Bio Expo Project Schedule 2018-2019 Dates may change. Check regularly for updates.
September 12 - Project description & overview.
September 19 - Preliminary topic check – read over project specifications to get an idea about how you might want to approach your topic
October 3 - Finalize topic and category.
October 24 - Topic Summary Due Annotated Bibliography in APA format (5 sources)
November 7 - Science Research Outline Due Annotated Bibliography (7 sources total) Bioexpo mentor contact evidence due to teacher
November 28 - Molecular level summary Due
December 19 - Sketch/Storyboard/Outline Due Annotated Bibliography (10 sources total (at least 2 of them must include scientific abstracts) Molecular Level Science Summary Update – if required
January 16 - Science Research Final Draft DUE
February 6 - Final Drafts returned
Students NOT selected to compete in the bio expo will complete a project based on either The Double Helixby James Watson or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Sklootas their second semester project.
Set up a binder/file just for your BioExpo work, using tabs/colors for organization
Back up everything electronic to your Google Drive
Make a checklist and check things off as you do them
Have others (family, friends, etc) read your work before turning in
Assignment Descriptions: (All lengths are for 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman, 12pt font)
Topic Summary (3 page maximum):
What you know about topic (including preliminary research)
What you need to learn to answer your question
Your plan to find the needed information
Science Research Outline (Suggested page length - 4 pages):
Using standard outline formatting
What you have learned about your topic
Complete in the order you will address it in your paper
Molecular Level Science Summary (3 page maximum):
From your outline take the aspect(s) of your topic that deal(s) with the formation, structure, and functions of molecules essential to life and explain in detail the process that is involved
Sketch/Storyboard/Outline (submit in hard copy form)
This is vague because it depends on your category
See your category on the BioExpo website for what you need to turn in
Examples: Creative writing: Outline of story including science, Art: Detailed sketch of piece, Drama: Outline of script, Multimedia: Storyboard using thumbnail sketches of each scene
Science Research Final Draft (see category requirements):
An integration of your research (research outline) and the molecular level summary into one formal paper.
This should be the best work you can do, as if it were an actual final product. While you will have an opportunity to revise before the expo, this paper will be graded for your semester 1 grade.
Annotated Bibliography
Must be annotated and in proper format (see class handout for help)
You will need to include abstracts from 2 scientific papers in your final annotated bibliography
Scientific papers can be found at local university libraries or via the Internet
The following sources will NOT be counted: Wikipedia, search engines including but not limited to Google and ask.com, study guides such as SparkNotes, encyclopedias, and dictionaries