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Lesson 2: Skill Building-
Secondary Research
Last week……. Introduced the
“Individual Project”
• RECAP
• Your individual project is a written assignment which allows you to develop your research, analysis and presentation skills.
You will choose a titlePlan your researchCarry out the researchWrite up your findings
Presenting the Investigation
Written project
• 5000 words not including sources
• Will include writing, graphs, images,
statistical tables, diagrams, drawings
Skills
What is research and why do we do it?
To get answers to questions
To increase our understanding
To learn more about something
Research can be information in many
different forms. Facts, figures, maps,
quotes, images etc
What?
Why?
4 key stages to a research project
It would be
interesting to find
out more about
that
No1.
Choosing a
topic to
investigate
What do I know
about this subject
already?
No 2
Searching for
information
No 3
Thinking carefully
and critically about
what the research
is telling you
What does all
this research
mean?
No 4
Reporting and
writing up what
you have found
out!
How to find good
quality research
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Type Search engine
General http://www.google.com
http://www.bing.com/
http://www.ask.com
Government http://www.direct.gov.uk
News http://news.google.com
http://www.newsnow.co.uk
Statistical data http://www.noodletools.com
Definitions http://education.yahoo.com/reference
Maps http://maps.google.com
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com
Images http://images.google.co.uk/
http://www.flickr.com
Video http://www.youtube.com/
Sounds http://www.findsounds.coml
http://www.soundsnap.com/
Search Engines
Effective Searching
Follow the tips below to improve your search results.
A phrase or words that appear together in quotation marks will reduce the number of random websites and make the search more focused.
“????”
Eliminating non-essential words will improve the quality of your searches.
What is the average number of beauty salons in Mold?Should beNumber beauty salons Mold
Effective Searching
• More than one key word
• Use the + sign to search for web pages with more than one key word. Adding a plus to your search will ensure that all your results include the key words.
• For example, if you wanted to find out about recycling paper in Cardiff, you can improve your search by typing:
• Recycling+Cardiff+paper
• Removing words
• Include a - (minus sign) against words you don't want included in search
results
• Put a - sign in front of any words that you don't want to be included in your search results.
Free Images
• Websites that offer free images:
• http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
• http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• http://www.coolclips.com/
• http://www.scran.ac.uk/
Statistics on the Web
• Statistics Website UK - statisticshttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/
• Local government statisticshttp://www.direct.gov.uk/
• Census statisticshttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/
• Environmental statisticshttp://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
• Food statisticshttp://www.food.gov.uk/
• Health statisticshttp://www.dh.gov.uk/
• Met Office weather statisticshttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
• Tourism statisticshttp://www.visitbritain.com/research
• Welsh Statistics - https://statswales.wales.gov.uk/
• NHS Wales - www.wales.nhs.uk/statisticsanddata
Reliable - Web addresses and suffixes
• .com - The "standard" ending to web address often used by commercial organisations
• http://www.microsoft.com.org
- Generally used by not for profit organisations
• http://www.oxfam.org.co.uk
- A company's website based in the UK
• http://www.bbc.co.uk
- A government organisation, e.g. The BBC
• http://www.flintshire.gov.uk
- a local government website
• http://www.bham.ac.uk/ /.ac.uk or.sch.uk University, schools and colleges
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
More Reliable Sources
• Daily Post
• BBC
• Wales Online
• .GOV
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Reliable
• If you’re not certain if
information is reliable, you
can check it in other places
to see if the information
matches.
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Up to date
No information should be more
that 3 years old.
Unless you are showing a trend
over time e.g. change in teenage
pregnancies over the last 20 years.
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Relevant
• Stick to your areas of focus when
researching.
• Make sure the information is related
to your title.
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Useful
Look for information that you can read
and understand
Check with your teacher if information
seems too complex – they may be able to
help you look at it in a different way.
Make sure the research contributes to
the story you are trying to tell!
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Useful
Information comes in all shapes
and sizes
Maps
Source:
WWW.Guardian.co.uk
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Useful
Trends over time
Source:
http://fullfact.org/articles/underage
_teenage_pregnancy_rates
It’s really important
to keep a record of
where your info has
come from
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Useful
News paper
stories
Source: Daily Post
Newspaper
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
Useful
Reports
Sources:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons
/dcp171766_300029.pdf
Research
Relevant
Up to date
Reliable
Useful
How to save your websites….
FavouritesDon't risk losing the web address of a really useful website. If you find a useful website, make sure you add it to your list of favourites. To do this:1.click the Favourites button at the top of your browser2.select Add to favourites3.choose the folder you want to save the page to