In this lesson students learn how to develop an overview of the material using information gained from text organization to help predict content and make connections. They also to gather information from reading the introduction,...

This page focuses on where to find information needed for writing papers: the library or the internet. It offers tips for using search engines and key words.

Well-organized site that details the "Building blocks," of research for informational literacy. With this, users should have a very good understanding of what Information Literacy is. Complete with student skills and strategies, student...

Synthesize information that you find in charts and graphs.

Contains information on Florida's government as well as tourism, business, education, history, employment, and libraries.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how to locate the controlling idea or thesis and specific purpose in a text and analyze the roles they play in understanding what you read. You will...

Multi-lesson activity where students will work with data from a seismic wave model in a GIS (geographic information system) program. They will examine maps, select data, and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic wave velocities...

This learning module focuses on Information Literacy including internet basics, locating, evaluating, sharing, and documenting information.

The aim of this unit is for students to develop their persuasive writing and information gathering skills using various forms of information and communication technology. It is hoped that the context of 'teenage problems' will provide an...

This site will help you to find government organizations or information by providing links, recent publications, and a search engine that searches all government sites. There is also general information about Ireland including some...

Resources and information, free to all Illinois teachers, to learn how to locate and evaluate digital information.

The Ohio Public Library information network provides an extensive tool allowing users to search for snakes by name as well as by narrowing down characteristics until you've located a particular type. Myths, facts, and misconceptions are...

As part of a review and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents an overview of obtaining particular information spread out over three pages of specific categories.

This instructional activity, based on the animated story "The Worm Turns" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use several types of informational texts to gather facts. In the video, Molly and her friends are...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses All About Cats and Kittens by Emily Neye to teach students how to identify facts from photographs and pictures in informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...

A twelve-part learning module with links to images, texts, slides, and charts that teach skills to build reading comprehension with informational texts.

Full color images, and point-by-point facts with general information about New Zealand's Lake Pukaki and Mt. Cook.

The USGS offers maps of the locations of mines and mineral processing plants. You can find the sources for everything from aluminum to zircon!

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...

This French site gives the location and description of these islands, along with practical information on customs, time differences, store hours and holidays.

A beautiful map with links to information on Mayotte's fauna and flora, cities, lagoon and forests.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by Jayne Parsons to learn to locate information and find facts about a subject in an encyclopedia. Lesson includes...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-instructional activity unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to organize research into an outline, use text features to locate information, and write a research...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how to locate the controlling idea and specific purpose in a text and analyze the roles they play in understanding what you read. You will analyze the...