Group Project Guide

Choose the issue

What do you already know about this topic?
What do you want to know? 5W’s + H… Where? What? Why? When? Who? How?
Write a focus question

Reliability Websites and Project Aim
1. What is the project aim?
Project aim the overall statement of the goal or “why” of the project or the Focusing Question.
2. What should a successful project aim include

A. Research questions that allow me to take a stand after reviewing the relevant facts (personal/national/global views)Supporting/secondary questions which help me to find the facts that shape and support the answer to my focusing question (personal/national/global views) C. A topic statement for my focusing question which is my reason identifying statement (personal/national/global views)

3. Find one reliable and one unreliable website-use the five factors to explain why you think they are reliable or unreliable.
http://www.usgs.gov/Reliable website
http://www.answers.com/Unreliable website
4. Five factors to tell if a website is reliable or unreliable.A. Who authored the site?B. Who published the site?C. What is the main purpose of the site?D. Who is the intended audience?E. Check the links and date.

Research and reading for information

Try at least reading 4 articles, for each article complete the 5 ways to evaluate record on the 'reading for information' document.

After each session

SWOF

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Feelings

Designer Babies

What do you already know about this topic?

What I already know about this topic is that designer babies is about genetically modifying/engineering babies by choosing the features and characteristics.

What do you want to know? 5W’s + H


Where?



What?



Why?



When?



Who?



How?

Most effective aim, Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

We picked this aim because it was the best aim that gives detailed facts and evidence. Whilst others have short explanations

Research

Learning Intention:

1. To share your website evaluations.
2. To understand what means a successful group project aim.

Success Criteria:

1. I can identify at least 3 ways to 'spot' reliable information
2. I can identify the elements of an effective group project aim

5 Key factors

content, structure, currency, audience and authority

Information Reliability Websites and Project Aim

Learning Intention:
1. To be able to critically evaluate sources of information
2.To understand what makes a successful project aim

Success Criteria:
1. I can identify reliable sources of information using a set of criteria
2. I can identify the elements of an effective project aim.
3. I can identify reliable sources of knowledge when researching

Reliability Websites and Project Aim

1.     What is the project aim?

Project aim the overall statement of the goal or “why” of the project or the Focusing Question.

2.     What should a successful project aim include

A.    Research questions that allow me to take a stand after reviewing the relevant facts (personal/national/global views)

2. Supporting/secondary questions which help me to find the facts that shape and support the answer to my focusing question (personal/national/global views)

C.     A topic statement for my focusing question which is  my reason identifying statement (personal/national/global views)

3.     Find one reliable and one unreliable website-use the five factors to explain why you think they are reliable or unreliable.

http://www.usgs.gov/

Reliable website

http://www.answers.com/

Unreliable website

4.     Five factors to tell if a website is reliable or unreliable.

A.    Who authored the site?

B.    Who published the site?

C.     What is the main purpose of the site?

D.    Who is the intended audience?

E.     Check the links and date.