These are Research Proposals for Natural Systems 1, Fall'98. Please feel free to browse...

You can Input Your Research Proposal , and then review feedback on this page.

Peer Review is a fundamental component of doing science.To help make your projects more scientifically sound, you are being called upon to put forward your ideas, proposals, lab packets and final report as well as provide feedback to your peers.

Remember: Look at the NS syllabus to for details on the specifics to be included in your proposal. Make sure it is complete! USe the following as a guide!

1. Introduction

1. Purpose/Problem. What is your hypothesis?
2. What do you plan to accomplish?
3. Relevance, if any. Why is this research interesting?

2. Relevance of your research question

1. Literature Review--What have others done?
2. How does your research relate to a larger question (like the real World)?

3. Materials and Methods

1. What is your experimental design? Is it statistically sound?
2. Describe important materials and how they will be used.
3. Describe other methods. How will you involve the class in your study? Be specific!
4. Have you included a Data Sheet?
5. Include a specific time-line of research execution

4. Results (To be included in your final report)

1. Observations
2. Tables (numerical data) and figures (graphs, drawings, etc.) when appropriate

5. Discussion & Conclusions

1. Interpret your results, explaining why you got the results you did.
2. Think beyond the project. What additional questions do you have?
3. What suggestions do you have for further investigation?

Natural Systems Research Proposals:

• Has Anyone Done "The Effects Of Wavelengths Of Light On Plants" preferably lima beans (10/12/00 )
• The Evaluation of Large Roost Bat Houses as Agicultural Tools (4/20/00 )
• Draft 1: The effects of healing touch post cardiac catherazation (11/29/98 )
• Testing (10/21/98 )
• Draft #2 of Effects of Colour on Fish (10/21/98 )
• Draft 1: Bitter towards Litter (10/12/98 )
• Draft #2: Comparing Energy Levels of Campus Buildings (10/8/98 )
• Limestone Decomposition and Acid Rain (10/7/98 )
• Grafting (10/2/98 )
• color change in leaves (10/2/98 )
• The smokey Situation (10/2/98 )
• Measuring Trees (10/2/98 )
• Water Evaporation (10/1/98 )
• Wonderwheel: the effects of gravity on plants (10/1/98 )
• Erosion of Da Creek (10/1/98 )
• Bat Houses Around Western (9/30/98 )
• A Study of the behavior of the Swans, With a Focus on Feeding and Color Reaction (9/30/98 )
• Draft 2: Kepler's law, Hays 3-5 (9/30/98 )
• (Hays) Leaf Decomposition (9/30/98 )
• Effects of Colour on Fish (9/29/98) Hays-3:00 (9/30/98 )
• The Effects of Acid Rain on Limestone Gravestones (Draft 1) (9/29/98 )
• Litter in the Oxford Community (Olivia 2:00) (9/29/98 )
• Water Striders "Oh Jesus Bugs" (9/29/98 )
• Comparing Energy Levels of Campus Buildings (Olivia 2:00) (9/29/98 )
• Distribution of Organisms within Moving and Still Water Locations (9/29/98 )
• Draft 1 A water quality test and survey (9/29/98 )
• Effects of Leaf Fall (Olivia 2:00) (9/29/98 )
• lab proposal: student generated lab, Olivia 9:00, Applesauce (9/29/98 )
• Sedimentation in the Pfeffer Park stream (Hays 8-10) (9/29/98 )
• Sedimentation in the Pfeffer Park stream (9/29/98 )
• Hays 8-10 : The Berry Fiends at Work (9/29/98 )
• Information Retention(Olivia2pm) (9/28/98 )
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