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Start-Up Activity
Tell students you want them to share one interesting thing they know about the planets in the solar system. Have one student at a time come to the board and write a fact, followed by the student's name. Once you have gathered enough interesting facts, ask students to select some of the facts and write a paragraph about the planets. They should put the facts into their own words and indicate which student shared the fact (for example, "Jim notes that Saturn is not the only planet with a ring system.")
After some students share their paragraphs, tell them that they have just performed the basic actions of creating a research report: They gathered information, organized it, and reported on it, citing sources. In this chapter, they will be doing much more research, note taking, and reporting.
Think About It
“The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.”
—Thorstein Veblen
Start-Up Activity
Tell students you want them to share one interesting thing they know about the planets in the solar system. Have one student at a time come to the board and write a fact, followed by the student's name. Once you have gathered enough interesting facts, ask students to select some of the facts and write a paragraph about the planets. They should put the facts into their own words and indicate which student shared the fact (for example, "Jim notes that Saturn is not the only planet with a ring system.")
After some students share their paragraphs, tell them that they have just performed the basic actions of creating a research report: They gathered information, organized it, and reported on it, citing sources. In this chapter, they will be doing much more research, note taking, and reporting.
Think About It
“The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.”
—Thorstein Veblen