Part 1: pick a topic
Due Thurs 9/3 or Fri 9/4
part 2: Background Summary
Due Tues 9/8 or Wed 9/9
Research your topic and write a summary of the information.
•Think about:
-Relevance (What problem are you trying to solve?)
-known background information about your topic
•400-600 words typed (2 paragraphs)
•5 sources cited
this site will generate an APA citation for you
this site tells you the basics of an APA citation
•Quiz grade (x3)
Example Question: Does fertilizer help plant growth
•Background information to be answered in the summary:
-What is fertilizer? What substances make it up?
-How do plants grow?
-How do plants use the substances in the fertilizer to help them grow?
-Why is it important to know about plant growth? (relevance/application)
TURN your background summary TO TURNITIN.COM
Create a student account. Your class ID and password depends on your teacher:
Research your topic and write a summary of the information.
•Think about:
-Relevance (What problem are you trying to solve?)
-known background information about your topic
•400-600 words typed (2 paragraphs)
•5 sources cited
this site will generate an APA citation for you
this site tells you the basics of an APA citation
•Quiz grade (x3)
Example Question: Does fertilizer help plant growth
•Background information to be answered in the summary:
-What is fertilizer? What substances make it up?
-How do plants grow?
-How do plants use the substances in the fertilizer to help them grow?
-Why is it important to know about plant growth? (relevance/application)
TURN your background summary TO TURNITIN.COM
Create a student account. Your class ID and password depends on your teacher:
Click on Assignments and find Background Summary.
Edit your background summary based on your peer review feedback. You must upload a version of your background summary to TURNITIN.com without your bibliography (which will mess up your word count). You need to re-save a copy that doesn't have the bibliography and upload that version (but keep your bibliography version for later).
Edit your background summary based on your peer review feedback. You must upload a version of your background summary to TURNITIN.com without your bibliography (which will mess up your word count). You need to re-save a copy that doesn't have the bibliography and upload that version (but keep your bibliography version for later).
Part 3: Research plan
You will turn in a TYPED, hard copy of the research plan to your teacher on Monday/Tuesday.
•Question - 1-2 sentences is fine
•Materials - you might want to do this after your procedure
•Procedure – step by step, numbered, no pronouns, use specifics, include numbers (amounts), AT LEAST 3 trials per category
No: I will put the plants in cups
Yes: Place 12 pea plants into 12 cups
•Analysis – how will you decide the ‘winner’
Yes: The average height of plants that listened to music will be compared to the average height of plants that didn’t hear music.
•Question - 1-2 sentences is fine
•Materials - you might want to do this after your procedure
•Procedure – step by step, numbered, no pronouns, use specifics, include numbers (amounts), AT LEAST 3 trials per category
No: I will put the plants in cups
Yes: Place 12 pea plants into 12 cups
•Analysis – how will you decide the ‘winner’
Yes: The average height of plants that listened to music will be compared to the average height of plants that didn’t hear music.
Part 4: data collection
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Data collection should be completed by:
Aday students: 11/5
Bday students: 11/6
What will you turn in?
1)Experimental Projects (projects where data is collected):
-all your data
-graph of your data
-on the back, calculate the means and standard deviations for your data
2)Engineering Projects:
-Bring pictures of whatever you’ve made (printed in black/white on paper is fine; DO NOT plan to show me pictures on your phone)
-Write a paragraph explaining your:
A.engineering goals
B.whether or not you achieved your engineering goals
C.(if applicable) any data you’ve collected to confirm your project worked
D.problems that have occurred along the way and how you fixed them
Aday students: 11/5
Bday students: 11/6
What will you turn in?
1)Experimental Projects (projects where data is collected):
-all your data
-graph of your data
-on the back, calculate the means and standard deviations for your data
2)Engineering Projects:
-Bring pictures of whatever you’ve made (printed in black/white on paper is fine; DO NOT plan to show me pictures on your phone)
-Write a paragraph explaining your:
A.engineering goals
B.whether or not you achieved your engineering goals
C.(if applicable) any data you’ve collected to confirm your project worked
D.problems that have occurred along the way and how you fixed them