Mini Online Research Investigations

The following Mini Online Research Investigations are for students in grades 3 through 5. These units can be used to teach students how to use the Research Cycle by focusing in on the skills and thinking involved in one particular element of the cycle.
The investigations are organized by skill and by grade level.

Organized by skill:

Questioning	How are Laws Made In Washington? (4th Grade) A New Species? (Grades 3, 4 & 5) Winter Olympics— Which Country Should be the Host? (5th Grade)
Planning	What Would a Mt. St. Helens Eruption Look Like? (Grade 4) Which Book Should I Read Next? (Grades 3, 4 & 5)
Gathering	Salish Enviornment and Culture (Grade 3) A Day in the Life of the President (Grades 3, 4 & 5)
Sifting/Sorting	How do I answer my Question? (Grades 4 & 5 )
Synthesizing	Martin Luther King, Jr.: What did his protests have in common? (Grades 3, 4, & 5) Help us order holiday books for the library! (Grades 3, 4 & 5) Which Library Books Do We Need? (Grades 3, 4 & 5) How do I answer my Question? (Grades 4 & 5 )
Evaluating
Reporting

Organized by grade:

3rd Grade	Salish Enviornment and Culture (Gathering)
4th Grade	How are Laws made in Washington? (Questioning) What Would a Mt. St. Helens Eruption Look Like? (Planning) How do I answer my Question? (Gathering, Sifting & Sorting)
5th Grade	How do I answer my Question? (Gathering, Sifting & Sorting) Winter Olympics—Which Country Should be the Host? (Questioning)
Any Grade	A New Species? (Questioning) A Day in the Life of the President (Gathering) Which Book Should I Read Next? (Planning) Martin Luther King, Jr.: What did his protests have in common? (Synthesizing) Help us order holiday books for the library! (Synthesizing) Which Library Books Do We Need? (Synthesizing)

Mini Online Research Investigations

Organized by skill:

Questioning

Planning

Gathering

Sifting/Sorting

Synthesizing

Evaluating

Reporting

Organized by grade:

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

Any Grade