All your planning is about to pay off as you begin the most interesting part of your GATP journey – researching your topic.  You will explore many different resources and through reading, listening, and watching you will begin to find answers to all your questions.  In order to remember everything you will be learning about, it is important to take notes and to keep track of where you found your information.  You will then use these notes to create a presentation that will reflect your learning and teach others about the subject or topic you have been researching.

Resources About Taking Notes

• Fact Fragment Frenzy– this fun online activity shows how to find important fact fragments in a nonfiction passage.  Watch the demonstration and then try your hand at taking notes.
• You Quote It, You Note It – a slide show about plagiarism and the importance of taking proper notes.

Big6 Graphic Organizers for Taking Notes

• Big6 Research Organizer big6organizer_imchead – this organizer will help you prepare your project using the Big6!
• Big6 GATP big-6-gatp – here is another organizer you could use.
• Work Log worklog – a schedule or log to map out research goals for your team.
• Self Reflection self-reflection – a form to make sure you have completed all the elements of your project.

Note-Taking Templates

Here are template notes page for every type of resource used for the GATP.

• Electronic Template notesnew – beware of copying and pasting!
• Encyclopedia Research Notes (Print) encyclopedia-notes
• Online Encyclopedia Research Notes (Databases) online-encyclopedia-notes
• Reading Notes  ns2004_20_go-1 – taking notes from your reading.
• 3-2-1 Graphic Organizer r0017a9_3_2_1_graphic_organizer – good for summarizing information you have read.
• Website Research Notes website-notes
• Writing Notecard r0012c9_writing_note_card – index card-sized notes.

Global Awareness & Technology Project Graphic Organizers

• GATP Organizers for Questions 1-4 gatp-questions-1-to-4
• GATP Organizers for Question 5 question-_5
• GATP Organizers for Question 6 question-_6
• GATP Organizers for Question 7 7_literature_comparison_chart question-_7-2  & 7_literature_comparison_chart – good templates to compare and contrast a story from different cultures.
• GATP Organizers for Question 8 question-_8

Keeping Track of Resources

• Folder – create a folder on the server to hold all the web addresses of the best articles you find.  Do this by dragging and dropping the web addresses into the folder.
• Citatation Builder Notetaking Form citation-builder-notetaking-form – keep scrolling down to see all the citation options and choose the one you need.
• Wiki – copy and paste the URL of the websites you take notes from.

Citing Resources

Remember to give credit to the sources (books, databases, encyclopedias, websites) you used to find information.

• World Book Citations
• Citation Machine
• Copyright FAQs for Kids – frequently asked questions and answers about copyright questions for kids.