Research project

Grade 5 – research project

The grade five students are researching a topic of choice and creating a visual book on the ipads (book creator app) to represent their understanding

Book contents:

Title page

Table of contents

Minimum of four content pages – 1 introduction to the topic, 3 pages of details

Glossary

Visuals

The students will learn how to create open-ended questions suitable for research and how to take research notes

They will also learn how to form an information paragraph and categorize information effectively

Assessment 

The students will be assessed on:

Content:

4 – ideas are supported by purposeful details and developed thoroughly, communication is clear and easy to understand

3 – ideas are supported by details and elaborated on, communication is mostly clear and easy to understand

2 – ideas have some basic support, communication is comprehendible

1 – ideas are present but may not be support, communication is confusing or incomplete

Organization:

4 – ideas are organized into logical categories that connect to each other and the topic, all components of the book are present and organized with purpose, paragraphs are written with purposeful structure

3 - ideas are organized into categories that connect to the topic, most components of the book are present and in order, paragraphs are written with structure

2-  ideas are organized into categories, most components of the book are present, information is in paragraph format

1 – ideas are randomly put together, book components incomplete, unstructured paragraphs

Representation:

4 – visuals enhance the information, are clearly connected and are presented in a way that is visually appealing

3 – visuals are connected to the information and are visually appealing

2 – visuals are mostly connected

1 – visuals may not connect and are presented in a confusing manner