You have a life science report and your topic is Sharks. If you enter the word, sharks, into the Google search bar you will get 129,000,000 results! How do you get through all that to find the information you need to complete your assignment?
Here are a couple of things to do:
Go to Britannica School. It is an online encyclopedia with authoritative articles about almost any topic you can think of. Click here to find out how to do a Britannica search.
Go to Google and narrow down your search. Click here for some tips. [I plan to make a video for this, but right now this is a video I see on many school websites]
Make sure the websites you find on Google are:
Authoritative
Up-to-date and
Well-organized - Looks professional
Click here for the Brainpop video that explains how to evaluate websites and get the best information you possibly can.
Listed below are websites for assignments such as the Fourth Grade Mission Project and Fifth Grade States Project.
5th Grade
STATE REPORTS
1. Go to Britannica and write the name of your state in the search bar:
school.eb.com Please contact Mrs. Dinicola for the Username and Password.
2. National Geographic has facts about the states as well as rap songs about the states!
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Games
Play--Name that State! game (Try out the others games that they offer including Spot the Difference, Word Search, and Memory.)