Goals and Objectives: You will research a topic related to the course that you are interested in and will communicate your expertise. The presentations are modeled after what happens at research conferences, Appalachian's student research day, and science fairs. Your project must exhibit effort that is appropriate for your background and major. Your project will be graded based on the linear algebra connections, the clarity and creativity.

A presentation and a visual with the following components (the visual can be a combination of printed pages taped to the wall, your laptop, physical models, etc):
1. Review and Summary of the Relationship of Linear Algebra to Your Topic (equivalent of at most 3-pages)
   Include relevant definitions, theorems, and examples in order to review the major concepts from class and homework that relate to your topic as you explain the connections. We will divide up the class into two research sessions. During your session, you must stand by your visuals to present your work and answer questions. During the other session, you will talk to others about their projects and fill out peer review sheets. If you work with another person, they will be in the other session so you should be prepared to present the entire project.
2. Printed Annotated Bibliography
   Most projects should use different types of sources, including scholarly references and library sources. Submit a separate annotated bibliography of all of the sources you used in your project, with annotations explaining what content in the reference relates to your topic, how you used each reference, where any pictures or code came from, etc. Use as many pages as you need for the bibliography and annotations.
3. Peer review and self-evaluation that you will fill out that day - you'll need to bring paper with you to do so.
   • For every person in the other poster session:
     1) Name of the person you are reviewing
     2) Their topic
     3) List a couple of positive aspects of the project.
     4) List a few things that you wished had been done with the project.
     5) Invent a significant question about the project.
     6) Ask your question and write down the person's answer.
     
   • Self Evaluation:
     1) Your name
     2) For your own project, list the aspects that went well.
     3) What could have been improved?
     4) List some things that you wished you had done with your project.

Your research may take the form of topics in the book that we did not cover, further examination of something we did, or something else related to linear algebra. I encourage you to be creative and find a topic that relates to linear algebra that you are interested in. I am happy to give you some suggestions of topics and/or references (see below for some sample ideas).

Sample Project Ideas