Antioxidant Study

As a group, please sit down and talk about how you would like to split yourselves up.  Discuss the articles that I asked you to read.  They were designed to give you ideas on types of food you could test for antioxidant levels.  I would like there to be 3 groups if possible.  During your discussion, I want you to brainstorm constraints for this lab, i.e. constants and variables, likelihood the food you selected is available (and cheap), unique ways to inform the school of our findings, connection to the food we consume here at WT.  Thanks.

Beginning of our Antioxidant Study

You are to read/watch the first three posts under the page Antioxidant Study above.  We will discuss these articles as a group when we return. 

INDEPENDENT RESEARCHES - DUES DATES

Revised Introduction due Friday October 26th.

Rough draft of Methods due Nov 2nd

Revised Methods due Nov 15th

Wind Turbine Teams Deadlines

Rough draft of your 3D wind turbine emailed to me as an attachment by October 12th.

Read to print 3D wind turbine by November 2nd.

Rough draft of your Introduction/Design Proposal by October 19th.

Dinosaur inspired wind turbines...

I found this great content on New Scientist

Independent Researchers

Rough draft of Introduction is due September 25th, 2012.  I would like a hard copy that morning please.  Also, please continue to update your abstracts on your research blog.  Create your blog ASAP so you can 'turn in' your abstracts.

Dope articles to get you thinking

Plastic ingredient makes fish court other species - environment - 11 July 2012 - New Scientist


Triple Bonded Boron 

Bugs may photosynthesize

Incredible Green Contest

We will be entering a team into the Acer Incredible Green Contest with our windmill design....

http://greencontest.acerfoundation.org.tw/

Details to follow

We will be using the engineering 3D design program called SolidWorks in the research science class this year.  Our primary training on how to use the program will come from online tutorials as we teach ourselves the ins and outs of the program. I have created a new page in the above tabs for the SolidWorks Tutorials.  Utilize them as needed...

Poster Presentation Links

http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign

http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html

http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html

http://web.pdx.edu/~clarksk/poster.html

Research Paper Examples

See the links to the LEFT for some examples of my former students' research papers. They are CLOSE to what is asked for in the rubric. There are a few things I am asking you to do (i.e. acknowledgements) that will be missing from their papers. Attached here is an electronic copy of the research paper scoring guideline.

Help with writing an Abstract

Check out the following links for guidelines and examples of abstract writing

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/ewpeter/geo361/scientific%20abstracts.pdf
http://classweb.gmu.edu/biologyresources/writingguide/Abstract.htm
http://classweb.gmu.edu/biologyresources/writingguide/TitleandAbstract.pdf
http://www.experiment-resources.com/writing-an-abstract.html

Major Upcoming Dates

March 16th - Rough Draft of Data Due
April 2nd - Rough Draft of Analysis/Discussion Due
April 20th - Final Copy of Paper
April 27th - Final Copy of Poster and Media Presentation Due.