Not every research activity will need to encompass all steps and end in a final project. There are simple ways to reinforce the individual skills within your daily curriculum. For suggestions on integrating questioning into your lessons, check out these mini-activities.
Introduce a new unit of study with primary sources. Have student brainstorm questions about the topic.
Have the class read an article with the title removed and brainstorm titles that would fit.
When introducing a new unit or topic, ask students to think backwards. What pieces of information will they need or what questions will they have to answer in order to draw conclusions about this topic?
When introducing a new topic or unit, have students do some preliminary research in a reference source like Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia, World Book, etc. and create a list of questions they would like to learn more about.