Share news about your family by making a family newsletter in Google Docs. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Explain a process or decision visually by creating a flowchart in Google Drawings. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Raise awareness about a project and recruit volunteers by creating a flyer in Google Drawings. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Use Google Sheets to create a fun word game you can play with a friend! Along the way, learn how to use formulas and functions. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Schedule events and reminders in Google Calendar to manage your day. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Collaborate with classmates to organize a club with Google Sheets. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Create an organized digital address book using a spreadsheet. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn to schedule, prepare for, and run a successful meeting with digital tools. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Organize information that will help you be successful at a new job using Google Docs and Google Maps. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Practice for a college interview by collaborating with a partner in Google Docs. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Brainstorm classroom expectations and create a slideshow presentation about them. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Develop a presentation for a large group using Google Slides. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Welcome to Research 4 Success (R4S)! The course is designed to supplement the instruction of research and information literacy skills for students in grades 9-12. Purpose and Design of the CourseR4S consists of six learning units. The six units can be used together or they can be used individually. Each unit contains three lessons. Each lesson has resources and activities to supplement the instruction of research, inquiry, and information literacy skills.Students learn key skills using a combination of videos, digital texts, and eBooks.Students practice key skills using a combination of templates, tasks, and interactives. Students apply the skills they have learned and practice as they develop a research project under the guidance of an educator.
To become an effective, creative researcher, and problem solver the first step is to begin with good, solid questions that will focus your topic and guide your research. Each lesson includes activities and resources selected to help students learn, practice, and apply research skills. In this unit, students will learn how to develop a research topic, practice developing research questions, and apply strategies to develop research topics and questions.
In this lesson students will apply strategies to develop research topics and questions.
Learn how to become an effective, creative researcher and problem solver! Begin with good, solid questions that focus on your research topic or solution to a problem. Use the videos in this unit to learn how to develop a research topic.
Use the materials in this lesson to practice developing a research topic.
Finding the best sources to answer a question saves time. If you are creating a term paper, video, or presentation, make sure you have the best sources possible! To be an effective, creative researcher you must first begin with quality information from multiple sources. Each lesson includes activities and resources selected to help students learn, practice, and apply research skills.Students will learn how to locate valid information, practice locating information using keyword search strategies, and apply effective search strategies to locate information.
Students will apply effective search strategies to locate information on the internet and within databases.
In this lesson, students will learn how to locate valid information on the internet and within databases using search strategies.