National Park Research Organizer

Name ______Hr _____

Your assignment – research a United States National Park. In the spaces below, generate a list of National Parks in the United States of America

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Get together with a friend. Compare and contrast your lists. You may add parks to your list at this time if you wish. Choose the two parks you think would be the most interesting to research.

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Fill in the Task Definition for one of the two you chose. Do the one you would like to research. Look at the example to help you write your own questions.

TASK DEFINITION
What park am I researching?
Grand Teton National Park
What Questions do I need to answer? Write at least 4 questions. (In the end you will only need 2-3)

_____Where is Grand Teton National Park______?

_____When was Grand Teton made a National Park?______?

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TASK DEFINITION
What Park am I researching?
What Questions do I need to answer? Write at least 4 questions.

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Where will you go to find the information you need to complete your research? Check all that apply.

Textbooks

Library books

Magazines

Newspapers

Internet sites

Other ______

You will need to complete a slide show. This slide show will contain at least 5 slides. Your slide show must include:

Title Slide – What you researched and your name

Introductory slide (5 sentences and an image about your topic)

2-3 Informational Slides (5-7 sentences or bullet points each and an image)

Closing slide (List your sources)

When you set up your Slide Show, you will have:

1)Introduction slide

2)Informational Slide

3)Informational Slide

4)Informational Slide (optional additional slides – as many as you like)

5)Closing slide

On the chart below, write the topic heading you plan to use for each of your informational slides. You may change these later if needed.

Slide Number / Topic Heading for this slide
1 / Introduction
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Beginning Your Research

Now that you have your idea set and questions asked, you may begin your research. Notecards help a research stay organized. Use the following method to organize your information on Notecards.

On the top of the notecard, write what you are taking notes on for your research paper.
You will make a list of the sources you are using. Write the number of the source on the card so if necessary you can access the information again at a later time.
Paraphrase the information you learned from the source.
Record the page number where you found the information.

Source List:

List the sources you use on a separate card or piece of paper. This way you can write simply the number of the source on your notecard rather than the whole title. This saves time!!

For example, for a research project on How Animals Communicate:

1) (internet source)

2)Animal Talk: How Animals Communicate through Sight, Sound, and Smell By: Etta Kaner (Book)

3)“Animal Communication” from Encyclopedia Britannica (encyclopedia)

4)“Ravens Appear to Communicate Using Gestures – A First for Non-Primates” DISCOVER (magazine)

Then you simply put the number of the source you used from the list on your notecard! 

To create your notecards, you may use regular notecards or the sheets below:

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