Researching Sea To Ski

Select a linkUsing the AtlasSki to Sea LinksPacific Rim LinksGathering Info

 

The Internet offers a wide variety of information on all kinds of topics. Today and tomorrow, you will examine a variety of websites to begin to gather information to answer the questions that you developed as a result of Step One. Be sure to have your chart open on your desktop as you are researching.

You will be using the Internet to locate answers to the questions on your chart. Write you answers on your saved Ski to Sea chart. 

The following websites may have information that is pertinent to your questions.

Websites for Ski to Sea

• Bellingham Herald
• Ski to Sea Race Information

Important Notes!!!

• Don't forget to look at the links on each site, and explore the ones that sound most promising.
• Use the back button to return to each original site and explore some more!
• Once at a site, remember to scan the information carefully to find answers to the questions that you have listed. Save only those words, phrases, and ideas that are clearly related to your questions.
• Paraphrase rather than copy word-for-word from your sources. Keep only the best and most relevant information!
• Make sure that you cite the source when you take notes from any of these or other websites. Your citation should look like this: MLA CITATION FORMAT.

Links to other areas for research:

Atlas | Ski to Sea | Pacific Rim

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Research modules based on use of the Research Cycle, Module Maker, and ideas in Beyond Technology by Jamie McKenzie.