Research+4

Essential Question: How does obtaining information from multiple (digital) resources to help enhance your understanding on a specific topic?

Day 4: To give credit to an author by citing resources used in research

1. Let's first learn how and why we need to cite sources by watching this BrainPOP movie.

2. Now, let's practice citing a source by find the information needed on the website we used to collect information on our animal's adaptation.

Day 3: To find reliable and useful websites and resources that will answer a specific quesion we have

1. We will go back to a prvious webiste resource to collect a list of animals that can be found in the biome that you selected.

2. Next, you will choose 1 of those animals to further investigate. Your jobs will be to use a kid-friendly serach engine to find out how that animal has adapted to survive in the environment that is your biome.

[|www.kidrex.org]


 * Make sure that you complete the sheet given to you to show that you completed your task for the day!!

Day 2 Aim: To synthesize or combine information written by two different authors on the same topic

Tundra 1



Temperate Forest 1

Temperate Forest 2



Grasslands 1

Grasslands 2



Taiga 1

Taiga 2:



Tropical Rainforest 1

Tropical Rainforest 2

Use the links and resources below to fill in your sheet about biomes.

For Questions 1 and 2, click on the image below to access the website that will help you to find your answers.

Watch this video clip to learn more about the earth's biomes and your own. Use this site to help you to answer questions 3, 4, and 5.

To help you to answer the questions about where your biome can be found on earth, click on the map below to see a larger and more detailed version.

Finally, click onto this last link (The Earth's Biomes) to help you fill in the last piece of information needed about your biome.