Port Blakely Environmental Education

Forest Research

Objectives

1. Students will use various sources, including the internet and library, to complete a research organizer about forests.

EALRS

• Reading 3.1
• Students will read to learn new information.
• Social Studies 1.1b
• Students will search for relevant information.

Materials Needed

• Research organizer
• Access to library and internet

Procedure

• Schedule library and/or computer lab time for your class.
• Introduce or review with students the basics of research on the internet and in the library.
• Model a basic internet search, and review internet safety.
• Model a basic search in the library, and show them how to find information in a book by using the table of contents and the index.
• Hand out a research organizer to each student. Explain that they will complete this sheet by conducting research in the library and on the internet.
• Note: You may want to give students a list of websites and/or books to use. Use our Port Blakely Student Website, Kid’s Links and Suggested Reading to get them started!

Extension

• Writing: Have your students use the research organizer to write a paragraph or essay, depending on level, about forests.