Week+3

=Thursday September 9= = =

Assignments to have been completed for this week

 * Begin working with your Hands-on teaching partner
 * Finalize your research project topic & pairs
 * Read Part 4 in Student Research Manual //Learning About My Topic//
 * Complete //Research Design Table// (SH #2)

Housekeeping

 * Turn in Research Design Table (SH #2)
 * Attendance
 * Hands-On announcements:
 * No need to email anything to me the morning of your presentation....everything should be posted to the wiki, and I will use what is there by 8:00 the morning of your presentation.
 * As an audience member, you are a high school student...ask questions, answer questions as if you are a student new to the information.

Hands-On Presentation

 * Jill and Heather: Edible cell
 * Debrief: On a 4x6 card:
 * Give a constructive complement: Describe a strength of the presentation or of the lab design
 * Give constructive criticism: Describe a way the presentation or the lab design could be improved for next time

Topic Discussion

 * Materials in a Biology Lab:
 * How much do lab materials cost?
 * What materials do you think are stocked in a standard high school biology lab?
 * What sort of yearly budget do you expect?
 * How do you get students to "respect" the cost of the equipment?
 * STEM Kit Challenge: Introduce the assignment (Do in pairs--not the same as Hands-on, or research project

Research Project Topic

 * Working with a lab partner: both partners must be working together. That does not mean that both people have to do everything, but the work must be distributed. I will be asking you periodically what you have been doing toward this project, and how that compares to your lab partner. Remain accountable, be honest with your lab partner if you feel you are doing too much or too little. TALK about it!
 * Part 4: Learning about My Topic
 * Purpose of Library research questions?
 * How to take Notes: Cards vs. Packet
 * MLA vs. APA

Assignment to have completed for next week (Sept. 16)

 * For the research project: If you haven't already, one person from each team should post their names and topic on the research project documentation page, here in the wiki. That will allow me to take a look at them before next week. Remember both people should be using the wiki, try the discussion tab.
 * Work with your lab partner to hone your research design table--finalize it, and bring it with you.
 * Begin thinking of how you will obtain materials
 * Decide how you want to organize your notes (cards or packet); Have cards or packet ready for our fieldtrip to the library...(electronic version of the packet is available on the assignments page...called the MLA Documentation Work Sheet)
 * Complete the Library Research Questions here in the wiki (post to the document sharing page)
 * Meet on the top floor (4th?) of Milner next week---look at the announcements for more details later in the week