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=Welcome to Ms. Byron's Inquiry Lab Overview and Timeline!=

=Part I: Project Overview= The goal of this project is to enhance the skills in the areas of scientific research, writing and experimentation. Each student will use educational tools to broaden his/her knowledge about a particular, self-selected topic. The topic should be complex and comprehensive enough to challenge the student intellectually and creatively. **You will be able to work in self-selected groups of 1, 2 or 3.** Each group will demonstrate mastery of his/her topic through the following components of this project.

The content of the report should show that the group is able to ask a testable question, develop a hypothesis that is based on research and/or observation, design an experiment to test the hypothesis, analyze results and draw conclusions. You will be using a Google docs template similar to the sunscreen lab template. **The lab report is a group grade.** ** 2. ORAL PRESENTATION with MULTI-MEDIA SUPPORT ** At the end of the project, the student will make an oral presentation of the research findings to his/her peers. **The oral presentation will receive an individual grade** even though the presentation should include all group members. A minimum of 5 to 8 minutes in length will be devoted to the oral presentation. Students must use audio-visual aids to complement the oral presentation. **The visual aid is a group grade.** Students should present their project through PowerPoint, scientific poster presentation, or other technology tool. Students are encouraged to document their experiment via photographs to use in their presentation. This is an opportunity for students to be creative and demonstrate pride in their project. Adults may be present for the presentations.
 * 1. A LAB REPORT reflecting the inquiry process **


 * Part II: Timeline **


 * **Goal** || **Due date** ||
 * 1. Project Overview and timeline, group sign-up on wikispace and IL Ideas and Proposals || 1/3, 1/4 ||
 * 2. Project Proposal drafts and research websites are due at the end of the class period on your wikipage. || 1/5, 1/6 ||
 * 3. Peer review of two other group's proposals. || 1/7 Midnight ||
 * 4. Your final proposals are due at midnight on the wikipage. Ms. Byron will approve these via the wikipages. || 1/9 Midnight ||
 * 3. Go over lab template, start lab report up all the way through results table. ||  ||
 * 4. Student groups should complete lab report through the results table (materials/methods and results table must be approved by Ms. Byron before you begin your experiment). ||  ||
 * 6. Methods and results should be completed. Graphs will be started in class. ||  ||
 * 7. The final lab report is due. ||  ||
 * 8. In class, start working on visual aid. ||  ||
 * 9. Visual aid due. Oral presentations. ||  ||