1. Integrating
Multimedia
Into The Science Curriculum
Using
The Big6 Research
Process

2. Big6 Graphic Assignment
Organizer
Task
Definition
Information
Evaluation
Seeking
Strategies
Big6
Research
Process
Location Synthesis
And Use
Access Of
Information

3. Big6#1: Task Definition
What am I supposed to do?
What information do I need in order to do my
research? Make a list of questions.
• ______________________________________________
• ______________________________________________
• ______________________________________________
• ______________________________________________
• ______________________________________________

4. Big6#2: Information Seeking Strategies
What are the best sources I can use to find
this information?
• ______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• ______________________________________
If using web, how will I know that they are good
enough for my project?
I will only use those evaluated by and provided by my
teachers.
I will ask my teacher, media specialist, or parent for help in

5. Big6 #3: Location and Access
Where will I find these resources?
Media center
Internet
Public library
Other
Who can help me find what I need?
I can find the sources myself
My teacher
Media Specialist
My parents

6. Big6 #4: Use of Sources
How will I record the information that I find?
take notes using cards
take notes on notebook paper
take notes using word processor on a computer
record into a tape recorder or video camera
How will I give credit to my sources?
use the guide given to me by my teacher
use the Classroom Connect website for citing internet sources:
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml
use the Quick Guide for citing other sources:
http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/WorksCited.htm

7. Big6 #5: Synthesis
How will I show my results?
written paper
oral presentation
multimedia presentation
How will I give credit to my sources?
include a written bibliography
Include credits at end of multimedia presentation
other

8. Synthesis (Part II)
• Materials I will need for my presentation
(list, separating by a comma
• Timeline for assignment:
Ideas for project (Task Definition) completed by
Information seeking (note taking) completed by
First draft due
Complete project due
Additional information needed to successfully complete the
assignment

9. Big6 #6: Evaluation
How will I know if I have done my best?
• Check of the following items, if completed
Did I finish what I was suppose to do in Big6 #1.
The information found in Big6#4 matches the information
needed in Big6 #1.
Credit is given to my sources.
My work is neat.
My work is complete and includes name, date, etc.

10. Multimedia Slide Show
-The Planets -

11. All About The Planets of the Solar System
• By
• Alexis
• Ashley
• Jeroson
• Kim
• Sierra

12. Where does the word planet comes from?
• The word planet is
Greek for “wanderer,”
because the planets
appear to wander
around the sky,
disconnected from the
stars and each other.

13. The nine planets are
Mercury Saturn
Venus Uranus
Earth Neptune
Mars Pluto
Jupiter

14. These are the inner planets
Mercury
Earth Venus Mars

15. These are the outer planets
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn Neptune
Pluto

16. Mercury is the closest planet to
the sun and the eight largest.
• Mercury looks like a ball of gray
Swiss cheese.
• During the day Mercury is a
whooping 800 degrees Fahrenheit,
much hotter than the oven in your
home. Mercury is so hot it will melt a
tin pan.

17. Venus is the second largest planet
from the sun and the fifth largest.
• Venus is the hottest planet in our solar.
• Astronauts can’t land on Venus because
they would get burned up by the planets
900- degree temperature.
• The surface of Venus has many craters
which were made by meteorites and
asteroids crashing into the planet.

18. Earth is the third planet from
the sun and the fifth largest.
• Earth is the only planet where humans
can live a normal life.
• Earth atmosphere contains oxygen for us
to breathe, protects us from the sun’s
heat and keeps our planet warm.
• Earth is covered by so much water that
it’s entire planet looks blue from outer
space.

19. Mars is the fourth planet from
the sun and the fourth largest.
• Mars is a dusty, orangish-red desert
planet.
• The temperature on Mars can be very,
very cold, even on the warmest day.

20. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the
sun and by far the largest planet.
• Jupiter is so large that all of the other
planets in the solar system could fit into it.
• You couldn’t stand on Jupiter because
there is nothing to stand on. It is made
up mostly of gas and liquid.
• Jupiter’s ferocious winds blow it’s thick
red, orange, brown, and white clouds
around, always changing the way the
planet looks.

21. Saturn is the sixth planet from the
sun and the second largest.
• Saturn is famous for the bright, flat rings
that floats around its middle.
• Saturn is a very large gas planet which
spins very rapidly on its axis.
• Saturn’s atmosphere has winds which can
blow at over 1800 kilometers per hour

22. Uranus is the seventh planet from
the sun and the third largest.
• Uranus is one of the smaller giant, gas planet in our
solar system.
• Uranus atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium
and methane gas, which gives it its blue color.
• Uranus is so far away that, even with a telescope,
the icy planet looks like a tiny greenish-blue disk.

23. Neptune is the eight planet from
the sun and the fourth largest.
• Neptune and Uranus are both large, gas
planets that look like big-blue green balls
in the sky.
• It is so cold on Neptune that you would
need skin thicker than a polar bear to stay
warm.
• The planet has large dark, circle on it
surface which are believed to be storms.

24. Pluto is usually the farthest planet
from the sun and the smallest.
• Pluto is colder than other planets because it is
so far away from the sun.
• Pluto is usually the farthest planet from the
sun, but sometimes Neptune is because Pluto’s
egg-shaped orbit takes it inside Neptune’s orbit
for about 20 years out of every 250 years.

25. Bibliography
• Arnett, Bill (2002) The nine planets. Retrieved November 15, 2002,
from http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nine planets.html
• Berkowitz, R., & Eisenberg, M (1990). Big6. Retrieved November 18,
2002 from Big6 web site: http://www.big6.com
• Branley, F. (1981) The planets in our solar system. New
York:Harper Collins.
• California Institute of Technology. (1995-2001) Welcome to our
planets. Retrieved Nov 18, 2002 from
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
• Star Child Team (n.d.). The planets. Retrieved Nov 20, 2002. from
http://StarChild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system

26. Th e E n d