Synthesizing
Think about the best choice using the information you gathered.

Keep your guiding question in mind: How do geography and resources affect the choices people make in Washington State? Or more specifically, how do the geography and resources of Washington’s regions affect the decisions you make as you plan a vacation?

Discuss how the information you have gathered helps answer the smaller questions on your Note Sheet, as well as these larger guiding questions.

The research process does not go in a straight line.  Most times you need to repeat some steps.

Go to your teacher with evidence that you have:

• Enough information on each activity and region
• Deleted unnecessary information
• Selected useful information
• Evaluated the information

Please open up Decision Making Sheet . Print a copy for your use, or save a copy to a drive as your teacher has instructed. On this sheet you will record the region that you will visit for each activity. You will also explain why you chose each region, and what made this region a better vacation stop than the other regions.

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Research modules based on use of the Research Cycle, Module Maker, and ideas in Beyond Technology by Jamie McKenzie.