My 8 year old daughter and her friend are doing a project. What does she have to put in it?

Question

I have done projects for college but does she need things such as an introduction, bibliography etc or is she too young?

Answer 1

a bit of structure is probably good, but keep it very simple i think - no bibliographies. focus on the creativity around the task. what the teacher will want to see is the kids are thinking and taking the task on, whatever it is. photographs, pictures off the internet etc is all good i would think and drawings too.

hope that helps

Answer 2

Try and lay it out logically, with as much information as possible. I always find a "point, reason, evidence" layout works best, outline a point, state your reasons for saying it, and then provide the evidence needed to prove it. I understand that your daughter is only 8, but hopefully this won't be too over-her-head.
An introduction is also a good start! I'm not sure that a bibliography would be necessary, but if you are unsure, then why not put one in for good messure?
I hope you found my answer useful :)

Answer 3

I suggest you speak to the teacher.

Obviously your daughter is not doing an adult project so therefore it should not be too structured, however it makes good practice for the project to have an introduction ect... probably leave out the bibliography ect..

you are going down the realms of plagerism ect..... your daughter is too young

Answer 4

Its all about the effort she puts in. It won't need references or anything. If it is too complicated the teacher will know that their has been too much adult input, which effect the grade.
I would suggest that you just let her do a fact finding report, try not to let her copy and paste from the Internet or copy chunks from books. Teachers don't expect war and peace just work which has clearly been completed by the child.
If its her own work she will get better marks as the teacher will be able to level effectively.

Answer 5

I'm guessing at 8 it is not going to be that important how it is produced.. ie she is not going to be haulled up in front of the class and flogged... But yes just general things like what the project is about and why they chose it followed by a summary of he findings should be sufficient it reckon!

Answer 6

The school usually give a list of what should be in a project.My kids had to add an index, page dividers, a list of where they found the information, crosswords, games.

Answer 7

This would be better answered by the teacher. Call & ask him/her what they expect. They should have provided enough detail in the instructions provided to the students. It would be easier if you gave more detail though. We might be able to give you a better answer.

Answer 8

it depends completely on the topic of the project but if u do add these things , ur project will look different and innovative.

Answer 9

the best person to ask is her teacher. she would know what the basic requirement needed.

Answer 10

If she's confused about this, instead of guessing, you should be asking her teacher.