Big6™ Information Literacy

Projects


Current:

Fifth Grade Ethnobotany Unit (includes final projects)

Second Grade Colonial Unit

Second Grade Unit on How America Was Founded (includes final projects)

Archive:

Second Grade Dinosaur Unit    (includes final project)

Third Grade Planets Unit

Fourth Grade Endangered Animals Unit


1. Task Definition 1.1 Define the Problem

1.2 Identify the Information Requirements

2. Information Seeking Strategies 2.1 Determine the Range of Possible Sources

2.2 Evaluate the Different Possible Sources to   Determine Priorities

3. Location and Access 3.1 Locate Sources (intellectually and physically)

3.2 Find Information within Sources

4. Use of Information 4.1 Engage (e.g. read, hear, view) the information in a source

4.2 Extract Information from a Source

5. Synthesis 5.1 Organize Information from Multiple Sources

5.2 Present Information

6. Evaluation 6.1 Judge the Product (effectiveness)

6.2 Judge the Information Problem-Solving Process (efficiency)

 

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