ASHSSS Research Project Assignment Schedule - Fall Semester
- Keep a copy of each assignment and form that you turn in!
- Refer to the ASHSSS guidelines booklet, as well as individual grading documents, for VERY important details about expectations for each assignment.
- NOTE that due dates apply even if you do not have this class on that date!
- If you know you will be absent, you need to turn in assignments in advance.
| DUE DATE | ASSIGNMENT: First Semester | POINTS POSSIBLE |
| by Aug. 27 Aug. | Conference w/ Teacher (to discuss project ideas & expectations) | 10 |
| Sept. 3 | Student/Parent Policies Acknowledgement Form | 10 |
| Sept. 17 | Project Idea and Mentor Selection (w/ mentor signature) Give to your mentor the letter & copy of guidelines, due dates. | 20 |
| by Sept. 24 | Sept. Conference w/ Teacher (show evidence of progress) Bring your lab notebook, daily log, and binder. | 25 |
| by Oct. 1 (MUST be completed before experimentation begins) | Project Plan (w/ mentor signature) Include all relevant Project Approval Forms required for ASHSSS. (See the ASHSSS guidelines booklet.) If you think you might participate in the Statewide Science & Engineering Fair, project approval forms for the fair must also be completed before experimentation begins. | 50 |
| Oct. 13 | Background Research (Notes) | 25 |
| NOTE: IF your early work is focussed on designing the procedure for your experiment (rather than on background research), you may be able to re-arrange due dates for Background Research, Draft of Introduction, and Draft of Methods & Materials. (You could “exchange” one of these for the other, in the order of assignments & due dates below.) See your teacher in advance if you would like to do this. | ||
| by Oct. 22 | Oct. Conference w/ Teacher (show evidence of progress) | 25 |
| Oct. 29 [end of 1st Quarter] | Draft of Introduction (written as part of your paper) Bring your lab notebook, daily log, and binder. | 50 |
| Nov. 10 | Draft of Methods & Materials (written as part of your paper) | 40 |
| by Nov. 19 | Nov. Conference w/ Teacher (to discuss Introduction, Methods, progress) Bring your lab notebook, daily log, and binder. | 25 |
| by Dec. 3 | Draft of Results | 35 |
| by Dec. 3 | Give a copy of your Draft of Results to your mentor, ask for written -- comments from mentor, and schedule conference w/ mentor. | ... |
| by Dec. 10 (before conf. w/ teacher) | Conference w/ Mentor (to discuss Draft of Results) (turn in conference report w/ mentor signature) | 25 |
| by Dec. 10 | Dec. Conference w/ Teacher (to discuss Draft of Results) Bring your lab notebook, daily log, and binder. | 50 |
| Smooth Draft of Paper (w/out abstract) [none late!] Turn in (w/ Smooth Draft) the previously-graded drafts of: | 180 | |
| Dec. 17 [none late!] |
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| n/a | Project topic related to class for which you are doing the project. (optional) (These “extra” points do not apply to Science Seminar students.) | (+25) |
| n/a | First Semester Total | 610 |
This page taken from ASHSSS Advisor Resources Fall 2004, page 9