Senior Research Projects

Overview (SD7R)

• Grades are based on how many events you participate in. The more things you try, the better your grade will be. See grades-sd7r.pdf for more information.
• Mandatory events are highlighted in yellow.
• Students in this class are expected to check in weekly with their supervising teacher. General meetings with all students are rare.
• Students are expected to check in regularly with Ms. Kramer regarding their Intel essays.

Faculty

Competitions & Events

• Students are encouraged to participate in this competition.
• Registration is done online through the College Board. Print out the "Confirmation Page" when you are finished. Also print copies of the "Mentor/Advisor Form". Be sure to obtain an application instruction booklet from your teacher.
• Follow the guidelines set by the contest when writing your report. Your entry will "blind read" by a panel of judges who's expertise is related to your project. Papers are judged solely on the merits of the abstract and supporting documentation. The judges do not know anything else about you. Completed submissions are due at Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, NJ by 5 PM Monday, October 1, 2007.
• Up to 300 projects are selected as semi-finalists. Up to thirty individual students and thirty teams (of 2 or 3 students) are chosen to compete at six regional competitions (MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, UT Austin and UC Berkeley). Students' names will be posted on the Siemens Foundation website Friday, October 19, 2007.
• Winners of the regional competitions go on to the national competition in December.

• Students are encouraged to participate in this competition.
• Apply online through the St. Joseph's College website by Wednesday, October 10, 2007.
• This event is open to high school students who have completed research in any scientific area during the past year and can present their findings in a posterboard.
• The posters will be judged by professors and/or scientific professionals and prizes will be awarded for outstanding entries.
• The competition is held at St. Joseph's College - New York in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 1 PM to 5 PM. (The College is located at 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205. Click here for directions.)

• The "Research Prize" is for completed research (seniors). The "Creativity Prize" is for proposed research (juniors). Students may not apply for both prizes in the same year.
• All entries must be submitted electronically on or before Thursday, November 1, 2007.

• Eligible papers will describe independent research carried out by students under the direction of an advisor. Team projects are not eligible. Students must be sponsored by a member of the New York Biology Teachers Association.
• All schools submitting papers are required to provide at least one judge. Schools entering more than 3 papers must submit one judge for every 3 papers.
• Research papers submitted will be considered by panels of judges. Thirty finalists will be selected from all the papers submitted. All finalists will present their papers at the Otto Burgdorf Conference in late April.

• This competition is mandatory for juniors and optional for seniors
• Download and complete a copy of the application.
• Your essay must be an original manuscript exclusively for the DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition.  Previously published articles are not acceptable. NOTE:  Must be a research paper — not based on your experimental results but only on the research you have completed.  (Seniors could use parts of their intro and discussion.)
• Your essay must be between 700 and 1000 words, inclusive.  Your essay must have a title that appears on the first page. At the end of the essay you must include a word count.
• Attribute all quotes, statistics, and ideas that are not your own in the body copy of your essay.  NO footnotes or endnotes.
• Include a bibliography of your sources (reference list) on a separate page at the end of your essay.
• Your essay must be typed, double-spaced, 12 pt standard font, on 8½ × 11 inch paper.  DO NOT include illustrations or diagrams.  DO NOT include your name, the name of your school, or research institution in the paper.

• Register online for the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition. Submit your paper online before Thursday, February 4, 2008.
• Epidemiology is the science of exploring patterns of disease, illness and injury within populations, with the goal of developing methods for prevention, control and treatment to improve health.

• Read the instructions [doc].
• Email your entry form and abstract by Friday, April 18.
• The posterboard presentation will be held from 10 AM to 2 PM Friday, May 9 in SUBO (Student Union Building Organization), which is two blocks away on Campus Road.