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The 6th graders study social issues and many tend to choose environmental issues. The National Science Foundation OER would provide a source of information for students to narrow their topics during the research process. It provides current, up-to-date articles surrounding issues and discoveries scientists and researchers have recently discovered about various environmental issues of concern. Students are also required to write their opinion about their topic at the end of the research unit. I feel this OER resource would help students gain critical thinking and problem-solving skills they need to write an opinion on an environmental topic.

I really like this site. I collaborate with the 5th grade teacher in my district to teach a similar lesson. This OER resource you found is something I will probably refer to in the future. Thanks!

A lesson in research skills for second and third graders designed for collaboration between classroom teacher and library media specialist.

A lesson in research skills for second and third graders designed for collaboration between classroom teacher and library media specialist.

Common Sense Media's 2019 educator census 2019- gives current research & data about tech use in schools.

This is a series of short PowerPoints to highlight each of the steps of The Big6 research process. I will use this with the 9th and 10th grade history classes and will probably share with teachers at the beginning of the year so that they know it is available.

Awesome collection of tools, organized into categories for easy use: Organization & Collaboration, Search Engines & Directories, Google, Templates & Lesson Plans, Research & Reference, Games, Reading & Writing, Math & Science, Arts, History & Social Studies, Online Libraries, Activities.  Share with staff for use in classrooms

Great way of comparing/explaining to students the importance of reliable sources, gives great tools and explains Wikipedia (is the McDonald's of resources)

Great way of comparing/explaining to students the importance of reliable sources, gives great tools and explains Wikipedia (is the McDonald's of resources)

Great way of comparing/explaining to students the importance of reliable sources, gives great tools and explains Wikipedia (is the McDonald's of resources)

This lesson walks students in grades 2 and 3 through the process of creating a research paper on a US state. The slides document is interactive and provides a step-by-step method for creating a final product.

A quick video on using BadgerLink for research. A quality resource for any age students.

Poem lesson plan to follow the research unit on insects

This would be a great resource for Gr 3-5 when they do research on animals.  

This module provides professional development opportunities for educators looking to move toward a flipped classroom approach. The module suggests web 2.0 tools for general instruction but also focuses on research.

I was looking for ideas to add to our immigration unit. This was full of ideas! I found 7 different lesson plans that contained videos, text, hands on research/analyzing/presenting activities complete with rubrics! The one I found most interesting was looking more at current immigration issues, and with countries bordering the US.

"Explore collections from around the world" by using Google Arts & Culture. LOTS here, but I capture this for the 10th grade students doing research on Martin Luther King, Jr. A simple search of Martin Luther King, Jr brings up over 400 historical pictures, letters and telegrams as well as audio of MLK's speeches thus providing primary resources for students to delve deeply into history.

I would suggest the use of this OER to 3rd grade teachers. Currently in collaboration with the library, 3rd grade students conduct a research assignment on the animal of their choice. Part of my collaboration effort is to teach the students about the various sources that are out there and how to use their effectively. I think this Encyclopedia would come in handy when students are prepared to collection information on their animal of choice.

Fourth grade does a wax museum each year. This would be a great early lesson on how to research. Students work together in groups to choose 6-10 facts to add to a timeline. The lesson could be used to teach students about the important information. What information should be shared during the wax museum?

I found this interesting, however there were many broken links including the Dewey Decimal web quests.

I found this interesting, however there were many broken links including the Dewey Decimal web quests.

Another source of WebQuests is http://webquest.org/search/index.php.

Khan Academy is a great resource that some teachers in our school are already using. I am exploring this course on computer programming as it fits with my research topic of coding and robotics. These can easily be used in the library or a Tech Ninja's class. There are many classes to chose from in Khan Academy.