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RESEARCH TIPS<br />

Date:<br />

Lost and found<br />

Research project<br />

Choose another well-known lost and found person, animal or thing from the list below, or find one<br />

of your own. Use these tips to help you write a news article about it.<br />

• September 2004, Zookeepers find ‘Chucky’, a 3.6-metre alligator who went missing from the<br />

Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo during Hurricane Ivan.<br />

• November 1922, Howard Carter finds the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamen, a pharaoh, or king,<br />

of ancient Egypt.<br />

• April 1912, Titanic sinks 640 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. In September 1985, divers<br />

find Titanic.<br />

• September 1994, David Noble finds a Wollemi pine, which were thought to be extinct, in Wollemi<br />

National Park, Australia.<br />

• 1906–Today, More than one million fossils have been found in the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, Los<br />

Angeles, California.<br />

Use newspapers, magazines, books, or the Internet to research the event. Use two or more sources,<br />

such as three different websites, including a newspaper site.<br />

How to use newspapers and magazines …<br />

• References the author used are often at the end of the<br />

article. Find the books or articles to learn more details.<br />

Remember to list all of your sources.<br />

• Take notes about the information, but remember to<br />

use your own words when writing it down. If you use a<br />

direct quote, use quotation marks and state the source<br />

including the title, the article, the date and page number<br />

where you found it.<br />

How to look for a book on the subject …<br />

• Using your library’s catalogue, do a title search or a<br />

subject search. Use the keywords ‘lost and found’ and<br />

the place, date or names of the people involved in the<br />

event.<br />

• If a book is shelved by author, it is a fictional or<br />

biographical book. Most nonfiction books are shelved by<br />

number using the Dewey decimal system. Use nonfiction<br />

or biographical books only.<br />

How to find information on<br />

the Internet …<br />

• Photographs, maps,<br />

diagrams, charts and<br />

displays always make<br />

research projects more<br />

interesting. Use these visual<br />

aids to print and use with<br />

your report.<br />

• Not everything on the<br />

Internet is correct! Be sure<br />

to find the information on<br />

a site that ends with .edu,<br />

.org or .gov. Or find the<br />

same information in three<br />

separate places. Maybe<br />

your school knows of some<br />

websites that may be of<br />

use. Ask your teacher or<br />

librarian for help.<br />

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