TimelineforScientificReport

Datesareapproximateandwillbemodifiedastheyearprogresses.

EachWednesdayyouwillindividuallymeetwithmetodiscusstheprogressofyourproject.At
thistime,Iwillexamineyourscientificjournalandtimelog,sopleasekeepbothuptodate.

Fridays(starting09/21)youwillpresentyouprojectprogressandrecentfindingstotheclassin
theformofanoralpresentation.

Toensureyourscientificreportisprogressingatanappropriatepacethefollowingduedates
havebeenestablished.Ifyoumissadeadlineyourgradewillreflectit.

MentorIDdocumentation(seeattachment)

(09/02/16)

Verifymentor

(09/09/16)

****Ifyoudonthaveamentorby9/9/16,Iwilltrytohelpbutprobablyyouwillneedtoswitch
yourprojectarea****
Youweresupposedtocometothiscoursewithamentoridentified.

Writtenhypothesis/objectiveorprojectgoal(s)

(09/16/16)

Onthisdayyouwillpresentyourhypothesis\objectivetotheclassanddefendit.
Untestablehypothesesorfuzzyunreachableobjectivesareunacceptableandwill
begradedassuch.

LabNotebookCheck(majorGrade)

(09/28/16)

Supportingliteraturelist(firstpass)

(09/30/16)

Youshouldbedoingliteraturesearchesinmyclassorintheschoollibrary.
Alternatively,youcanuseotherresources(public,universitylibraries)outsideof
class

MINIMUMCITATIONS:15scientificpublications

Literaturereview/summary

(10/06/16)

Thisisawrittenoverviewofyourliterature.ThiswillhelpyougettheIntroduction
ofyourpaperwritten.Youwillsummarizethisorallyinclass.No,youwontjust
readthereportyouhandintometotheclass.

Revisedwrittenhypothesis/objectiveorprojectgoal(s)

(10/14/16)

Introductionsectionofpaper

(10/21/16)

ProposalofexperimentalapproachwithYOURtimelines

(10/27/16)

Youwillpresentanddefendyourexperimentalproceduresinclass.Thiswillhelp
youformulatethemethodsandmaterialanddiscussionsectionsofyourpaper.

RevisedwrittenMethodsandandMaterialssectionofpaper.

(11/04/16)

Pleaseincludedetailedtimelineofwhenexperimentswillbe/havebeen
performed

Deadlinefordatacollection

(12/02/16)

WrittenResultssection

(12/05/16)

WrittenDiscussion/ConclusionandAbstractsection

(12/09/16)

Roughdraftofscientificreport

Examperiod

Finaldraftofscientificreport

(01/06/17)

On01/13/17sciencefairwinnerswillbeselectedandsubmittedtoFBISDforparticipationinthe
theScienceandEngineeringFairofHouston.

Atthispointyouwillcontinuetocollectdataandfurtherinvestigateyourresearchprojectin
collaborationwithyourmentor.Youwillbeexpectedtoreviseyourpaperusinganynewdata
youcollectduringthistime.

ProposalofexperimentalapproachwithYOURtimelines

Youwillpresentanddefendyourexperimentalproceduresinclass.

RevisedwrittenMethodsandandMaterialssectionofpaper.

(03/23/17)

(03/31/17)

Pleaseincludedetailedtimelineofwhenexperimentswillbe/havebeen
performed

Deadlinefordatacollection

(04/17/17)

WrittenResultssection

(04/21/17)

WrittenDiscussion/ConclusionandAbstractsection

(04/28/17)

Roughdraftofpaperandposter

(05/05/17)

FinalDraftofScientificReportandFinalPosterDue

(05/12/17)

ResearchandPosterSymposiumDHSCafeteria3:004:30

(05/18/17)

Practiceinclasspriortopublicpresentation(i.e.,youllpresenttwice)