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Planning a project: questions, sources and credit
ICT Prep 1 Term 1, Lesson 10: pp. 99–109
GoalPlan a project with questions and sources, and explain why we credit a source.
New words
research question · a clear question that the project must answersource · the place where we found a fact, such as a book, a teacher or an expertcredit · writing down where an idea or fact came fromplagiarism · using another person’s work and saying it is yours
Explanation
Planning starts with questions. A project about the school garden may ask: How many plants are in each bed? Which bed has the most? Each question is a small research question. Then we plan sources: where will we find the answers? We can count the plants ourselves, ask the school gardener, or read a trusted book. We prefer trusted sources, not random pages. If we ever use the web for research, we do it only with a teacher or another grown-up. Why do we credit sources? There are four reasons. Honesty: the work belongs to the person who made it. Checking: others can go to the source and check that the fact is true. Respect: we thank the people whose work helped us. Avoiding plagiarism: using work without credit is like taking something that is not yours. We write the credit in our own words, for example “Source: the school gardener, our count, week 2”.
Why credit a source?
What it means
Honesty
the work belongs to its maker
Checking
others can test the fact
Respect
we thank those who helped
No plagiarism
we do not claim others’ work
Worked examples
question→own count→answer: beans, 12
Question: “Which bed has the most plants?” Source: our own count, with the numbers 12, 8 and 5. The answer is the bean bed, with 12. The credit says: “Source: our count in week 2.”
Mina copies a paragraph from a book into her project and does not say where it came from. This is plagiarism. She should write in her own words and add the name of the book.
Which sources are better? A teacher, the school gardener and a book from the school library are trusted. An unknown page with no author is not. We choose the trusted ones, and use the web only with a teacher.
Class activity
Plan the project “What is in our school bag?” on paper. Write three research questions. Beside each, write the source (own count, a teacher, a book). Then write the credit line for one fact, in your own words.
Practice
1
Give two reasons for crediting a source.
For example: honesty, others can check, respect, avoiding plagiarism.
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What is plagiarism?
Using someone else’s work and saying it is yours.
3
Name two trusted sources for a school project.
For example: a teacher and a book from the school library.
