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Welcome to Senior Project!

In completing the Senior Project, each senior must complete the minimum requirements:

  1. In the Research Essay, the student investigates critical questions through primary (interviews) and secondary (textual) sources which draw arguable conclusions about the question.

  2. Document the process in the Website, creating a digital portfolio that memorializes key findings and provides foundational practice for digital work beyond high school.

  3. In the Presentation the student presents findings of their research. The presentation will inform and convince the audience that the research has value to the student and to the community.

Link to the assignment CALENDAR

The challenge is “not simply to exploit students’ non-academic interests, but to get them to see those interests through academic eyes” (Laffhas).

NoodleTools For Seniors

FIRST STEPS FOR SENIOR PROJECT RESEARCH USING NOODLETOOLS

STEP ONE: Make sure you are signed into NoodleTools through your auhsdschools google account.

STEP TWO: Create a NEW PROJECT titled SENIOR PROJECT 2024. Select MLA 9 and Advanced for your preferences.

STEP THREE: Add to your THREE database sources to this Project in the correct MLA format. Each database has a way to properly cite the information you find. The database will send the correct citation to your Senior Project folder.

STEP FOUR: After compiling your research, you will create an Annotated Bibliography. You can do this in NoodleTools by creating your annotation in the box below each source. 

STEP FIVE: Export your completed Annotated to GoogleDocs and share with Ms. Moore (nmoore@auhsdschools.org) Title the document like this: Last name, Teacher name, class period, SP AB

Most of you should be familiar with NoodleTools by now. If you need more help or a further tutorial, please see Ms. Moore in the library or you can email her at nmoore@auhsdschools.org

Annotated Bibliography Information

Creating an Annotated Bibliography-share with Moore from NoodleTools

An Annotated Bibliography is an organized list of sources (like a Works Cited page). Each source is followed by a brief note or “annotation.” For your project, you will be annotating several articles so you can learn about your topic. To help you decide if sources are worthy of annotation, read the ABSTRACT. Then, read the first and last sentence of the first five or so paragraphs. After you do some academic skimming, do the following

1. CITE each source properly through NoodleTools-three total

2. Create a paragraph for each source. Content is as follows:

  • Summarize/Describe the content and focus of the book or article. Who is the writer? What is his/her/their role? Where was the article published and when?
  • Evaluate/Analyze the articles' content - what COULD you annotate for in this piece? What does it make you consider about your topic?
  • Reflect the source’s usefulness to your research: WILL you ultimately read the entire article and annotate it? WHY?

3.  Export your completed Annotated Bibliography to GoogleDocs

4. Title the document like this: Last name, Teacher name, class period, SP AB and share with Ms. Moore (nmoore@auhsdschools.org) 

See THIS TUTORIAL for help with NoodleTools, if you need it - Thanks, Ms. McFerrin!

 

Databases and Research

After doing a bit of light research on the internet using Wikipedia and Google, hopefully, you have a good idea of how to start research on your topic. Use databases for vetted an substantive sources to explore your Senior Project topic in depth. See your bookmark or email your librarian for the passwords for these databases. Happy Researching!!

Print vs. database research: Print Sources

A source counts as a “print source” if it has ever been on paper or is actually physically in your hand.

SOME of the database sources were in print, some were not. Check the NoodleTools tutorials for more info.

There are three different categories of information sources that students use to locate data for their research projects:

Primary sources: original raw data. Examples: the interviews you will conduct are your primary sources.

Secondary sources: your use and interpretation of some sort of research. Examples: books, journal articles, or scholarly papers.

Tertiary sources: more commonly known as reference sources, tertiary sources provide a general overview of a topic when starting research. Examples: encyclopedias, dictionaries, and even Wikipedia!