1. 7th grade Research Project
Science Related Topics – 1st 6 weeks

2. Guiding Questions
What are the steps to choosing a research topic?

3. The Process…
Choosing a topic through guided questioning, research, and narrowing of subject matter.
Write research questions to guide your research.
Conduct research based on guiding questions—use the primary and secondary resource forms
Keep a record of research through monthly logs
Meet with teacher for progress checks
Draft your paper
Turn in your paper
Submit research plan and proposal
Follow timeline for research objectives, product completion, and teacher conferences

4. Topic Suggestions To get your mind going…..
Important men and women in science
Development of Newton’s Laws (Thesis Laws of Universal Gravitation)
Development of the Bohr model of the atom and work leading up to it
Formation of the Grand Canyon (age, what came before, etc.)
Current space probes and their contribution
Major organs of the body- healthy function and what can go wrong
Pond ecosystems, other small scale ecosystems (coastal wetlands, bromeliads, etc.)
Inherited diseases
Global warming including opposing viewpoints
Natural disasters and impact on environment/ecosystems

5. Timeline 1st 6 weeks: 2nd 6 weeks: 3rd 6 weeks
Research with the focus on science.
Choose your topic and narrow your focus.
Learn about resource types.
2nd 6 weeks:
Note taking
Works cited
3rd 6 weeks

6. Timeline 4th 6 weeks 5th 6 weeks 6th 6 weeks Thesis Outline
Drafting of your research paper
6th 6 weeks
Revising, Editing, and Publishing