12th - "Hawk Talks" (Senior Passion Projects)
Featured resources
What is Passion?
2 Questions to Uncover your Passion (Noeline Kirabo)
Noeline Kirabo is a 2018 MIT D-Lab Innovation Ecosystem Builder Fellow. Noeline is a family therapist by training and a social entrepreneur by design. Noeline is also the Director of the New Generation Mentoring Program, an intensive mentoring program for young women that aims to develop outstanding female leaders. *If you had all the time and money in the world, what would you do? *What gives you the feeling of joy?
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Why "Find your Passion" is Terrible Advice (Mel Robbins)
Melanie Robbins (born Schneeberger on October 6, 1968) is an American lawyer, television host, author, and motivational speaker. Robbins is known for covering the George Zimmerman trial for CNN; her TEDx talk, How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over; and her book, The 5 Second Rule.
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"Hawk Talks" of the past
Since 2021, seniors have been spreading the word about their passions! Explore this Google Site for examples and ideas.
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How do I decide on an "Idea Worth Spreading?"
*Use one or both of the Brainstorming Sheets as you peruse the resources that follow.
Immerse Education - 100 Passion Project Ideas for HS students
Crimson Education: 30 Passion Projects College Admissions Love
80,000 Hours (Our current list of especially pressing world problems)
*These are intense! (Most of these would be on the "negative" side of your brackets!
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NASA: Citizen Science
Share about your experience doing science!
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NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering
NAE = National Academy for Engineering - Scroll down to their general topics for ideas.
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Volunteers Needed Index (Rochester NY)
Scroll through to see where the needs are. Then dig deeper if you deem it worth it!
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Finding Sources
Encyclopedia Britannica
Britannica Academic
If you need an overview
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Sooth
Save sources to a collection and just return to Sooth to gain access.
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Google Scholar
Save the URL link to get back to this. (Grabbing the citation off the results page and pasting it below the link will serve you well.)
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Tips for Using Google Scholar
0:00 - Search Terms 2:53- Finding Sources (Suggested Search, Wikipedia, Generative AI) 4:35 - Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT(-)) meaning 7:03 - How to Use the Boolean Search 9:31 - Advanced searching (Boolean operators in another way)
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Gale
Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Save the permalink (get link) to return to this.
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Primary Sources
Tips for Creation of your Talk/Video
Citation Format
*The Zoterobib citation generator is embedded in each of these subject guides. *Remember, when you use a school database, the citation is already there for you. Zoterobib does not work for district subscribed databases!
Citations for Presentations - Quick Reference
Pathfinder
American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition
APA 7th (American Psychological Association) is used by Education, Psychology, and Sciences
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Pathfinder
Modern Language Association (MLA 8)
MLA 8th (Modern Language Association) style is used language arts, cultural studies and by the Humanities. (majors include: English, history, religious studies, art history, philosophy, a foreign language, or area/ethnic studies)
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Pathfinder
Using Images Legally
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