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11 Jan 2011, 8:08 pm

My son who is in the 6th grade has to pick a topic and then create a big question about the topic and then do research to answer the question. He doesn't know where to begin. Any suggestions?



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11 Jan 2011, 8:14 pm

What class is it for?



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11 Jan 2011, 8:14 pm

RightGalaxy wrote:
My son who is in the 6th grade has to pick a topic and then create a big question about the topic and then do research to answer the question. He doesn't know where to begin. Any suggestions?


What does he like?
And also, what class is it for?



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11 Jan 2011, 8:23 pm

Library class



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11 Jan 2011, 9:37 pm

If it's library-related, I suppose he could do a topic on his favorite book or author. Does he like to read a lot?



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11 Jan 2011, 11:21 pm

Library class - that sounds like a very odd name for a class. Is it just a 'research methods' class? He could pick his interest area. Or he could pick something research related like the history of the encyclopedia or something like that.