Research Paper on a Physical Science Topic Joan Kanya Margaret Hickey

What is a physics invention that has significantly affected your life and how was it created? Research Question

Timeline for Paper  Day 1  Brainstorm for topic ideas  Set up NoodleTools account for anyone that doesn’t have one  Learn How to Use NoodleTools  Homework : Finalize research topic

Timeline Cont.  Days 2-4 Research in computer lab. Create note cards and citations on NoodleTools  Homework Day 2-- Complete at least 10 note cards on NoodleTools  Homework Day 3-- Complete at least 20 note cards on NoodleTools and complete your thesis  Homework Day 4 --Share and Print Bibliography

Timeline Cont.  By end of Day 5 --Complete, share, and print outline  Homework Days 5 +6/Class Day 6-- Write paper based upon note cards and outline created in NoodleTools.  Day 7— Paper must be “shared” from Google Docs by the beginning of class

Overall Rubric

DHS Writing Rubric for Grade on the Actual Paper

Sign-In to NoodleTools for the First Time How to Sign-in for 1 st Time (click on link) Make sure you sign in at school the first time Use the same user name as you use for your school account

 NoodleTools has a section for making  Note cards  Bibliography  Outline  Connects to Google Doc to Create a Paper from your Outline  NoodleTools Overview (click on link) NoodleTools Overview Basic Overview of NoodleTools

Creating and Sharing Project  To create a New Project—click on green plus sign that says “Create New Project”  Make sure to share project with teacher in the correct drop box  Creating New Project and Sharing with the Drop Box (click on link) Creating New Project and Sharing with the Drop Box

Creating a Bibliography Source  Choose citation type from drop down menu  Click “Start Citation” button  Then carefully fill in all categories that apply to your source  “Submit” information when finished  How to Create a Bibliography Source on NoodleTools (click on link) How to Create a Bibliography Source on NoodleTools

Creating a Note Card  How to create a Note Card in NoodleTools (click on link) How to create a Note Card in NoodleTools

 Bibliographies on NoodleTools can be:  Created  Exported as a document  Printed  Shared  How to Create, Export, Print and Share Bibiiography (click on link) How to Create, Export, Print and Share Bibiiography Bibliography

 How to Sort and Tag Note Cards in NoodleTools (click on this link) How to Sort and Tag Note Cards in NoodleTools Sorting and Tagging Notecards

Outline  How to Create an Outline from Note Cards on NoodleTools (click on link) How to Create an Outline from Note Cards on NoodleTools  Note cards can easily be dragged to the outline template which quickly creates the topics and/or subtopics in your outline

Creating a Paper  You can utilize your outline to help you set up the basic information for your paper  Just moving your outline to Google Docs does NOT make it a paper. There needs to be major work done from this point to make it into a well-written, coherent paper.  How to Move Note Card Information to NoodleTools (click on link) How to Move Note Card Information to NoodleTools

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