English II Research

--Apostle Paul

1. Create a GMAIL(r) account (link here for more info)
2. Send me an email (dgregory@montereybayacademy.org)
3. Choose a group (1-4 people; i prefer mixed class participants for the best experience)
4. Email me who is in your group
5. Log-in to your group
6. Decide as a group what "branch" of health you will research. For example:
   • you could research the effects of sleep deprivation on health
   • you could research the toxic effects of excessive fat in the diet
   • you could research guidelines to mental health
   • you could specify research into mental health issues & maintenance in the aged
   • etc.
7. Begin collecting articles, web resources, journal information, interviews or whatever else you have in regards to your topic.
8. Be sure to write everything color coded (each person chooses a different color) in your Google Doc for your group
9. You need to have more than 30 entries. You need a variety of sources (book excerpts, magazine articles, ezines, weblogs, scholarly journals, general news, etc)
10. Use Citation Machine (http://www.citationmachine.net) or Easybib (http://www.easybib.com) tools to organize your data to get correct bibliographic format
11. Post those formatted citations to your group
12. breathe a sigh of relief