Learn about using secondary sources of information.
Child: What’s the moon made of?
Molly: Not sure. Some things aren’t easy to investigate yourself.
Narrator: You could look through your telescope, but it won’t tell you what the moon is made of.
Molly: I suppose you could always visit the moon.
Narrator: Or you could research secondary sources instead as other people may already have found the answer.
Would you like to search the internet? Read books? Or listen to interviews from people who have been there?
Molly: That one please!
Astronaut: The moon’s made from rock.
Molly: It’s made from rock!
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Secondary sources
Some things are difficult to research for yourself but somebody else might know the answer.
You can search online, look in books and watch television to find out the answer. These are secondary sources of information because it is somebody else's research.
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