The Research Cycle 

1. Plan how you will tackle the research.
2. Identify possible resources to use (books, websites, other).
3. Locate resources in the library and online.
4. Evaluate the resources you have found critically.
5. Document the details of the resources you use

          Duck Duck Go searches the best sites, not the most sites
 

     A Search Engine designed for Students
 

              Wolfram Alpha is great for factual queries, especially
              in Maths and Science
 

       Improve your search results by using Google's advanced
                        search features

Google Safe Search for Kids

  Kidzsearch

KidRex

Swiggle

Cartoon used under Creative Commons from  BLAUGH.com

Cathy Schrock's 5 Ws of Website Evaluation

What is plagiarism

Save this Research Organiser to your computer and use it to record your research, your key facts and YOUR OWN WORDS.

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Pics4kids

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Online Oxford Dictionary

Online Thesaurus

We use a TWLH chart to show our thoughts and ideas about a topic. Save this blank TWLH chart to your computer.