RESEARCH IT (1) - SKILLS & THE WORLD is a 30 page workbooklet with 45 practical every day tasks, ideas, research skills to use. It is all about how we find out information and then what we do with it! Every day there is new information around us that we hear for the first time, we link to what we know or it adds to our knowledge. There are different ways we can find out information like talking to people, interviewing experts, listening to coaches, reading information, watching videos etc. Key topics include: research skills, current and social events, the wider world, presentations skills and 3+ research projects. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also PRESENT IT (2) - SKILLS & SPECIAL PROJECTS and LITERACY (3) - SKILLS MAKING SENSE workbooklets. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.

We ran a competition to find the UK's most inspiring food technology / home economics teachers. Their entries were truely fun and inspiring. See summaries of their lesson plans and ideas here. For more information, visit www.grainchain.com and click on the Inspire! link.