LibGuides: Y10 Higher Project Qualification: Taught course 2023-4

Week-01-Making-connections
Introduction to qualification and Timetable Skills audit. Brainstorm activity. Role of supervisor and co-ordinator. Production log. Journal as a research tool. Introduce Team, OneNote, Libguide and planning tools.

Use this Skills Audit Form to save a snapshot of your skills at the start of the course, so that when you reach the end you can see what progress you have made!

Week-02-Getting-organised
Asking good questions. Difference between artefact and research report. Using OneDrive and ProjectQ

Wellcome Trust Ethics Guide

Week 3: Risk assessment and initial ideas

Week 4: Connecting with sources
Where should I look for information? How can I find appropriate books, databases and academic articles?
Using secondary sources notes (print version)
A print version of the key slides from this lesson
Locating secondary sources table
Use this to keep track of your serach. Which sites were productive places to look for sources? What keywords did you use?

Week 5:

Catch up week to complete Initial Ideas meetings and complete RII and CP. No new taught content.

Week 6: Planning
Creating a detailed and realistic plan for your your project and demonstrating that you are using it is really important - this counts for 20% of your final mark.

Work through the Planning Your Project page of this guide to begin creating your plan.

Week 7

Week 7: Evaluating resources
How do you decide if a resource is suitable to use for your project or not? How do you provide EVIDENCE that you have thought about the quality of your resources?

CRAAP Testing rubric

Site to explore: https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

What do you think?

Homework for next Thursday:

1.READ my comments on your Production Log (Part B and Part C).

2.Fill in the first section of the Planning Review on ProjectQ

3.Upload any planning you have done to the Supervisor Comments section of the Planning Review page (photos, screenshots or documents)

4.Meet with me for your official Planning Review meeting

5.Complete your Planning Review on ProjectQ and put a note in the Supervisor Discussion to say that this has been done

Week 9: Primary research

Have a look at the Primary Research tab of this guide too.

Week 11: MPR health check

Week 12: Report structure

Week 13: Constructing ideas and MPR

Week 14: Writing with sources

Week 18: Product Product Review

Week 20: Nearly there!
Timtable for last few weeks and advice on what to include in final submission

Week 21: Presentation Record A

Week 22: Summary and Reflection

Summary and reflection HPQ student sheet

AQA Materials

Risk assessment

Risk assessment

Keyword record

Keyword Record

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Investigative Journal

Investigative Journal (EPQ)

Cornell notetaking sheet

Cornell note- taking sheet

Research organisers

Multiple perspectives research organiser

Particularly good for:

Critical analysis and application of sources (AO2)
Synthesis of sources (AO3)
Drawing conclusions (AO4)

This resource really makes you think about the difference between facts and opinions. You may have more than two perspectives to consider.

Argumentative essay research organsier

Particularly good for:

Synthesis of sources (AO3)
Logical and coherent structure (AO3)
Relevant and well-structured (AO4)
Clear, relevant, evidence-based conclusions (AO4)

Note that you may have more than two perspectives to consider.

PEEL essay planner

Particularly good for:

Fluent communication (AO3)
Logical and coherent structure (A03)
Synthesis of sources (AO3)
Relevant and well-structured (AO4)
Clear, relevant, evidence-based conclusions (AO4)

Note that this resource is designed for a standard A-level essay. You will almost certainly be making more than three points so may need multiple copies. It is intended to be printed on A3 paper. This resource is intended as an essay planner - you may need to use a different resource to organise your thoughts before you are ready for this one.

MPR progress check

HPQ Progress check