AP Capstone Research (basic science session) Dr. Lau 2015-16
Yearlong Course Plan: If you can’t keep up, you need to drop the class or your AP scores will appear on your transcripts.
Aug 2015
Sep 2015
Oct 2015
Nov 2015
Dec 2015
Jan 2016
Feb 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
Lit method
Topics
Ist draft of
paper
Second Draft
Rubric Check
1-4 April
First pick
Proposal due
Data
collection
Inquiry
Citation
Background
Proposal
(Annotated
bibliography)
Data
Collection
3rd draft
Students
prepare
practice and
deliver
presentation
and oral
defense.
Final exams
and Ap
Exams, (no
EOC for
research)
Prepare IRQ
if needed.
Mentor
endorsement
CA1
Preliminary
Data
CA2
Preliminary
Data
PREP
Data
collection
(No change
of topic
allowed)
Data
collection
CA4
Data
Collection
CA5
Final (CA3)
Paper
Submission
before the
end of
March
April 30 Oral
score due
CA6 (Final)
Students
present to
seminar
students via
video chats.
August 2015 Dr. Lau
Monday
24 A/B
RM 119 Lab 117
Tuesday
25 A
Policies, Procedures, Diagnostic test.
Objective: finding topics
Introduction
Course Introduction
Identifying Research
Research Ethics
Questions:
Contract/forms
Activities:
Textbooks assigned: Brainstorm/graphic organizer, Isearch, Peer forming, Peer
review and elevator pitch.
Craft and Bedford
Ch 3 HW Craft reading Cornell
LO 1.1C, LO1.4B
DeBakey AP Research FALL 2015
Wednesday
26 B
Welcome Back
Thursday
27 A
Objective: from topics to
questions.
Activities:
Socratic seminar : Ch 3 Craft /lab
Create a Research log PREP by an
e-portfolio in Edmodo or the Hub
(test run).
HW ch 2 Bedford Cornell
Laptops/ computer lab: I-search
Friday
28 B
September 2015
Monday
Tuesday
31A
1B
Objective: Exploring and
Focusing
Activities:
Lab: set up the PREP.
Ch2 Bedford Socratic
seminar: enter graphic
organizer into PREP
Wednesday
Thursday
2A
3B
COURSERA video as hook.
Objective:
Go over rubrics- students will break
down both the Research Paper
rubric and Presentation and
Defense rubric.
HW ch 4 Craft Cornell
Friday
4A
Objective: From questions to Problems.
Lecture: summary of ch3-4 of Craft and ch2
on Bedford.
Students come up with 5 topics of
interests and gives reasons and
rubric alignment in writing.
Activities:
Formative assessment: Work on a handout
example individually Big Idea 1. Explore,
Analyze.
Lab: analyze your seminar papers
and align with rubric;
document this in their PREP journal
HW PREP Check.
HW Ch 3 Bedford Researcher Cornell
September 2015
Monday
7 Labor day
Tuesday
8B
Wednesday
Thursday
9A
10 B
Objective: developing your
research question and proposal
Activity 1
Ch4 Craft Socratic seminar: enter
graphic organizer into PREP
Friday
11 A
Objective: From questions to Problems.
Lecture: summary of ch3-4 of Craft
and ch2 on Bedford.
Activities:
Activity 2
Transforming a topic or problem
statement into a research
question.
HW Watch Corsera video
HW Sign on AP Central e-portfolio
Monday
14 B
Tuesday
15 A
Objective: developing your research question
and proposal
Activity 1
Oral Presentation rubric
Activity 2
Oral presentation of your 5 topics using your graphic
organizer (quiz 1) 4 min each
Prepare your ppt ahead of time
Wednesday
16B
Socratic on Ch 3 Bedford.
Formative assessment: Work on a handout
example individually with the rubrics (quiz)
HW ch 5 Craft Cornel
Thursday
17A
Objective: From questions to Problems.
Lecture: summary of ch3-4 of Craft
and ch2 on Bedford.
Activity 1
Oral presentation of your Problems (quiz2)
Prepare your ppt ahead of time.
Friday
18B