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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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