{"id":6525,"date":"2023-03-03T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:14:00","slug":"independent-project-update-continue-taking-notes-primary-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/2023\/03\/03\/independent-project-update-continue-taking-notes-primary-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Project Update: Continue Taking Notes, Primary Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/files\/2022\/06\/Fibreoptic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6052 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/files\/2022\/06\/Fibreoptic-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/files\/2022\/06\/Fibreoptic-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/files\/2022\/06\/Fibreoptic.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hello Everyone!<\/p>\n<p>As we head into Spring Break time, I want to take a moment to give an update on Independent Project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has already been done?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students chose their topics and informed Ms. D<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Ho put out requests to all District libraries for books related to topics<\/li>\n<li>Ms. D went over the Jar of Inquiry and how to ask questions.<\/li>\n<li>Students were told to begin with Form and Function type questions, and then to expand up into connection, perspective, and responsibility questions. Examples were provided in class and on the wonderings board.<\/li>\n<li>Ms. D reviewed which are good websites to use, what information to take down to document resources, how to take notes in a T chart, and where to find things like copyright dates\/publishers\/about us on websites, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Students began taking notes, whether in their journals by hand or online. No cutting and pasting, please! Notes in their own words. Use the T CHART format.<\/li>\n<li>Dates for Independent Project deadlines were put in our planners, so students can refer to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask new questions. As you research, if something comes up that you are curious about, ask a new question!<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to avoid commercial websites trying to sell you things, or websites where you can&#8217;t find an author and date. Ask Ms. D for help if needed.<\/li>\n<li>We have been doing secondary research. Now is the time to get some primary research ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is Primary Research?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Primary research is doing the observing, documenting, analyzing, and making conclusions on your own instead of finding research already done by someone else. It can take many forms. Primary research is required for the project, and it needs to be documented with pictures or notes. Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Interview with an expert on the topic.<\/strong> Before you do an interview, write down your questions and ask Ms. D to review them with you. Record the person\u2019s answers, their name, and the date of the interview.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do observations at a location, or of someone doing something related to your topic.<\/strong> It is a good idea to take both written observations, the dates you took the observations, and take some pictures to share later as part of your presentation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conduct a lab experiment.<\/strong> Use the scientific method to do a lab write up. Take pictures to document the process so you will have them for your presentation later. Write down the dates you conducted the experiment. We will be talking more about the scientific method this unit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build something.<\/strong> Document your design process with a draft drawing or plan, notes about how the process is going, and pictures so you have them for your presentation later. Record dates about when you did certain things in your notes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do something.<\/strong> Try something for the first time, document the experience, and take pictures so you have them for your presentation later. Record dates about when you did certain things in your notes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please try to think about a primary research item on your own. Ms. D can discuss with you immediately following Spring Break some ideas to help, but Spring Break is a great time to visit places!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hello Everyone! As we head into Spring Break time, I want to take a moment to give an update on Independent Project. &nbsp; What has already been done? Students chose their topics and informed Ms. D Ms. Ho put out requests to all District libraries for books related to topics Ms. D went over the Jar of Inquiry and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4053,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6526,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525\/revisions\/6526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/deterraa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}