Research Paper on a Physical Science TopicJoan KanyaMargaret 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 2-4Research 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

http://www.noodletools.comWebsite:

How to Sign-in for 1st 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)

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 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)

Creating a Note Card

How to create a Note Card in NoodleTools

(click on link)

Bibliographies on NoodleTools can be: Created Exported as a document Printed Shared

How to Create, Export, Print and Share Bibiiography

(click on link)

Bibliography

How to Sort and Tag Note Cards in NoodleTools

(click on this link)

Sorting and Tagging Notecards

Outline

How to Create an Outline from Note Cards on NoodleTools (click on link)

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)

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