This research can be accomplished in new and exciting ways now through the use of internet. This chapter will discuss some of the methods for research that are available to you. The world is full of reading material. Research projects can originate from the back of the cereal box when you eat your breakfast in the morning, or from watching phenomena in nature. Reading is the first answer.
Observation is the next.
Before your observations make sense, you must have a working knowledge of the necessary background information. If your topic is current, you are not likely to find very much information in the encyclopedia. Instead, more current references should be used, such as scientific journals. You probably will not find very many scientific journals in your local high school library. A college or university library is more likely to have such materials.