Pathfinders will help you find information on the Internet and in the media center about your topic. Search as many places as necessary in order to gather information for your research. Follow the steps listed below.
Keywords are search words that can be used to find information about your explorer. Some keywords for this assignment are:
The following is an online magazine service subscribed to by elementary schools in MCPS. This link ONLY works from MCPS computers. Students can find an article at school and use Internet Email to send the article to themselves at home for use there.
The following is a list of WWW sites that have information about explorers and exploration of the new world.
The Exploration of Lewis and Clark
There are many web search engines. See The Comparison of Search Engines chart for suggestions and links directly to them. Remember to complete a Web Site Evaluation Form for Secondary Schools, Evaluate Your Website (for experienced elementary school users) or Check Your Website (for beginning elementary school users) for each web site you use in your Citing Electronic Sources or a simplified Works Cited for elementary school students.
The following resources can be found in the Media Center.
Citing your sources is an important part of research. For directions and models see MCPS' Citing Electronic Sources or a Works Cited simplified for elementary school students. Remember to complete a Web Site Evaluation Form for Secondary Schools, for each web site used in your Works Cited (bibliography). Or for elementary school students complete Evaluate Your Website or Check Your Website for each web site used in your Works Cited (bibliography).
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