Research paper writing is a lofty goal for kindergarten students, but this instructional activity will expose them to the process without being overwhelming. Students will divide into teams to learn about ocean creatures and then write a...

A twelve-part learning module with links to images, texts, and videos to use while completing a documentary research project.

An excellent tip sheet for using brainstorming techniques for writing research papers. It also gives great examples of factual and interpretive questions. It also provides links to very helpful tip sheets with examples and a worksheet...

Excellent site outlining each step for Internet research at the middle school and secondary levels. This site focuses on a variety of information literacy topics, from how to research, find and evaluate information, and cite sources....

What is problem, project, and inquiry based learning? This comprehensive website is full of resources to help you learn more about these teaching styles and strategies.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson plan, students will learn about different types of habitats as they gather information based on provided research questions. Students will summarize the information from their research in...

Some ideas for research projects and activities for students, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery and her writings.

Libraries and archives hold documents and books that can be used for your research projects. Learn how to divide and identify them into primary and secondary sources in this tutorial.

This online tutorial shows K-12 teachers how to harness the power of the World Wide Web for classroom use, and in particular for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural understanding and cooperative research -- with...

This article discusses the benefits of having students create infographics for student research projects. It recommends using the tool Google Drawings for this and explains how to do it. The article includes a sample infographic and a...

A lesson to research statistics of local birds to identify if any of the populations are in decline. Based on the research, students will recommend an action plan to help any populations which are struggling.

Young scholars research the reconstruction efforts of the United States in Iraq and determine at least one positive result of the initiative. Upon completion of research, students will write to their legislators about what should be done...

For this lesson students will research the explosion of the Mt. Vesuvius volcano by describing how they think the scene may have occurred in Pompeii.

After reading/listening to the picture book I am the Dog I am the Cat by Donald Hall in which two characters have opposing viewpoints, students are asked to look deeply at opposing viewpoints of real people just before the Revolutionary...

This site features a complete project guide for George Orwell's book "Animal Farm."

This lesson can be completed in a whole group or small group setting. After reading the book "P.W. Cracker Sees the World," the learners will complete an inquiry project that connects social studies/geography to what they read in their...

In July 1975, the first joint Soviet-American spacecraft docking took place. In this activity, students will analyze the way that government officials in both the United States and the Soviet Union valued space exploration for more than...

Middle school students from the North Kirkwood Middle School in Kirkwood, Missouri, created this scientific magazine as part of a study of bacteria. After doing background research, a small group of students created this magazine to...

After learning about the survival traits of the chameleon, students will work in groups to research the survival traits of other animals on the Internet and will create a slide show using the collected information to share with the...

This is a project to conclude the study of the Judicial Branch of our government. The students, working in pairs, will be assigned a landmark Supreme Court case to research in a computer lab setting. They will then construct a one-page...

What exactly is a "questioning tool kit"? This resource provides techniques for asking essential questions, hypothetical questions, telling questions, planning questions and organizing questions.

Students will learn how to use presentation software to enhance learning. Student-created digital slideshow presentations can span the curriculum. Each student will prepare a presentation in one of the following curriculum areas:...