For any website you find try to establish how reliable the website is. Click here to find out how.
Most of the time its OK to run a simple search and take the first page of results but t other times we need something more complex In this formative assessment you will be assessed on the way you can use different research skills and evidence these either through demonstrating them to your teacher in discussion or in your bibliography. Worksheet for this task |
Low level research skillsYou should aim to use at least 3 of these.
1. Run a News Search on Google. 2. Use the "site:" operator to narrow your search to one country. 3. When searching a long web page use CRTL F. 4. Google Maps. 5. Search by reading level. 6. Search within a set period of time. |
High level research skillsYou should aim to use at least 3 of these
7. Develop your search string. 8. Use the Link operator. 9. Use specialist search engines. 10. Use Easybib to check reliability. 11. Search a sentence. 12. Google News Service. .13. Search in a foreign language. 14. Wikipedia. .15. Google Trends. 16. Google Correlate. |
BibliographyBe sure to include a full bibliography.
also be sure to reference cite works used See point 10 in the Higher level research skills. |