Chemistry Honors – Research Paper

Dates

• Class 39 = Topic Introduced (April 1st)
• Class 40 = Work on topic ideas (April 13th)
• Class 41 = Library Research (April 21)
• Class 46 = Library Research (April 30th)
• Class 51 = Paper Due (May 4th)

Structure of the Paper

• Final Paper Text = 5 full pages
• Cover Sheet
• Works cited page (APA style)
• Double Spaced – 1″ margins
• 12pt Times New Roman
• No direct quotes – paraphrase only
• Soft copy submitted to Schoology for Turnitin.com review
• Hard copy printed and submitted to the teacher
• Lucas Library page setup for our project [LINK]

Topic – you will be writing a research paper that addresses one of the following:

• An scientific explanation to a phenomenon
• The design and/or manufacturing of an article
• The way how an instrument or machine works
• A method that accomplishes some task relevant to chemistry
• No biology/anatomy topics (or the impact of chemistry on biology)
• List of student topics [LINK]

Grading Rubric

• Organization (thesis, support, connections)
• Depth of content exploration
• Structure and documentation (citations, formatting, guidelines)
• Quality of writing

Paper Elements

• One page introduction
• Three pages of topic explorations
• One page conclusion
• Divide your topic into three sub-parts
• delve deeply and explore just three elements (don’t write about a broad subject)