Gathering Grid
A gathering grid can help you organize information for a research
report.
 Write your questions in the left hand column
 Write the title of our sources at the top of each column
 Write answers you find and note where you found them
Click here to see an example.
Subject
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Source 1
Source 2
Source 3
Example Gathering Grid
Subject:
tornadoes
twister.com
How do they form?
National
Geographic
Tornado!
A warm and a cold
front clash and
make a supercell.
(p.120)
Where are they
found?
Throughout the
world, though
mostly in Tornado
Alley in U.S. (p. 13)
How do they cause
damage?
Wind throws
objects; hail
smashes stuff.
When do they
form?
March through
early July
Low pressure rips
off roofs.
(p. 122)