Integrating Information from Different Sources

Which two paragraphs, one from each article, best support the answer to Part A?

• Paragraph 1 in "Desert of Ice"

• Paragraph 2 in "Desert of Ice"

• Paragraph 4 in "Desert of Ice"

• Paragraph 1 in "Antarctica's Life"

• Paragraph 3 in "Antarctica's Life"

What's a good way to avoid accidentally plagiarizing when you're trying to paraphrase?

• Make sure you don't include a bibliography at the end of your essay or report

• Don't use sources like books or articles when you're writing an essay or report

• Write down the sources of the works you're paraphrasing from

• Put everything you write into quotation marks

If I forget to cite one of my sources, it is considered plagiarism

• TRUE

• FALSE

When should you cite your sources?

• always

• when you feel like it

• never

What does it mean to "synthesize" information when reading?

• To ignore all the information

• To focus on a single source of information

• To combine information from different sources to form a new idea

• To repeat information exactly as it was read

How can synthesizing information from multiple sources benefit your research?

• It can help confirm the accuracy of the information.

• It ensures that your research will be shorter and more concise.

• It means you only need to cite one source.

• It allows you to use only primary sources.

When learning about ancient civilizations, you find an interactive timeline online and a history book. How can you best use these resources together?

• Use the timeline to understand the chronological order of events, then read the book for detailed historical context.

• Ignore the timeline and focus only on the history book for accurate information.

• Only use the interactive timeline because it is more engaging.

• Read the book first, assuming the timeline might contain inaccuracies.

After watching a video about photosynthesis and reading a related article, how should you integrate this information?

• Focus only on the information that appears in both the video and the article.

• Create a chart that lists the steps of photosynthesis mentioned in the video and article.

• Ignore the video because the article likely goes into more detail.

• Assume the video is more accurate because it is more recent.

What does it mean to integrate information?

• to use information from 2 sources to describe a topic

• to compare and contrast information from 2 texts

• to determine which part of the texts are important

• all of the above

You are given a dataset on annual rainfall in different cities and a map showing these cities. How should you integrate this information?

• Create a chart that combines the rainfall data with locations on the map.

• Focus only on the dataset because it provides the exact numbers.

• Use the map only to visualize which cities are included in the study.

• Memorize the rainfall data without using the map for reference.