This 35-minute interactive tutorial models the research process via the story of Quentin, a UMUC student. It takes him through the various research process steps: understand how to locate background information on his topic by showing...

A comprehensive list of the important steps in researching and writing a report or project. Includes links to tip sheets for each step.

This tutorial focuses on choosing a topic and narrowing or expanding the focus to fit the requirements for a research paper. It provides tips like clustering, using a Venn Diagram, Google Scholar, etc. to find and narrow the topic. It...

Sounds of speech are the sounds that make up our oral language. Children must understand how speech sounds work to be ready for instruction in reading and writing. To learn more about sounds of speech, browse the articles, parent tips,...

Provides articles, parent tips, research briefs, and a video on how to teach children to write.

When you have the most powerful MRI machine in the world, there's a lot of exciting research going on. Read about some of the cutting-edge studies we do on neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, tobacco use, muscles and more.

This content from TalkOrigins.org is within a discussion of frequently asked questions about evolution. It discusses some basics about sexual selection. It also provides an explanation for the usual dominanceof the female in the sexual...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then...

Learners learn why and how motion occurs and what governs changes in motion, as described by Newton's three laws of motion. They gain hands-on experience with the concepts of forces, changes in motion, and action and reaction. In an...

Explore memory principles and strategies. Before you go to this site, list the ways you usually try to remember things. Write these strategies down (share with someone else if possible). Once you have written your strategies down, take a...