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Topic Stuff for Research -- Due on a separate, typed sheet Tuesday _____.
First. No: skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, particular cars/planes/etc, mass murderers/mafia/criminals, sports stars, celebrities, or rock stars, straight biographies, animals just because they're cute, video games, Disney or Disneyland, "all about" papers, "history of" papers, topics you already know "everything" about or have reported on before...
1. Explain what your research controlling question will be. This will be the "point" of your research. This will become your thesis. Examples:

My controlling question will be, "Have any UFO sightings been confirmed as being spacecraft?"
My controlling question(s) will be, "Do dolphins communicate? How? And can we communicate with them?"
My controlling question will be, "How did the Titanic sink?"
My controlling question will be, "What was Rosa Parks's role in the civil rights movement?"
My controlling question will be, "Should we allow drilling for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge?"

2. Explain why you chose this topic.
3. Explain what you know or think you know about this topic.
4. Explain what other questions will have to be answered in order to answer your main question. List at least five (5) in-depth questions. More would be better. These should NOT be yes/no type questions.
5. Predict what you think you might find out.
This should be on a separate typed sheet saved on your computer at home, or here at school. It should be about 4-5 paragraphs.

My controlling question will be, "Have any UFO sightings been confirmed as being spacecraft?"
My controlling question(s) will be, "Do dolphins communicate? How? And can we communicate with them?"
My controlling question will be, "How did the Titanic sink?"
My controlling question will be, "What was Rosa Parks's role in the civil rights movement?"
My controlling question will be, "Should we allow drilling for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge?"