INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT

Library Skills Mrs. Geist

5.9 The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources for a research product.

◦ a) Construct questions about a topic.

◦ b) Collect information from multiple resources including online, print, and media.

◦ c) Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information.

◦ d) Organize information presented on charts, maps, and graphs.

◦ e) Develop notes that include important concepts, summaries, and identification of information sources.

◦ f) Give credit to sources used in research.

◦ g) Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism.

SOL 5.9 Research

(noun) The collecting of information about a particular subject

(noun) The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

(verb) To search or investigate exhaustively

What is Research?

1) A visual presentation or product

2) A typed list of information sources

3) an oral presentation to your Language Arts class.

The first two parts are due May 6th. Oral presentations will be made in June.

Your research project will consist of three parts:

Can be in any format you choose. Mrs. Parrott would prefer you to use technology.

◦ Powerpoint presentation Poster◦ Movie Web page◦ Diorama Skit◦ Song Timeline◦ Pamphlet Game like Jeopardy or ◦ Book Fling the Teacher

Here are some examples:

Visual presentation/product

Poster

Timeline

Travel Brochure

Science Experiment

Book

Web Page

Must be factual, demonstrating your research.

Should be creative and original.

YOUR TOPIC MUST RELATE TO 5TH GRADE!!!

Visual presentation/product

Part 2 of your project is a typed list of the sources that you have used for information.

You will need to use at least three sources

◦Nonfiction book-reference or other, library book or personal book

◦Website◦Other-magazine, newspaper, video,

personal interview, etc.

List of sources

Here’s what it might look like:

List of sources

Jude GeistAlligators Project

Resources May 6, 2013

Book:

All about alligators by Jack Smith, 2010. Pages 20-40.

Website:

“American alligator”, www.nationalgeographic.com, 2012

Magazine article:

“Alligators invade Florida,” Science News Magazine,

Jan. 2013, page 11-15.

The first two parts of your project are due to your Language Arts teacher on Monday,

May 6th. You will present your project to your class

in June. Basically you get to “teach” the class what you have learned in your research.

Your teacher will let you know exactly when.

You WILL NOT turn in your materials to me.

Oral Presentation

HomeSpecials – Library and Keyboarding

Language Arts LabAfterschool Enrichment, starting Feb. 11, sign up today

Will We Have Research Time?

After School EnrichmentLearn some fun programs and get some

extra help with your Research Project.

Learn : Every Monday

Research Techniques & Sources 3:20 to 4:30

Microsoft PowerPoint Beginning Feb. 11th

Movie Maker In the library with

Creating a Web Site Mrs. Geist

You may not come if you are already

assigned to Tutorial!!!

Visual presentation/ product

Although there are no hard rules to deducing a source’s value, the following are some good rules to keep in mind:

A good source usually has an author. A good source is unbiased. When using the internet, remember that the better sites

will likely end in “.edu” or “.gov”. A good source has been published/peer reviewed. A good source is either of a time period (historical) or up to

date (contemporary). A good source does not push an agenda.

Source Cards

quoting is when you use the exact words from the source in your text. Quotes should be placed with quotation marks and offset with a proper introduction. Paraphrasing is taking someone’s idea and putting it in your own words. This does not mean simply replacing one or two words (this is plagiarism); proper paraphrasing changes sentence structure, style, and word choice. Instances of both paraphrasing and quoting should be sited!

Quote or Paraphrase

List of sources