1. RESEARCHING HEATED TOPICS CONTROVERSY!

2. CHOOSING YOUR CASE STUDY Read the 4 options in order to inform your choice. This includes the first two pages of the asthma case study and the first two pages of the “Food and Biotechnology Controversies” document. Consider which topic holds the most personal interest to you and make your selection. Ask for help if you are not clear about the topic.

3. PREPARING YOUR RESEARCH Take a moment to establish a “noodlebib” account. Go to the Palmer website > Library Media Center > Noodle Tools > Sign in If you don’t yet have an account, create one. To start, use the username: palmer and the password: terrorsPersonalize this information to make your own account

4. NOODLE TOOLS Once you sign in… Create a new project Name it: Genetics Research Paper Select APA advanced Use this to save all the information for the sources you use in your research

5. GET FAMILIAR WITH THE TASK What exactly is expected in this research paper? What is unique about researching an issue of controversy? How can the “Bioethical Analysis Worksheet” help you structure your research? This paper is not only about you giving your opinion. What do you need to do to inform yourself of the issue? What rubrics will I use to assess your work?

6. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER Open the graphic organizer saved to my website. Save this where it is easy to retrieve. Complete a graphic organizer for each of your sources. Use your OWN WORDS for each aspect of the graphic organizer so you won’t have troubles with plagiarism later. Now, begin researching the topic.