Research & Planning

Everything you need to teach your students to effectively gather, evaluate and use information!

Below you will find:

  • Planning Tools: Models, guides, templates, tips, and digital graphic organizers to scaffold your students research process.

  • Search Strategies & Tools: Lessons for modelling effective search strategies, tools & templates to guide the search process.

  • Reference Resources: Vetted, kid-friendly digital reference resources, search engines & databases to share with your students.

  • Evaluate and Authenticate Information & Sources: Lesson plans, tips & tools for teaching students effective evaluation processes.

  • Citations: Guides, templates and digital tools to support proper citation techniques.

  • Fact Checking: Lessons, videos, guides and tools for teaching fact checking skills and strategies.

  • Accessibility Tools: Learn about digital accessibility tools to support diverse learners in engaging independent research.

  • General Resources: Learn about alternative ways your students can access information such as through podcasts or through the Digital Human Library.