3.+Research+and+Information+Fluency

(Please list resources directly below the corresponding objective using a bulleted list.)
 * Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.**

Students: a. plan strategies to guide inquiry. b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. d. process data and report results.
 * Transcontinental Railroad essays - teacher gave students websites to research and gather information [|Central Pacific Railroad Pahotographic History Museum]
 * PowerPoint presentations on states in the USA [|The US 50][|50 States]
 * students selected from a variety of primary and secondary sources to inquire information about the Wright Brothers first flight. Students has to synthesize the informaiton and develop an opinion as to what sources reported it with accuracy and validity.[|**The Wright Brothers**]
 * students measured the diameter of Kansas sunflowers to find if the diameter was proportional to the number of petals[|Kids Zone Learning with NCES]