Research Project:
Notice the different dues dates!!!
Assignment: You will prepare a Poster Presentation focusing on the research topic of your choice. Choose a topic that matters to you. Your topic must be approved by me. This must be a topic that is from your 1 Topic = 18 Topics sheet or Science Fair Project topic. This is a four part assingment. Parts: Proposal, 6 Source Annotated Bibliography, Research Outline, Poster Presentation.
Pose your topic as a question to be answered or a problem to be solved. Example: Should the use of animals in circuses be considered morally acceptable in American society? You will create a presentation which uses research to answer the question or solve the problem.
Components:
Proposal: Due Monday, October 2, 2017, END OF CLASS
You will write a one page proposal. Following the format below. Answer the questions in detailed, complete sentences. Each question should be answered in at least one paragraph. Use the five steps to a good paragraph. You will write this in class on Monday, September 25, 2017 in a Google Doc. You may share it with me any time before the due date.
- What is your proposed topic?
- Why you are interested in this topic?
- What do you already know about the topic?
- What do you need to know/don’t know about the topic?
- What is your research question?
- What is the intended goal/purpose of your research?
- Who is the intended audience?
- Why is this topic important ?
- Additional comments:
Source Annotated Bibliography: Due Monday, October 2, 2017, END OF CLASS (25 points)
You must turn in a 6 source annotated bibilography via Google Docs. You will complete two sources a day: Tuesday, September 26, Wednesday, September 27, and Thursday, September 28. The full document is due on Monday, October 2, 2017. Each source needs to focus on a different reliable source and one source must be from a journal. Look for books, articles from respectable news sources, journals, and websites ending in .edu or .org. Wikipedia is NEVER considered to be a reliable source. Each source must contain the following information: source information in MLA formatting (use the Purdue Owl website as a guide.) and a sentence about the topic of the source, as well as the main points that you will focus on from the source. (What will you use from the source?) Use the example below.
This example uses MLA style (MLA Handbook, 8th edition, 2016)for the journal citation:
Waite, Linda J., et al. "Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults."American Sociological Review,vol. 51, no. 4, 1986, pp. 541-554.
The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.
Outline: Due Wednesday, October 4, 2017 (75 points)
This is the written component that will accompany your project and must be IN DEPTH and cover all points you plan to make in your presentation. Your outline should contain a topic question, thesis statement, (main point of presentation,) background on topic,3-5 main points that you will focus on to prove your point, and the supporting details for each point, as well as a conclusion which includes a restatement of thesis and a call for action, and will be shared via Google Docs. Your outline must be typed, organized and in complete sentences. You should follow the BASIC format below, but yours will include LOTS and LOTS of detail. You will work on this portion of the assignment in class on Monday, October 2 and Tuesday, October 3.
Research Outline
If you were writing an actual research paper you would begin with an outline. This outline needs to be as detailed as possible. Please complete the outline as if you were going to write a research paper.
Topic Question:
Background:
Thesis:
Main Point:
Supporting Details
Main Point:
Supporting Details
Main Point:
Supporting Details
Main Point:
Supporting Details
Conclusion:
Call to action
Visual Component: Due Thursday, October 5, 2017, beginning of class FOR GALLERY WALK (50 points)
You will be sharing your findings with your peers through a gallery walk. You are expected to create a poster which demonstrates your topic (posed as a question or problem) and your findings. While you will work on the poster on Wednesday, October 4th in class you will need to do most of it at home. This component is a cruicial part of your research project, so give it the time and energy it deserves. Your poster must exhibit TIME, THOUGHT AND EFFORT, and ultilize both text and images.
An effective poster is ...Focused / Focused on a single message.
Graphic / Lets graphs and images tell the story; uses text sparingly.
Ordered / Keeps the sequence well-ordered and obvious.
Project Point Breakdown:
Total Project Points: 175 Points
Proposal 25 Points
Source Cards 25 points
Outline 75 points
Poster 50 points