Overview

CP BIOLOGY Major Project #2 Primary Source and Current Event Science Review • Students will be able to develop research techniques using an e-book. • Students will be able to develop research techniques using a current science journal. • Students will be able to identify a useful current events article related to their primary source. • Students will be able to analyze scientific information from a primary source. • Students relate key information from the primary source to a current event. • Students will be able to develop an article review Podcast describing their point of view and summary of the research articles.
 * OBJECTIVES:**

Primary source is a term used during research that provides a direct or indirect account for a topic at that time. It can be an article, reading, recording or other source of information that was created at around the time being studied. The author usually has direct, personal knowledge of the events being described. Similar definitions are used in library science, and other areas of study. A primary source may be a first-hand source from the past or it may be a source closest to the origin of the information or idea under study. A primary source may contain original research or new information not previously published elsewhere. Primary sources are different from secondary sources, which often cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources. They serve as an original source of information or new ideas about the topic. Primary and secondary, however, are relative terms, and any given source may be classified as primary or secondary, depending on how it is used. During this project, you will read two Primary sources from the project list below. You will collaborate with members of your class and the two other Biology classes to interpret, discuss, and research information from the Primary Sources. You will then research a current event article, related to your primary source, which extends beyond the initial information found in the primary source and share the information you gained. Each group from each cast will produce a source review, informational Podcast, or some other audio thread to present the information from their Primary Source and current events articles.
 * PRESENTATION**

I think it may help you to focus if I give a few guidelines for the research and progression of the project. (1) Find your primary source articles, read and take notes. (2) Identify information from your notes that you do not understand or need further information about. (3) Analyze the notes and identify key topics, similarities and differences between them. (4) Research a current events article that is related to your primary sources. (5) Develop an opinion-based Podcast which highlights key information from your primary sources and current events article. (6) Finally, because this is a topic you have investigated for the development of your website, what are the references and sources for all of your information? Needed: complete literature citations, in an appropriate journal style, for all papers used as sources of information. Also, complete citations, including URL, of any web sites used as sources of information. Guidelines on Documenting Information can be found at the Upper Merion Library website. A librarian can and should be consulted for clarification on referencing information. It will require some digging and going beyond the textbook to get all the information you need for this project. The goal is first to identify key research elements necessary to understand the content from your primary source. Then compile your research, find a relevant current event, and finally make a plan that succeeds in presenting them clearly and concisely.
 * GUIDELINES – PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT**

__**Primary Source Database--From the library homepage**__ --> Online Database Subscriptions--> Galenet--> Proceed--> Gale Virtual Reference Library --> +Social Science --> Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, eds. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 491 pp.
 * LINKS**

__**Library Wikipage**__ http://uppermerionhslibrary.wikispaces.com/Primary_Source

12/17/09--Assign groups/topics 12/17/10--12/21/09--Google Docs & Notes on Primary Source 12/21/09--key words search/Prim. Source BIB 12/21/09--Quia Quiz on EBSCO (two attempts passed by 12/22/09) TBD--current event & bib TBD--catch-up & Bibliography TBD-- Garageband & Podcasting
 * TIMELINE**
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