Teacher Preview
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Time of Each Project:
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4 to 52 weeks
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Grade:
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4 -12
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Research Categories:
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Air Pollution
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Soil Pollution
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Water Pollution
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General Explanation:
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These research projects are vitally identical in structure, with each offering a different subject area to study while requiring the use of a basic set of research and presentation skills. It is suggested that only one, or at most, two of them be used with a group of students in any given school year, to avoid repetition and potential boredom.
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Goals:
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1: To require the use of research skills as students learn about specific topics.
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2. To emphasize independent learning.
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3. To promote the concept of “students teaching students.”
During this project students will:
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1. Define and select topics for research.
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2. Combine the research skills they have mastered into one individualized project.
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3. Assemble information for a report.
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4. Present what they have learned to the rest of the class.
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5. Discuss and analyze the project upon its completion.
Skills:
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Preparing bibliographies
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Persistence
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Collecting data
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Sentences
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Making notecards
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Sense of quality
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Summarizing
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Creating presentation strategies
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Writing
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Drawing and sketching
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Meeting deadlines
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Self-confidence
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Accepting responsibility
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Teaching other
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Personal motivation
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Public speaking
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Handouts Provided:
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“Students Introduction to the Research Project”
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“Students Assignment Sheet” for each area of study Teacher’s Introduction to the Student Research Guide
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a. Notecard Evaluation
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b. Poster Evaluation
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c. Oral Presentation Evaluation
Student Research Guide
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a. Choosing a subject
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b. Where to go of write for information
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c. Project fact sheet
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d. Brochure sheet
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e. Develop checklist to use prior to presentation
