MULTI-MEDIA PORTFOLIO
Portfolio multimedia = a series of interlinking self-created web pages with hyperlinks to relevant sources, self-created webpages, Powerpoints, pictures etc… (Keep ongoing notes in a three-ring binder or spiral notebook)

1. INDEX WEB PAGE —quote/cartoon related to research and a description of the hopes and goals for this investigation enticing the reader to explore with you

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS –hyperlinks to sites

3. JOURNAL three column review for all sources used—at least SEVEN current journals/periodicals, reliable url, research text, no encyclopedias (note table below)

Explicit

Implicit

Applications

After detailed reading and analysis of a given text, prepare a synthesis of major notes highlighting their relation to each other and the whole.

Notes the inferences of that which is not directly expressed in a given text—

the hidden meanings for you, others, living, non-living.

Details, interprets and synthesizes how this text information could be used or adapted for special use—science concepts as tools and triggers for complex thinking, questioning, & investigating.

4. GLOSSARY new terms learned—term, definition, source

5. SCIENCE JOURNAL WRITE—working hypothesis, synthesis of analyses completed from the independent work on the journal entries, mentor experiences, etc…

6. DIARY OF MENTOR EXPERIENCE—dated, titled, and description of activity

7. CLOSURE PIECE—What have you truly learned from this experience? May be written analogically using concepts from the research

8. MIND MAP—highlights your I-Search Journey: successes, pathway traveled, struggles and how you overcame, what you learned from peer and self-review, thinking strategies employed

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY appropriate documentation of all source materials

10. SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATION SUMMARY—describe how you will convey the pinnacle of the research to a community wide audience