Oct. 2, 2012PG. #36 Focus: Science Fair – Background Research Objective: learn the expectations, begin research, write notes, cite sources HW: work on

Oct. 2, 2012 PG. #36Focus: Science Fair – Background

ResearchObjective: learn the expectations, begin

research, write notes, cite sourcesHW: work on background research and

bibliography Warm-Up: Computer Lab Preparations1. What are the expectations in the

computer lab / media center?2. Write down this url:

www.kmstorres.cmswiki.wikispaces.net3. Take out 4 sheets of lined paper

http://www.kmstorres.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/

Set Up of Documents

• Front of Sheet 1: Topic Questions

• Back of Sheet 1: Source 1 Notes

• Front of Sheet 2: Source 2 Notes


• Front of Sheet 3: Source 4 Notes


• Last Sheet: Background Research Essay / Put it All Together

Note Taking• Source 1 Notes page is for you to record

what you learned from your first source.• Source 2 Notes page is for you to record

what you learned from your second source.• Source 3 Notes page is for you to record

what you learned from your third source.• Source 4 Notes page is for you to record

what you learned from your fourth source.• Source 5 Notes page is for you to record

what you learned from your fifth source.

BACKGROUND RESEARCH Based on your research plan – What is your topic? Write a list of questions to help you understand

your topic, your experiment on the page – Topic Questions

Ex: If your experimental questions is –How does the type of fertilizer affect plant

growth?Sample Topic Questions are:What are fertilizers? How do they work? When

were they developed? What are the different types?

BACKGROUND RESEARCH Next, Search for your answers in magazines,

newspapers, articles, books, internet sites…

Interview an expert. Remember to record your answers /

information from each source in your own words.

For each resource you must collect specific information (next slide )

Collect this information

author name title of the publication

(and the title of the article if it's a magazine or encyclopedia)

date of publication the place of publication

of a book the publishing company

of a book the volume number of a

magazine or printed encyclopedia

the page number(s)

author and editor names (if available)

title of the page (if available)

the company or organization who posted the webpage

the Web address for the page (called a URL)

the last date you looked at the page

Printed Source Website Source

TITLE

AUTHOR

TITLE

AUTHOR

date of publication

the publishing company of a book

the place of publication of a book

Website Source

Funk & Wagnalls. Parachute From Discovery Education. Encyclopedia Article. 2005 . http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ (accessed 1 October 2012).

citation

* Google is a search engine not a source to cite.

INPUT Information for each source

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_bibliography_worksheet.pdf

FILL OUT BOX 1 FOR SOURCE 1 (not all boxes will be filled)



FILL OUT BOX 2 FOR SOURCE 2










Last Step! Write your report. It can be handwritten on the last page of your

background research packet or you may type it. From your notes / what you learned from your

research you need to write at least 3 complete paragraphs for your report. All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Details and more details, extended sentences, neat, proper grammar, no spelling mistakes…

Information clearly relates to the main topic.

Important: You need 5 sources. They can not be all

internet sources. All sources (information and graphics) must be

accurately documented. From your notes you need to write at least 3

complete paragraphs for your report. Background Research and Bibliography worksheet– due by October 11th

Where to START? Go to class wiki:

http://kmstorres.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/ Then press science fair. Scroll down to Bibliography. Press: Where to Go This will lead you to my page of links to

various sites on science fair topics and great sources for research.