Orange: Students in Honors-level classes will research, design, build, and compete with the 7th and 8th graders.

Blue: Students in the Academic-level classes will complete their NHD projects on an alternative schedule.  Academic students will only compete in the WEBSITE or EXHIBIT categories.

Tasks Completed By This Date
  1. Presentation to Students, Intro Theme & Sample Topics, Parent Letter
  2. Narrowing down of Topic & Category

Week of 

X: Aug. 13-17

A: Jan. 14-18
  1. Commitment to Topic and Category
  2. Optional: Google Drive folder for all things NHD 
  3. Research begins

Teacher Check #1 – Topic & Category 

Week of

X: Sept. 17-21

A: Jan. 28-Feb. 1 
  1. Commitment to Individual or Group Project
  2. Workshop: Thesis statements; Create a “working” thesis
  3. Process Paper templates added to Google Drives, work begins.

Teacher Check #2 – Thesis Statement, Commitment to an Individual or Group Project

Week of

X: Oct. 22-27

A: Feb. 11-18
  1. Research Documentation: Fact Sheet, Primary & Secondary Sources List
  2. Workshop: Annotated Bibliography 
  3. Workshop: The Process Paper
  4. Lesson: Student Evaluation of NHD & Category/Overall Project Rubrics 
  5. NHD Rules Verification Checklists & Project Evaluation Rubrics (category specific)

Teacher Check #3 – early Annotated Bibliography

Week of

X: Nov. 12-16

A: Feb.25-Mar. 1

Teacher Check #4 – Rough Draft of the Process Paper (paragraphs 1, 2, 5)

Teacher Check #5 – Annotated Bibliography (Primary & Secondary Sources, formatting)

Week of

X: Dec. 10-14

A: Mar. 18-22

Teacher Check #6 – Initial Bibliography & Completed Rough Draft Due 

Week of

X: Jan. 14-18

A: April 8-12

Teacher Check #7 – Final Review of Process Paper & Final Annotated Bibliography

Week of

X: Jan. 21-25

A: April 29-May 3

Final Projects & Process Papers Due

Week of

X: Feb. TBA

A: May 6-10

 

Eastwood’s NHD School Fair and Exhibition

Week of

X: Feb. TBA

Regional NHD Competition @ IUPUI

Saturday,

March TBA

State NHD Competition @ Ivy Tech Community College

Saturday,

April TBA

National NHD Competition @ University of Maryland

 Week of

June TBA

A Rough Draft of the Process Paper is due TBA  

Final NHD Projects and Process Papers are due for the Eastwood NHD Showcase on February TBA

~ The Eastwood NHD School Fair will be held February TBA~