Rockridge School Research Assignments

In consultation with teaching staff, the Rockridge library has developed a Framework for Achieving Literacy and Research Skills. 

Grade 8
Aquatic Species
Bayeaux Tapestry
Comparing Civilizations
Database Scavenger Hunt
Early Middle Ages Facebook
Garden Nerds
Global Health Statistics
Global Health Stats Story
Health Statistics
Health Story
Kitchen Waste Stations
Kitchen Waste Resources
Landforms Assignment
Landforms and Copyright Friendly Images
Myths in History
Optics
Piplines 2017: Thinking Openly and Critically
Pipeline Debate
Religious Tolerance Campaign
Renaissance Art Walk
Salmon Stakeholders
Salmon Stories
Small Things Matter
UN Summit
UN Summit Research
Zero Waste

Grade 9
Electricity
First Nations Art Walk
First Nations Past, Present & Future
First Nations Resources
French Revolution Newspaper




Electives
Foods 9/10: You are what you eat

Grade 11
Ebola
Fad Diets Wikipedia Research & Critique
Foods: Citation Practice
Biology: Fishy Business
Biology: Invertebrates in the News
Lisa Station Activity
Pipeline Debate

Grade 10
Dissent and Rebellion
Environment Issues through a
Stakeholder Lens
​First Nations Book Review
Louis Riel: Hero or Traitor?
Trial of Louis Riel
To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Personal Project Process Journals
2. Personal Project Evaluating Sources
3. Personal Project Annotation Template
Impacts of Space Science
Storybird Picture Books
Una escuela ideal
Writing Picture Books

Grade 12
Academic Research Essay
​Ancient Near East Podcast
Ancient Near East Voicethread​
Food Supply Stations