Research Project Planning Worksheet

A simple form for educators to plan student research projects

Handout: Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers (Grades 5 – 12)

Provides a wide range of graphic organizers

The 6 Online Research Skills Your Students Need (Grades 6 – 8)

Suggestions for teachers on the research skills that students need and how to teach them

A Questioning Toolkit

A resource that explains the difference betwen essential questions and subsidiary ones (with examples) and suggests how to go about organizing these questions

Handout Research Paper Scaffold (Grades 7 – 12)

Provides guidance to students as they go through the research process

Collaborative Inquiry – Taking Research to the Next Level

An example of a Haiku Wiki project in which students worked collaboratively in groups to answer their identified essential question by creating and publishing a Wiki Project.

The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information

Students are introduced to Internet search skills through researching a personal hero.

Develop a Research Plan

A video from a school library that shows you how to get started by planning your research topic

Using a Q Wheel (Grades 1 – 2)

A “Q Wheel” helps students generate inquiry/research questions

The Doorway to Information – (Grades K – 3)

A presentation on early research methodology for Kindergarten to grade 3 for teachers