This is from the Scholastic site. Check out the links on the Links page as well as the Dogs' page too. Have your students research this question. After showing several Alaskan videos I ask the students to choose an animal from the Alaskan Animal Links . I have a research organizer that seems to work very well.
Students use the Internet and the traditional print references.
The trick is to give them 1 inch wide strips of paper to take notes on. In this way they record only the facts. They put the slip in the appropriate pocket. The best part is that students are not just copying information by the reams with little understanding. I then evaluate the paper using a simple check system before assigning grades.