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Activity: Research question and implications journal
Learning Objective: Develop a research question and summarize research implications for science and non-science audiences
Many REU students are hyper-focused on the methods of their research projects but may struggle with identifying their research question and why they are doing the research. Students complete this research question and implications journal, filling out one (to two) columns per week as they grow more confident and gain more understanding in their research project.
Activity: Why? group storytelling
Learning Objective: Construct an outline of scientific research from methods to broader implications
Why are you doing the research you are doing? Each student contributes a one-sentence response to the answer “why?” as we create a collaborate story that starts with one action.