TRIP

<p><p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;TRIP (Thesis, Research, Inquiry, Presentation) is an exciting and robust project that students complete every year. The best part is that the project is inquiry-based, which means YOU get to choose what to research and how to show your learning. ere you&amp;amp;#039;ll find resources that will be helpful throughout your TRIP trip (get it?!)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p></p>

General Resources (all grades)

Keyword Generator

This interactive tool from UCONN will help you think through key ideas and search terms to help with your research.

2026 TRIP Calendar

Noodle Tools

Use this for your citations, note cards, and outline.

TRIP Creative Project Rubric

Grades 7/8

Britannica School

General reference resource for multiple age groups.

Gale in Context: Middle School

Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more

Database searching skills student activity

Review strong search strategies for databases.

Newsela ELA

This database provides news articles at various reading levels.

News-O-Matic

This database provides news articles at various reading levels.

Grades 9/10

Britannica Academic

Sooth.fyi

Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for students and knowledge professionals. We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of expert content from across the web covering a range of important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.