Research Worksheet for Gathering Sources

Name: Research Worksheet for Gathering Sources
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Research paper planning worksheet that explains how to judge a source by its domain ending, then has students record notes from two sources and the three most important things they found.

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Year levels: Years 4–7
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Sep 18, 2026

Subject: Writing, English
Topic: Writing, Research Paper
Resource types: Worksheets
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

This resource is a Gathering Research Worksheet.

Students can use this worksheet any time they are writing a research paper.

This worksheet template serves as a student guide to ensure students are gathering reliable information from trustworthy sources.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Judge a website's reliability from its .edu, .gov, .org, .com or .net ending
Summarise the most important information from two sources

Teaching tips

The guide lists .edu, .gov and .org as usually reliable endings; point out that Australian government and university websites end in .gov.au and .edu.au.

Skills covered

Source evaluation — checking domain endings before taking notes
Summarising — narrowing notes from two sources to three key findings

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Research question
Reliable sources
Note-taking

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