Making+Information+Cards



Parts of a source card: 1. You must have a source number that matches the source card's number. So if you use a Discovery Streaming article first, your source card for that source will be #1. ALL information cards from that Discovery Streaming article will have a #1 at the top also. You are not numbering the cards to put them in order, you are telling yourself WHERE you got this information!

2. Heading- This is the topic or main idea of the card. As you continue your research, you should see a pattern emerging, and you should start seeing the same few headings pop up over and over again! For example, on the card above, the subject is deer population- the problem of overpopulation in cities. When they go to their next source, they may find more information about urban overpoprulation as well. It may be an extention of a quote they already have, a differing view point, or just another way to say what they already have found. By making a lot of cards on each topic, you give yourself choices as to what to use and what not to use. If you limit yourself in your cards, your final project will reflect that.

3. Your ONE NOTE- This MUST be a quote. Do not paraphrase. Make sure you use quotation marks! Again, this MUST BE A QUOTE.

4. Page Number- Put the page number where you found the quote. This applies to print sources or numbered pages on a database or website. If no page number is given on a website, you may leave this out.

There is not a minimum number of cards per source, since sometimes a source yields only a few bits of information, but you must have a total of 75 information cards at the end of your research.

Information Cards Rubric can be found here: