I-Search

=**The I-Search Paper**=

**What do I want to know?**
1) **Choose your topic**

a) interest map b) it doesn't matter what the topic is, as long as it interests you

2) **Develop your questions**

a) what I knew before I started my I-search b) higher-level questions c) organize and make a plan for research

**Where Can I Find the Answers to My Questions?**
3) **Finding Sources and Experts**

**How Will I Record the Information That I Find?**
4) **Taking Notes and Citing Sources**

5) **The Search**

**How Will I Show What I Learned?**
6) **Writing the I-Search Paper**

7) **Developing and Presenting the I-Search Project**

**How Will I Know I Did a Good Job?**
8) **Teacher and Student Assessment and Evaluation**