B-Research Paper

Biology Project:

Research Paper

REQUIREMENTS:

A 1,500 word research paper will be written on a chosen, scientific topic.
Information can be gathered from periodicals, pamphlets, books, internet sources, etc, with a minimum of 7 to a maximum of 10 sources used. At least two of the sources must be books.
A total of 100 notecards must be completed by Friday, February 14, 2020.
The rough draft must first be read and signed by the student and then proofread by two, English-speaking adults. The proofreaders, including the student, must then sign on the rough draft that they have read it. The student’s signature is due on Monday, March 11, 2020, and the other two signatures are due by Friday, March 20, 2020.
If the adult proofreaders find multiple, obvious spelling and grammatical errors after the student has signed that they have already proofread their paper, the student will receive a 0% on their participation grade and a letter grade will be deducted from the final grade. The student’s proofreading signature must include changes made from their first rough draft.
The Final Draft must follow these guidelines:

Typed in 12 point, Times New Roman font
Double-spaced throughout
Typed by yourself
The entire paper's set-up is to follow the guidelines in your English book and should include the following:

Include the signed rough draft, scattergram, and essay checklist with the final paper.
A 100% will be given if the assignments are completed and handed in on the specific due dates listed below under Schedule and if the student brings information to work with on assigned workdays. A 0% will be given if the student fails to meet either one of these criteria or fails to bring in work materials on workdays. At the end of the research paper these grades will be averaged together and will count as one Test Grade for the project.
Your paper will then be given to your English teacher to be graded for a Test Grade in your English class.

GRADING (Two Test Grade):

The first test grade will consist of an average of all assignment completion grades as listed in Requirements above.
The second test grade will be of the contents and mechanics of the research paper itself.

SCHEDULE:

January 3, 2020-List of topics compiled in class
January 8, 2020-Topic Due
January 15, 2020-In-Class Workday
January 17, 2020-Outline Due
January 20-24, 2020-In-class Workdays
January 24, 2020-25 Notecards Due
January 29, 2020-In-class Workday
January 31, 2020-25 Notecards Due (Total-50)
February 5, 2020-In-class Workday
February 7, 2020-25 Notecards Due (Total-75)
February 12, 2020-In-class Workday
February 14, 2020-25 Notecards Due (Total-100) and Working Bibliography
February 19, 2020-In-class Workday
February 26, 2020-First Half of Rough Draft Due, In-class Workday
March 4, 2020-In-class Workday
March 6, 2020-Second Half of Rough Draft Due
March 11, 2020-Personal Proofreading Signature Due
March 20, 2020-Two Proofreading Signatures, Typed Title Page, Outline, Pledge Page and Bibliography Due
April 3, 2020-Research Paper Due