1. Conducting Research A how-to for researching

2. Plan the Project Know your subject; What are you going to research? Ask yourself, what do you already know about the subject? Identify what you need to find out about your subject.

3. Search for Information Here is a list of resources you can use to gather information about your subject: School and public library books Encyclopedias The Internet Magazines Dictionaries *Make sure that you are searching online safely

4. Take Notes Write down interesting facts about your subject that focus on the information you need. Make sure to write down your source. The source is the resource that tells where you got your facts from.

5. Taking Notes Name: Animals in Space Main Question: What was the first animal in space?

6. Cite Your Sources Copying information without giving credit to the author is called Plagiarism. To avoid plagiarism, we write a bibliography, which is a list, in alphabetical order, that contains all of the sources you used to create your project.

7. Bibliography Books Last Name, First Name. Name of book. City of publication: Publisher’s name, Copyright Date. Greenfield, Eloise. Rosa Parks. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973. Encyclopedias “Article Title”. Name of encyclopedia. Copyright date. "Ant". World Book Encyclopedia. 1990. Internet Author. “Title” Group Title. Date created or revised. Institution. Date you saw it. <URL> "Bones." Newton's Apple. National Science Teacher's Association. 10 March 2000.<http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/14/bones12.htm>

8. A Sample Bibliography Caidin, Martin. The Astronauts. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1961. Marko, Katherine M. Animals in Orbit: Monkeynauts and Other Pioneers in Space. New York: Franklin Watts, 1991. "U.S. Widens Its Lead in Space Race." U.S. News and World Reports. 13 Feb 1961: 46. "The Right Stuff". The Washington Post. 21 Jan 1983, A16. "Laika, the first dog in space." Starchild, a service of NASA. 4 Apr 2002. <http://starchild.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/laika.html>

9. How do you know if your research is real? Look for WHO wrote the information. WHEN it was written. Did the author CITE SOURCES? Has the site won any awards? What makes you think the author is an expert?