Helpful tips for easy research
You do not have to read your book from cover to
cover. You are using it as a reference.
The best way to quickly locate your information:
look at the table of contents in the front or the index
in the back.
Look at the map! You can easily locate oceans, rivers,
and major cities!
What continent?
Major landforms?
GEOGRAPHY!!
Are there Deserts? Rainforests? Mountains? Plains? Swamps? Valleys?
Canyons?
What does your country look like?
Major bodies of water?
What oceans are on its borders? Lakes? Rivers?
A quick way to locate these bodies of
water???
Look at a map!!
Wildlife
Also known as Fauna
Wild Animals normally found in
your country.
In the United States, moose and rattlesnakes live in the wild.
Pandas and lions are only found in zoos.
Vegetation
Also known as
Flora
Plants and trees that normally grow
wild in your country.
Climate
What is the weather like in your country?
Average temperature?
Yearly rainfall?
What are the seasons like?