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Make a Start on your Extended Project

Make a Start on your Extended Project. Choosing a topic and asking questions. …you ’ re really interested in. …that’ s related to your plans for the future, e.g. study at university or possible career. … you ’ re curious about. … that you can realistically research.

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Make a Start on your Extended Project

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  1. Make a Start on your Extended Project Choosing a topic and asking questions

  2. …you’re really interested in …that’s related to your plans for the future, e.g. study at university or possible career … you’re curious about … that you can realistically research …you know something - but not everything - about already Choosing your topic Identify a theme that…

  3. Activity 1 – Lucky Dip • In pairs, tear up a piece of paper into 5 pieces • Write one of the following words or phrases on each piece: Hobbies; Career; Further study; Subjects I really like; What makes me tick? • Screw up the pieces of paper • Take it in turns to pick one out, then have a brief chat about your own thoughts on each topic with your partner • Note down your ideas on post-it notes, one idea per note

  4. Activity 2 - Making Connections • Go back to the answers you gave in Activity 1 • Lay out your post-its in front of you on another, large, piece of paper • Look for any possible links, overlaps, or commonalities between your ideas • Move the post-its around if you need to, then use arrows, lines, notes, to jot down your thoughts about possible connections

  5. Activity 3: Narrow your focus Look at your web of post-it notes. Consider the factors to the right, to refine you topic area.Annotate your web - Use s, cross things out, add ideas. You aim is to reach a realistic sense of what your topic could be Timescales Goals Content Range Depth

  6. ? Focussed research question General topic ? ? Your research question Once you have decided on your research topic, it is important to identify a focussed question.

  7. Honing in on a question Questions are good because they: • give guidance and focus to both your research and your product • help you to actually address an issue rather than just talking round a topic • require you to provide an answer, and to justify it with reasoned arguments – they make it easier to say something original and interesting

  8. Activity 4: Exploring question words Before fixing on a question it’s worth considering the many different types of question you can ask • Take your bundle of question words • Identify which words would be most / least helpful in forming your EP title question • As you go along, consider why some will be more / less appropriate

  9. Activity 4 Hint! • There are no absolutely right or wrong answers as to which words will help you form the best questions • However, you are doing an extended project – a project that must go beyond the descriptive, and involve a substantial amount of critical analysis and reflection • So, you should consider words that will really provoke you to extend your enquiry

  10. Activity 5: Forming your question • Look back at your topic web • Consider some of the question words that you have identified that offer • Bringing the two aspects together, formulate at least 3 different questions you could use to title your project • Share your questions with your partner – consider which do you think are - most appropriate?- most appealing?

  11. Using questions during your research • Always keep your title question in mind • Keep revisiting your question, you need to be prepared to revise it • It is often useful to break your main question down into sub-questions – ‘smaller’ questions that you need to answer in order to answer your main question. If you’re doing a practical project, sub-questions may be smaller activities or problems you need to solve. • Use sub-questions to guide your research and also to form sub-headings within the body of your writing

  12. Reflection • If you need to revise your question along the way, this doesn‘t mean you ‘got it wrong’ to begin with • Modifying your question later may show that you’re taking on board what you learn from your research – this is a good thing! • Don’t forget - keep all your notes from today’s session for your EP logs.

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