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2	Participants will be empowered by:
3	Characteristics of the 21st century information landscape and coping strategies
4	Data Smog
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11	What is Science Literacy? An awareness of the conventions and methods of science so that scientific information is both accessible to and useable by the student. Strategies to remain current with a rapidly changing and constantly evolving science knowledge base.
12	What is Information Literacy? Ability to recognize when information is needed and to apply skills to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information. Learning in an abundant information landscape without becoming frustrated, distracted, or bored. Ability to go beyond finding facts to constructing understanding at a deep level through inquiry and questioning. Essential skills to prepare students for the workplace, citizenship, and daily living.
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14	Using information literacy as an inquiry process to increase science literacy
15	Synonymous Concepts Identify a problem. Form a hypothesis(es). Review the literature. Decide on a procedure. Collect and analyze data. Derive conclusion. Formulate questions based on information needs. Identify a variety of sources of information. Use strategies for locating information. Critically evaluate information. Organize information for practical application. Apply information in critical thinking and problem solving. Produce and communicate new knowledge.
16	Reasoning
17	Power of Questions “You can tell a person is clever by his/her answers. You can tell whether a person is wise by his/her questions.” Naguib Mahfouz (Nobel Prize Winner)
18	Thoughts about questions “Questions are very strong attractors in the chaos of ideas; they gather, focus, attract and energize the conversation.” “Only questions have the power to break our current mindsets, they set in motion the deep reflection needed to alter our beliefs.” Compelling and quality questions drive knowledge creation and expansion in a fundamental way.”
19	"“Topical”" “Topical” research question Responding to directives and mechanics Print resources only Memorizing THE resources, THE route, and the THE answer Accepting the librarian and teacher as THE experts Turning in a report to the teacher
20	Scope of electronic resources and searching techniques
21	Facilitating science inquiry supported by the BCPS Online Research Models
22	Strategies to critically evaluate information to cope with the information explosion