4th Quarter Project info

September 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Introduction

Each quarter, you are required to complete a project outside of class that demonstrates your detailed understanding of a topic of your choice. Since 4th Quarter is about water, acids & bases and organic chemistry, your topic will be from that general subject area. Your project must be completed individually, will be due:

  • Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 by 7:25am for underclassmen
  • Thursday, May 19th, 2011 by 7:25am for Seniors

and will be worth 50 points. You will upload your paper to Moodle as a Microsoft Word document (.doc) or OpenOffice Writer document (.odp). If you plan on using Google Docs, you will need to download it as a .doc or .odp file and upload it to Moodle; links will not be accepted. There will be no follow-up assignment this quarter.

Topics

You may choose a topic from one of the following four general subject areas:

  1. the production of and economic impact of a chemical produced by industrial chemistry
  2. a chemical process or environmental issue related to water
  3. a biochemistry or biotechnology advancement in medicine in the last five years
  4. a specific example or process of environmental/green chemistry


Your specific topic must be unique for your class period – first come, first serve – and you must decide on your topic by Friday, May 6th. Your 4th Quarter Project Outline assignment will also be due on Monday, May 9th through Moodle, and it is worth 10 points. Your 4th Quarter Project Rough Draft assignment will be due on Tuesday, May 17th through Moodle, and it is worth 10 points.

Project products

For this project, in order to demonstrate your understanding of your topic, you will write a short research paper. All papers will be graded primarily for their information, but also for how well they explain your topic, how easy they are to understand, and for correct grammar and formatting. It is expected that you will write your paper in an informative, third-person voice, but you are encouraged to consider other ways of presenting your topic (such as a narrative, a semi-fictional journal entry, a conversation between two scientists, etc.). At minimum, your paper must include the following:

  • a title page with your name, project title, due date and class period in the center
  • at least 3-4 pages of content
  • single-sided, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1” margins (not 1.25”!)
  • valid in-line references
  • a references page with at least four references (one must be print source or electronic journal) in the APA style
  • papers submitted without a references page will NOT be graded

Papers not meeting these criteria will lose points and, as a result, will receive a lower grade.

References/citations

All projects must include citations to original source material using the APA style guidelines. Your project must reference at least four different sources, one of which must be a print source or electronic journal. You may NOT use WikiPedia as a primary source. Using source material without referencing is plagiarism; papers submitted without references will not be graded. The APA citation style is explained and demonstrated here: APA Style References Handout

  1. No comments yet.
  1. No trackbacks yet.