’ skills in the five areas of: clarify, search, delve, evaluate, and cite. It includes three posters to use in your classroom. Want more details on this five step research process? I can email you a copy of an eBook I put together. It outlines a five-step approach to break down the research process into manageable chunks.

#SCIENCE RESEARCH WEBSITES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HOW TO#

I have a popular post called Teach Students How To Research Online In 5 Steps that I first published in 2012 and have updated regularly since. You’ll find a PDF summary below too! Learn More About The Research Process This post outlines 50 ideas for activities that could be done in just a few minutes (or stretched out to a longer lesson if you have the time!). You might be wondering how you can fit teaching research skills into a busy curriculum? There aren’t enough hours in the day! The good news is, there are so many mini-lessons you can do to build students’ skills over time. Today’s students have more information at their fingertips than ever before and this means the role of the teacher as a guide is more important than ever. Having the fluency to find and use information successfully is an essential skill for life and work. That is, rather than memorising information, students must be able to learn how to solve new problems, see patterns, and combine multiple perspectives. For a number of years, Seth Godin has been talking about the need to “ connect the dots” rather than “collect the dots”.