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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Reading with Oh Smar


How the contents can help

L.I. - Library/Research skills
How to use the contents page to research effectively

The table of contents lists the chapters and other main parts of the book.  It is helpful because it gives you a general idea about the book so you know which chapters apply to your research.  Below is an example from a book about the moon.

Table of Contents

Introduction                                                                                                                                                       1
Chapter 1      The size of the moon in relation to the earth                                                            5
Chapter 2      How the moon influences Earth’s tides                                                                      17
Chapter 3      Full, half, and quarter moons                                                                                          31
Chapter 4      The lunar landscape: craters, mountain ranges, plains and faults               45
Chapter 5      The maria of the moon                                                                                                       57
Chapter 6      Theories about the origins of the moon                                                                    69
Chapter 7       Lunar geology                                                                                                                      77
Chapter 8       The moon and the age of the telescope                                                                  89
Chapter 9       Spacecraft and their impact on our knowledge of the moon                  103
Chapter 10     The Apollo programme                                                                                                  119
Index                                                                                                                                                                   135

Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.
Lunar:  The word lunar simply means that which is determined by or resembles the moon
Maria: Is a shaded area on the surface of the moon.
Telescope:  It has lenses for different views and sizes of what you're looking at.
Apollo: It was a mission in 1969 were four men were taking a rocket to the moon.

Answer these questions from the contents page above:

Which two chapters will have the most information about human beings travelling to the moon?
Chapter 9 and 10 ✓
Which three chapters will tell you about aspects of the moon in relation to the earth?
Chapter 1 and 2 and 3✓
Which three chapters will tell you things about the surface of the moon?
Chapter 4 and 5 and 7✓
Which chapter will tell you the most about the Earth’s tides?
Chapter 2


This was our reading task. I was working with Oh Smar. We had great team work and finished with ease.

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