Incorporating Sources into Your Research Project

What research topic does this video use as an example?

• The effect of climate change on polar bears

• The effect of climate change on food sources

• The effect of habitat destruction on polar bears

• The effect of plastic waste on polar bear populations

Why should you include multiple sources in your research? (Choose TWO answers!)

• To get the whole picture on your topic

• To improve your own understanding of the topic

• To eliminate unreliable sources

• To prove every other researcher wrong

What is a thesis?

• The central argument or main point of a research project

• Evidence used to support your main point

• Documentation of where you got your evidence

• Method used to gather evidence

True or false: You should include sources that don't agree with you in your research.

• True

• False

What is the first step in the "conversation" between sources?

• "Listen" to the conversation by reading several different views

• Add your own thoughts and opinions to the conversation

• Share the conversation with others

• None of these, because you only need one source

Which of the following is NOT one of the sources named in the conversation example?

• Environmental activist

• Data-driven researcher

• Skeptic

• Wikipedia author

True or false: The main difference between a research paper and other assignments is that with research, you ONLY present data with none of your own conclusions or analysis.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways to present ideas in your research project?

• Direct quote

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Citation

Which of the following are characteristics of a direct quote? (Choose up to 3 answers!)

• Exact words from the source

• Quotation marks

• Documentation

• Idea & details in your own words

• Shorter than the original quote

Which of the following are characteristics of a paraphrase? (Choose up to 3 answers!)

• Exact words from the source

• Quotation marks

• Documentation

• Idea & details in your own words

• Same length as the original quote