Information fluency questions

~What questions did you need to research in order to research your topic?

1. What is sand compatible with?
2. How do animals use sand?
3. Have humans created sand?
4. What is liquid sand?
5. What is sand made from?

~What new or familiar digital tools did you try to use as you worked through this project?

I used Gale mostly but I did also use Google to answer simple questions.

~What was the process you used to investigate the topic?

I think I just kept reading articles and searching the internet until I found what I was looking for. 

~How did you verify and cite the information you found?

I used Gale for my research, so therefor it was already cited and verified. When navigating Google, I simply asked questions that you would know could e found anywhere. On top of that, I have made sure to check all the websites on Google to see who they are written by and also the quality of the source. 

~How did the process of completing this challenge go? What could you have done better?

I think that this challenge went pretty well. I think the one challenge was, was that I had to come up with a deep level thinking question and I have never done one of those before. I think next time I could have just asked for help a bit sooner so I didn’t have to feel concerned about the time I had to gather my sources. 

 

Core competency reflection

~Which core competency did you develop during this assignment?

I think I developed my creative thinking during this assignment because I think I took a lot of risks by asking questions and really challenging myself. 

~What are you strengths within this competency?

I think my strength would be generating ideas. I think that I ca generate ideas quickly when needed. 

~How did you grow this competency?

I grew this competency by developing ideas. Before the Wonder Project, I was asking very shallow questions. By the end of this assignment, I was asking deep level thinking questions.

~How could you further develop this competency?

Even though I have been asking deep level thinking questions I think that I could probably deepen my questions even more. 

 

References

• All pictures used from Pictochart 

Source 1

• Title of source: Sound technology used in sediment research	Author: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation(Vol. 62, Issue 1)	Publisher: Soil & Water Conservation Society
  Date of publication: January-February 2007	Date accessed (by you): February 8, 2020
  “Sound technology used in sediment research.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 62, no. 1, 2007, p. 8A. Gale In Context: Science, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A160221084/SCIC?u=43sbo&sid=SCIC&xid=4ded4d47. Accessed 8 Feb. 2020.

Source 2

• Title of source: Deep-sea benthic biodiversity: the ocean bottom supports communities that may be as diverse as those of any habitat on earth	Author: J. Frederick Grassle	Publisher: University of California Press
  Date of publication: July-August 1991	Date accessed (by you): February 11 2020
  URL: Grassle, J. Frederick. “Deep-sea benthic biodiversity: the ocean bottom supports communities that may be as diverse as those of any habitat on earth.” BioScience, vol. 41, no. 7, 1991, p. 464+. Gale In Context: Science, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A10995653/SCIC?u=43sbo&sid=SCIC&xid=d8b04fd6. Accessed 11 Feb. 2020

Source 3

• Title of source: Abyssal plain	Author: K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner	Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company
  Date of publication: Dec. 15, 2019	Date accessed (by you): February 11, 2020
  URL: “Abyssal plain.” The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 5th ed., Gale, 2014. Gale In Context: Science, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CV2644030006/SCIC?u=43sbo&sid=SCIC&xid=b3c0fd5f. Accessed 11 Feb. 2020

Source 4

• Title of source: Testing the assumption of annual shell ring deposition in freshwater mussels	Author: Wendell R. Haag and Amy M. Commens-Carson	Publisher: NRC Research Press
  Date of publication: Mar. 2008	Date accessed (by you): February 11, 2020
  URL: Haag, Wendell R., and Amy M. Commens-Carson. “Testing the assumption of annual shell ring deposition in freshwater mussels.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 65, no. 3, 2008, p. 493+. Gale In Context: Science, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A180697174/SCIC?u=43sbo&sid=SCIC&xid=6d687ea9. Accessed 11 Feb. 2020.