Big 6 research project on planets.

1. Using the Big 6 to do Research
Mission to the Milky Way!

2. What is the Big 6?
The Big 6 is a research model
designed to help you organize
research, whether you’re
working on a school project, or
doing something in your daily
life on your home planet.
There are 6 areas to help you
get your project done!

3. Using the Big 6
Your Mission:
You are part of a team of elite
space explorers assigned to find
information about the planets
of the Milky Way!
Using the Big 6 Research
Model, you will document your
findings into Data Collection
Sheets, and report back to
Mission Control.

4. Phase 1: Task Definition
What do I have to do?
What is the problem I need to
solve, or the question I need
to answer?

5. Phase 2: Information-Seeking
Strategies
 What are all the
possible sources I can
use to collect my data?
 Which of the possible
sources are best for me to
use?

6. Phase 3: Location and Access
Where will I find my sources?
Who can help me find my sources?
What do I need to use to access
this information?

7. Phase 4: Use of Information
How will I record my data?
How will I determine if
information from a source is
useful?
How will I give credit to my
sources?

8. Phase 5: Construction
How can I organize my data?
How can I present my data?

9. Phase 6: Evaluation
Did I complete my task?
Did I do my task well?
Did I follow Mission Control’s
directions?

10. Let’s Put the Big 6 to Work!
Report to the shuttle’s
kitchen, and use the
Big 6 process to bake
some cookies for the
crew!