Evaluation of your major project

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You can view what you submitted on your planning forms here:  Bats   Blasters   Schlieren  Shrimpers   Snappers   Splashers

If you are requesting exam conflict relief that involves the IE360 exam period or if you have a conflicting exam during the IE360 exam period, let the teacher know this week so that arrangements can be made. During the IE360 exam period, you're expected to give an oral presentation on your project with your partner.

You can view what you submitted on your planning forms here:  Bats   Blasters   Schlieren  Shrimpers   Snappers   Splashers

You can view what you submitted on your planning forms here:  Bats   Blasters   Schlieren  Shrimpers   Snappers   Splashers

Please note: If you have an anticipated absence for any Thursday or Friday lab period, bring your excused absence form to me 5 school days in advance. Then arrange with your lab partner for an alternate double period to make up the lab period you will miss. I will excuse your lab partner on the same day that you're excused. (For anticipated absences on regular class days, 2 days notice is sufficient.)

You can view what you submitted on your planning forms here:  Bats   Blasters   Schlieren  Shrimpers   Snappers   Splashers

Please note: If you have an anticipated absence for any Thursday or Friday lab period, bring your excused absence form to me 5 school days in advance. Then arrange with your lab partner for an alternate double period to make up the lab period you will miss. I will excuse your lab partner on the same day that you're excused. (For anticipated absences on regular class days, 2 days notice is sufficient.)

You can view what you submitted on your planning forms here:  Bats   Blasters   Schlieren  Shrimpers   Snappers   Splashers

Please note: If you have an anticipated absence for any Thursday or Friday lab period, bring your excused absence form to me 5 school days in advance. Then arrange with your lab partner for an alternate double period to make up the lab period you will miss. I will excuse your lab partner on the same day that you're excused. (For anticipated absences on regular class days, 2 days notice is sufficient.)

The primary assignment (due Wednesday) is to put together all the pieces of your revised proposal (working as groups this time) so that by the end of the week we have complete research proposals for all projects. The goal is to be in a position to move completely into the research phase of the course after spring break. To review what your revised proposal is to include, see this page.

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For each group that submitted a method, I emailed comments. Make any preparations for Monday as per my comments. Remember that Monday is a Friday schedule. So we'll be doing lab work. Some of that will probably be project set up.

The primary assignment for next week (due Wednesday) is to put together all the pieces of your revised proposal (working as groups this time) so that by the end of the week we have complete research proposals for all projects. The goal is to be in a position to move completely into the research phase of the course after spring break. To review what your revised proposal is to include, see this page.

There will be an optional quiz on Tuesday next week. You may take this in order to boost your average on the skills portion of the course.  The quiz will take about half an hour and will cover all the activities, online reading assignments, and associated materials.

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1. A revised statement of your research question (see item 2a here).
2. Provide bibliographical information on two additional references you found that have direct relevance to your project. These should not be URLs unless they link to journal articles or article summaries. You may also include page references to books.

1. Fine tune your research question if necessary.
2. Confer with me if you need guidance.
3. Work on expanding your bibliography. (see item 2f here) Use computer searches as well as my library. If you need something from the NCSSM library, let me know.
4. Send your email (see info to the left).

For Wednesday, prepare a draft of an introduction to your revised proposal. Include your bibliography. Each student will do this independently even if you're working in groups. See this example. In the example, note how each of the listings in the bibliography is referred to specifically in the introduction. Do the same in your introduction. You shouldn't have any references that you don't refer to in your introduction.

Proposal revision requirements

For next Wednesday (postponed to Thursday): Next step in project development

Now here's a paper-saving measure. Don't print instructions for the activities. Instead, make sure that at least one member of the lab group you've been working with brings a laptop.

Read this article by Thursday of next week.