Research Project Road Map

Research Project

START

Brainstorming

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Search Strings

02

Credible & Reliable Sources

03

Bibliography

05

Parenthetical Citations

06

Gathering Information

04

Examine Exemplars

07

Presentations

08

Follow the path

Success Criteria

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First Step

Watch YouTube playlists on various topics. Choose 4 videos/topics that interest you.Fill out the video graphic organizer in your slides.

Planet Playlist

Country Playlist

Culture Playlist

Family Playlist

School Playlist

Age Playlist

Gender Playlist

Social Life Playlist

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Second Step

Choose 1 topic that you are passionate about. Fill out the cause and effect graphic organizer in your slides.

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Third Step

Write a reflection about your topic. What conclusions can you draw? Develop an open-ended question you will use for your research project.

Practice

Use this graphic organizer in Google Classroom to practice using search strings for your research topic.

Note-Taking

Choose a system of note-taking that will aid you in this project.

How to Search

Watch this video on Edpuzzle and answer the questions. Make sure to take notes.

Mastery Check

Demonstrate your understanding of using search strings and narrowing a search.

Search Criteria

Find and complete in Google Classroom.

Credible & Reliable Sources

MASTERY CHECK

03

Return to the websites you found with your search criteria, and use this graphic organizer to determine the credibility and reliability of 3 of your websites.

02

Watch this video on Edpuzzle and take notes about credible & reliable sources.

01

Find this worksheet in bin #1 of the paper tray.

Gathering Information

01

Watch this video on Edpuzzle & take notes on paraphrasing.

02

Choose 4 websites from your search criteria. Use your note-taking system and the success criteria to find the information you need to answer your research question.

03

Teacher check-in! show your notes and review them with your teacher.

04

Mastery Check

Bibliography

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Edpuzzle

Watch this video on Edpuzzle & take notes about bibliographies.

Practice

Complete this worksheet found in bin #2 of the gray paper tray.

Mastery Check

Create a bibliography for your 4 sources and submit.

View a sample Bibliography below

click here for additional practice

FORMAT

• Bibliographies are in ALPHABETICAL order.
• The first line of an entry is aligned to the left and every attached line underneath is indented to the right

Learn more at

• Bibliography.com
• Purdue Owl

An entry with no author begins with the title of the source. An entry with no date can use the abbreviation n.d.

There are many rules and versions of styling a bibliography. You may use these citation generators to help you create your own bibliography:

• Bibliography.com
• MyBib.com
• Easybib.com

Notice how websites have the ENTIRE URL link (also known as a web address), and not just some of it. Also notice that websites have an access date. The date accessed is when you went to the site and gathered the information in your notes.

Parenthetical Citations

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Watch this video on Edpuzzle and take notes on parenthetical citations.

Edpuzzle

Mastery Check

Start

Practice - Option 1

Reach 100% mastery on IXL: Recognize the parts of a works cited entry.

Practice - Option 2

Complete this worksheet.

Find this worksheet in bin #3 of the gray paper tray.

Examine Exemplars

Mental Health

Presentation Choice - Art

Look at each of these project examples. Use the success criteria to evaluate their effectiveness.

Success Criteria

Choose from the following:

• Presentation: Google Slides, Prezi, Genial.ly, Canva
• Video: Canva, Flippaclip, Loom, Screencastify
• Essay
• Exhibition - use a 3 fold poster board
• Art Piece

*All must include the success criteria and written scripts!

Choose your Presentation Style

How to give a great presentation!

TedTalk Exemplar

Watch this TedTalk. Use the success criteria to evaluate this speaker. Write a reflection and justify your score.

Create your project!

Choose how you will present your information. Put in the success criteria.

Active Listening

View this presentation about active listening.

STOP!

Teacher check-in!Leave time to practice presenting!

Presentation Day Sign Ups

Presentation Success Criteria

Page Under Construction

Good speakers do NOT read from slides. They KNOW their information.