Connecting With Experts
Find someone that is an expert in the field you are researching for your final project, formulate questions to ask them, then contact them and ask them to help you with your learning.
Content Objectives: Discuss curricular topics with a known expert.
Language Objectives: Use formal/polite language to request information
Content Objectives: Discuss curricular topics with a known expert.
Language Objectives: Use formal/polite language to request information
Sample EmailsTo Whom it May Concern,
We are two eighth graders from Savanna Oaks Middle School in Verona, WI. We are doing a research project about your non-profit organization for a class project. We both absolutely think it's an amazing organization, and it has an amazing cause! It's impacted so many people in our world, and we hope it will continue to do so. We were wondering if there was any expert we could talk to, in order to take our project to the next level. Thank you so much! Sincerely, Student A & Student B Hello, I am a seventh grader from Madison, WI. I am doing a research project on (insert topic here) and I was looking to find a little more information from a closer source to (insert topic here). I was wondering if this was the proper place to ask any questions regarding to my research. With Hope, Actual ResponseHey there,
Thanks so much for choosing TWLOHA for your research project! We really appreciate your kind words about the organization. We're always excited about students doing projects involving TWLOHA because it gets our message of hope and help to a whole new group of people. Feel free to email any questions to this email address, and we'll make sure they get answered by the appropriate staff member. We look forward to hearing from you! Thanks again for your support. With Hope, TWLOHA |
Be Careful to present yourself Well!!!This was an awesome learning experience for our kids in infotech....
Hi Elena, I think it is a good idea to learn to use the internet to do research. If you ask me a factual bit of information that you can easily get by reading appropriate web sites, then I will not answer your question. If however you ask me a question that makes use of my experience as a rockhound and is not as easy to find on the web, then I will answer your question if I know the answer. I would suggest however that you write more formally when you are asking for someone to spend their time doing something for you. The fact that you didn't bother to use capitals or write in full sentences doesn't make me think that you care about how you present yourself. Elfi |