Cross-Topic Connections
📋 What it is
Research skills connect: a sharp question guides your search, credibility checks feed synthesis, citation ties it up.
🗣️ Coach says
Research is one web. A sharp question aims your search; credibility checks decide what feeds your synthesis; citation lets others follow. See the links and each skill strengthens the rest.
🧠 Memory hook
Link the web: question → search, credibility → synthesis, citation → trust.
😂 Giggle
Why did the database feel powerful?
It had access to millions of sources at its fingertips!
😲 Whoa!
The same "check the source" habit protects you in research, in the news, and in everyday scrolling.
✅ Quick check: Show how "asking a good question" connects to "finding good sources".
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
A focused, answerable question tells you exactly what KIND of source to look for and when you’ve found enough — the question steers the search.
Connecting the steps turns a checklist into real research fluency.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Take one research skill and name another it makes easier.