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The Inquiry Process - a compass to guide you
​through the 'jungle of information'

The 'six stage inquiry process' will help you to navigate your way through the jungle of information to find what you are looking for.

Defining

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Here is where you work out what you already know and what you need to find out about your topic or inquiry.

Locating

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Here is where you go looking for resources that will help answer your focus questions

Selecting

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Here is where you read carefully and take notes that will help answer your focus questions.

Organising

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Here is where you take your notes and synthesise them into your final information product

Presenting

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Here is where you present your research findings to your audience in your chosen format.

Evaluating

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Here is where you reflect upon your task and decide how well you think your did

Stages of inquiry
research funnel
  • Home
    • Knowledge Compass
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  • DEFINING
    • Mindmapping
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    • Graphic Organisers >
      • Student Showcase
    • Questions and Questioning >
      • Knowledge Compass
    • Research Task Verbs
  • LOCATING
    • Great Research Reference Sites
    • Searching the Web >
      • Boolean Searching
    • Searching with Google
    • Sources of Information
    • Website Evaluation
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  • SELECTING
    • Content Curation
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    • Plagiarism
    • Referencing
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    • The Ancient World >
      • Ancient China (Teachers)
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    • Bees >
      • Bees - Curriculum Links
    • Biomes >
      • Biomes - Curriculum Links
    • Cane Toads
    • Colonial Australia
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deserts
    • Dugongs
    • Government >
      • Government Curriculum Links
    • Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    • Introduced Species >
      • Introduced Species - Curriculum Links
    • Medieval Europe >
      • The Black Death
      • Christianity
      • Medieval Warfare
      • Curriculum Links
    • Rainforests
    • Renewable Energy >
      • Bioenergy
      • Geothermal Energy
      • Hydroelectric Power
      • Solar Energy
      • Wind Energy
    • Shogun Japan >
      • Gallery
    • Water >
      • Water images and infographics
      • Water Videos
      • Curriculum Links
    • Whales
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