Ana is researching how noise in school cafeterias affects concentration. She searches only the word noise and gets millions of results. Which change would narrow her results the most?

Meera is researching the urban heat island effect. Which search keeps those three words together so results are about that one term instead of any page containing the words separately?

A student types this into a search box: Please tell me what causes ocean tides in the Bay of Fundy. Which search would work better?

Deon searches volcanoes and gets millions of results, but his question is about how eruptions are predicted in Iceland. Which words should he add to narrow the search?

A student searches: "greenhouse effect" climate. What do the quotation marks do in that search?

Research question: Why did the Millbrook mill close in 1974? Which search is most likely to answer that question?

Question: How many Millbrook students ride the bus this year? Which source is most credible and accurate for that question?

Question: Do standing desks help students focus? Which source is most credible and accurate for that question?

Are the town's tap-water lead levels safe? Source 1: a flyer from the water utility promoting its own service. Source 2: a state lab's tests of 40 homes, sampled last month. Which is more credible?

Both sources are written by wildlife experts. Source 1 gives wolf counts from 2003. Source 2 gives counts from last year's survey. The question asks how many wolves live in the park now. Which is more accurate, and why?

Question: Does a vitamin drink improve running times? Which source is most credible, and why?

Question: How do bees find flowers? Text 1 is written by an entomologist who studies bee behavior. Text 2 is written by a travel writer who once visited a bee farm. Which is more credible for that question, and why?

How many students bike to school this year? Source 1: a count taken this September by the PE teacher. Source 2: a count taken in 2016 by the school nurse. Both writers are qualified. Which is more accurate?

A 1990 book by a respected geologist explains how volcanoes form and also lists the eruption counts recorded in 1990. For which use is that book still accurate today?

Source: "Sea otters keep kelp forests healthy by eating the sea urchins that graze on kelp." Which student note paraphrases this source properly and credits it?

Ravi restates a source's idea in sentences of his own for a research report. What must his note still include?

Source: "The town council voted in March to repair the footbridge over Miller Creek." Which option shortens that sentence into a correct quotation?

A source reads: "Fog forms when warm, moist air moves over cold ground." Which student note uses that sentence as a quotation correctly?

Which citation of a book is complete and in a consistent standard order?

Which citation of a web source is complete and in a consistent standard order?

Jonah wants to know how bottlenose dolphins sleep. He types: interesting facts about amazing ocean animals. Which search would work better?

Priya searches: how do harbor seals in Puget Sound raise their pups in July 2019. Almost nothing comes back. Which search is more likely to find useful sources?

Research question: How much damage did the 1889 Johnstown flood do to the city's steel mills? Which set of search terms fits that question best?

Kara is researching the bird called a crane. Her search, crane, returns pages about construction equipment. Which search would fix that?

Nadia's question is what makes leaves turn red and yellow each fall. Which search terms are most likely to reach scientific explanations?

Does Brightsmile toothpaste prevent cavities? Source 1: a 2025 study paid for by Brightsmile, posted on its shopping page. Source 2: a 2024 dental journal trial by university dentists, no company funding. Which is better?

What is the speed limit on Route 9 right now? Source 1: a driver's blog post from March describing his trip. Source 2: the state transportation department's page, last updated this June. Which should Emil use?

What did the Fairview council decide at last Tuesday's meeting? Source 1: a reporter who sat through the meeting, in Wednesday's town paper. Source 2: a history professor's 2018 book on Fairview government. Which is better?

Why did Kansas wheat prices rise last year? Source 1: a January report by an agricultural economist at a state university. Source 2: a January blog post in which a shopper describes her rising grocery bills. Which should Tess use?

How does Alder Grove's new composting program work? Source 1: an unsigned message board post from last week. Source 2: last week's program page from the town sanitation office, signed by its recycling coordinator. Which is better?

Which bike helmet protects best in a crash? Source 1: a helmet shop's page ranking the helmets it sells. Source 2: a nonprofit safety lab's 2025 crash tests, paid for by its members' dues. Which should Ivy trust?

How many manatees live in Florida waters now? Source 1: a wildlife agency page giving this winter's aerial survey count and the dates it was flown. Source 2: a magazine article this year saying experts believe there are thousands. Which is better?

Did Redwood School's reading program raise test scores? Source 1: the researchers' full report, with scores for all 400 students and how they were measured. Source 2: a news site's short post on that report, giving no numbers. Which is better?

Source: Monarch butterflies fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach the fir forests of central Mexico. Which student note is a paraphrase rather than a lightly reworded copy?

Source: Sound travels about four times faster in water than it does in air. Which line in Zoe's report is plagiarism?

Nia's paper draws on her own class survey, her own views and one park service report. Which sentence must carry a citation?

Fern's works cited entry reads: Owls of the Northwest. Cedar Press, 2019. What is missing from it?

Which entry belongs first in Owen's works cited list?

Rae's works cited list includes: Alvarez, Rosa. Rivers of Ice. Beacon Press, 2020. Which in-text credit matches that entry for a quotation from page 47?

Kai's other entries all read like this one: Lopez, Ana. Desert Nights. Harbor Books, 2018. Which new entry keeps that same order?