Poly’s Sixth Grade Students Use Innovative Online Educational Tools in School Research

Article and Photos courtesy of POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL JANUARY 16, 2017

As part of their ongoing development of research skills, Polytechnic School’s sixth grade students engage in a six-week project in which they write a research paper and build a construction project on an ancient history subject that interests them.

The research component of the assignment involves the use of the online research system Noodletools, which provides a platform for digital notecards, a bibliography, and an outline, to help students gather and organize information from their sources.

For the hands-on element of the assignment, the students build a model, diorama or display related to the subject of their paper. This year’s projects included models of ancient Babylon, the Great Wall of China, a medieval tournament, Egyptian papyrus, and prehistoric stone tools.