Choosing a Topic & Defining a Research Question (OSLIS Video)

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1. What should be your first step when choosing a research topic?

Ask your friends or parents for ideas for your topic

Choose the first topic that you think of

Brainstorm ideas that are interesting to you and that are related to your assignment

Do a Google search

2. What are subtopics?

Smaller ideas that connect to the big ideas

Big ideas that connect to the smaller ideas

Some of the other topics you were considering

Topics about submarines

3. These are statements about open and closed questions. Which statement is NOT correct?

Closed questions are basic and often begin with who, what, where, or when.

Closed questions are more involved and require more research.

Open questions are complex and often begin with why.

Open questions have more than one answer and may lead to more questions.

4. Which of the following is an example of an open question?

How large is a blue whale?

What are the different types of whales?

Why are whales important to ocean ecosystems?

Do whales communicate?

5. An essential question should be an open question. True or false?

True

False

6. These are statements about essential questions. Which statement is NOT correct?

An essential question is usually easy to answer.

An essential question is an open ended question.

The answers to an essential question should come from many sources.

An essential question is the focus of your research.

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