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Culminating Project 2008-2009 Mrs. Gilday

Welcome Seniors . Culminating Project 2008-2009 Mrs. Gilday. Overview. State and District Requirement Great experience to explore something new. Get excited about it. Choose something you are genuinely interested in!

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Culminating Project 2008-2009 Mrs. Gilday

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  1. Welcome Seniors Culminating Project 2008-2009 Mrs. Gilday

  2. Overview • State and District Requirement • Great experience to explore something new. Get excited about it. Choose something you are genuinely interested in! • My role: Oversee project as a whole, communicate with advisors, create documents, troubleshoot, be a resource for staff and students.

  3. Basic Requirements • 60 hours of work (10 with field advisor) • Must include new learning and research • Must have end result be tangible product/performance • Field Advisor • Research Paper • Portfolio • Presentation

  4. Choosing a Topic • Choose something you are interested in. • Make sure topic is complex enough to take 60 hours worth of work. • No job shadows • Who can be a field advisor for your topic? • What will your final product be? • Create a guiding/controlling question. Guiding Question states what you want to learn and what your final product will be.

  5. Sample Topics and Guiding Questions Topic: Children’s Books Guiding Question: What skills do I need to learn in order to write a children’s book for early readers? Topic: Woodworking Guiding Question: What are the basics of woodworking that I need to master in order to build a coffee table for my living room?

  6. Field Advisor • Must agree to help with project and understand guiding question. • Must be over 21 years old, not a relative or student, and have expertise in field of research. • Parents and field advisor must sign off on forms. Forms are on the school website.

  7. Work Required • Log all hours and expenditures • Status Checks throughout the year (approximately one per month) Must be up to date or you will be assigned to Wednesday afternoon CP lab to get caught up. • Research Requirements: 10 sources including an interview • Annotated Bibliography

  8. Work Continued • Research Paper: You will write an eight to ten page research-based paper. It will include internal citations and focus on the who, what, where, when, why and how’s of your project. • Portfolio • Presentation • All work will be turned in to your advisory teacher via e-mail. • Progress will be tracked through webgrader.

  9. Documents • A complete CP calendar is currently on the school website. Print it out and save it. • Agreement forms, a project overview, and a work log/budget chart are also online. • More documents will be added as we progress through the school year.

  10. First Steps • Choose a topic and create a guiding/controlling question. Due on September 19th. • Find a Field Advisor and get forms signed. Due on September 29th. • Begin to find research materials and set time to meet with FA. • Log all hours and have 10 completed by first status check on November 3rd.

  11. Questions??? • Please ask your advisory teacher all questions before coming to me. I cannot be everyone’s advisor. • I am available before and after school most days. Set an appointment if you have a question you cannot get resolved. • Check the school website for information and updated documents. • Be positive! Have fun with the project! 

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