As I've taught research projects throughout my teaching career, I've realized the largest struggle is taking notes. Students either copy notes directly from the text, or just take random notes on random pages, etc. When it comes time to translate their notes to their own writing, they often can't find a specific note. I came up with this simple template that teaches them how to jot notes down by category. I have them brainstorm categories beforehand and then they can flip the pages to write n