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Farm to Table: Day 2

Research Guide of Ms. Taranto's Farm to Table Project.

Day 2 Objectives

Day 2 Objectives

 

Students will understand how to use Noodletools to save resources, and how to evaluate resources for credibility, content, and relevancy. We will do a peer review of our sources to help further understand this process. 

Reference Databases

Whenever you are doing research it is good to get an overview of your topic. Use the Encyclopedia databases below to better understand your topic. Pull information and keywords from the articles found in these articles to guide your searches in other sources. NOTE: These are starting points only!

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Determining Quality Resources

Evaluating resources for quality is essential when doing any research. In order to be sure we are using information that is accurate, timely, and meets our research purpose, we must evaluate the sources we intend to use. It also helps to have another person look at your sources! Use the tools below to practice this important skill!

*PLEASE MAKE COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS ABOVE TO USE

Searching and Topic Finding

Searching and Topic Finding

 

We will be using "Topic Finder" in Gale General Onefile to help you broaden and narrow your topic and find related terms as needed. 

 

ID (For use at home): Warriors

Using Noodletools

Using Noodletools

 

 

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What is Due?

What is Due?

 

  • Citations - COMPLETE IN NOODLETOOLS AND POST TO CLASSROOM
  • Quality Sources Checklist - CHECK GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR GOOGLE DOC THEN SUBMIT
  • Peer Review Sheet - CHECK GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR GOOGLE DOC THEN SUBMIT