Mara has three days and several sources to answer one question about her town's drinking water. Which question is focused enough to research well in that time?

Devon asks why his town built a new library in 1998. Several sources agree that voters approved a bond after the old building flooded twice. Which additional question does that finding open up next?

For a project on why bees matter to local farms, Priya finds a state agriculture report listing crop yields on farms with and without nearby beehives. Which question can that source answer?

Owen wants to research space, but his question, 'What is space like?', is too broad for a two-week project. Which revision narrows it enough to answer from several sources?

Ana asks whether later start times help students. Her sources show that students at three schools slept about 25 more minutes a night after start times moved later. Which related question does this finding raise next?

For a one-week project drawing on several sources, Luis must answer one question about his school's recycling program. Which question is focused enough to research?

Nadia is researching how her city's bike lanes changed traffic. She finds a 2024 city traffic study comparing crash counts on those streets before and after the lanes were added. Which question can this source answer?

Jonah's question is 'Why are forests important?' His teacher says it is too broad for a short project. Which revision keeps his topic but narrows the question enough to research from several sources?

A team asks why so much lunch food is thrown out. Their tray counts show that most of the waste is untouched fruit handed out with every meal. Which additional question does that finding open up next?

For a project using several sources, Kira must answer one question about the marsh being restored outside her town. Which question is focused enough to answer well?

For a project on the town's old train station, Miguel finds a 1912 newspaper article describing the station's opening day. Which question can that source best answer?

A class asks whether solar panels would save their school money. Sources show the panels would cost about $90,000 and would cut the yearly electric bill by about $9,000. Which related question does that finding raise next?

Tessa's question, 'What are hurricanes?', can be answered by one encyclopedia entry. Which revision would give her a question that actually requires drawing on several sources?

Ravi asks why the town's community garden has a long waiting list. Records show the number of plots doubled in 2019 while the number of applications tripled. Which additional question does this finding open up next?

For a short project drawing on several sources, Elena must answer one question about the county museum. Which question is focused enough to research?

A group asks why one neighborhood stays hotter in summer than the one beside it. Their sources show the hotter area has about half as many street trees. Which related question does that finding open up next?

For a project on teen sleep, Ivy finds a 2023 study that tracked the bedtimes of 400 middle school students for one month. Which question can this source answer?

Dana's question, 'What are national parks?', is too easy to count as a research project. Which revision gives her a question worth answering from several sources?

A team asks whether the school's water refill station cut plastic waste. The station counter shows 12,000 refills, yet the recycling bins hold about as many bottles as before. Which additional question does this finding open up next?

For a two-week project drawing on several sources, Theo must answer one question about his district's new homework policy. Which question is focused enough to research?

Jamal is researching how the 2019 flood changed downtown businesses in Millport. Searching only 'flood' returns thousands of results. Which search terms would narrow his results best?

Nora typed the whole sentence 'Why did our town build a skate park in 2021?' into a news database and got no results. Which search would work better?

For a two-week project drawing on several sources, Rosa must answer one question about her town's bus system. Which question is focused enough to research well?

Kai asks why his school's science fair entries dropped. Records show entries fell by half the year the fair moved to state testing week. Which additional question does that finding open up next?

For a project on the town's 1930s cannery, Sofia finds payroll ledgers listing each worker's job and weekly pay from 1932 to 1938. Which question can that source answer?

Marcus finds that his city planted 4,000 trees between 2018 and 2023, most of them downtown. Which question does that finding already answer, making it a poor next question?

Hana's question, 'How does music affect people?', is too broad for a two-week project. Which revision narrows it enough to answer from several sources?

Deshawn has one week and several sources to research the town pool. Which of his questions is too broad to answer well in that time?

Ella is researching how 2020 wildfire smoke affected school sports in Ashland. Searching 'Ashland smoke' returns mostly barbecue restaurants. Which words should she add?

A group asks whether the school's new after-school bus is used. Sign-in sheets show 12 of 40 seats fill daily, and nearly every rider lives on one side of town. Which question opens up next?

Val must answer one question about the town's farmers market using several sources. Which question requires more than a single web page to answer?

Ines finds the fire department's 2023 log listing every call, its address, and how many minutes the crew took to arrive. Which question can this source answer?

Cole asks why glare complaints rose in his town. Records show the town installed brighter LED streetlights in 2022, and complaints doubled that same year. Which additional question does that finding open up next?

Yusuf wants a question about his school's phone policy that several sources can actually answer. Which question can research answer?

Nina needs recent, local information about the dog park Fairview opened last year. Which search is most likely to return it?

Pilar asks why students at her school count so few stars on clear nights. Her sources show the school sits between a stadium and a shopping center that both stay lit until midnight. Which question comes next?

Grady has several sources and one week to research the town's food pantry. Which question is focused enough to answer well?

For a project on schools in his state, Tam finds a 2021 state report with a table of graduation rates for every district. Which question can that source answer?

Lena asks why her town's newspaper closed in 2016. Her sources show its print ad income fell to a third of its 2006 level as readers moved online. Which question opens up next?

A team asks how their city should expand its e-scooter program. They then learn the city ended the program in 2025 after the scooter company left. Which question is now pointless to research?