Sec 3 SMTP Research Session

Students who still have NOT submitted Literature Review Terrence 3S2 Chun Jie 3S2 Submit by this week!!

Today’s session Research Log Book Powerpoint presentation Poster Copyright issues

Why must have research log book? Record of ALL your procedure & results - keep track of what you are doing (the specific conditions for each experiment, problems faced) - possible for any other member to repeat any part of experiment - easy for mentor to monitor your progress - help you to reflect on your research journey and prepare for your reflection booklet

Research Log Book Available in bookshop Record of - content page -procedure including diagrams - results (in the form of table) - graphs (print out and paste) - meeting notes Keep in lab or member brings during each session

Content Page Page no. DateItemMembers involved Remarks 122/3Meeting with mentor John & Keith Bob has basket ball competition 2-324/3Experiment (Calibration curve) ALL- 429/3Experiment (Kinetic studies) John & Keith Bob is sick Project title: _____________________________________

22/3/10 (Monday) Purpose: Preparation of reagents 1)0.10 mol/dm 3 NaOH solution Dissolve 1 g of NaOH in 250 ml of water. Sample of Entry

22/3/10 (Monday) Purpose: Preparation of reagents 1)0.10 mol/dm 3 NaOH solution -Weigh 1.00 g of NaOH pellets into a beaker. - Add about 50 ml of DI water to dissolve. - Transfer solution into a 250 ml volumetric flask using a filter funnel and glass rod. - Made up to the mark with DI water. - Shake flask to obtain a homogeneous solution.

Record of Results 24/3/10 Purpose: Adsorption of Cu 2+ by activated carbon Procedure: Mass of carbon: 1.0 g Volume of copper solution used: 50 ml Initial concentration of Cu 2+ : 50 ppm Method:

Record of Results

Record of Results 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Final conc/mgl % removed Initial concentration = 50 mg/l Anomalous result To repeat/discuss with mentor Average % removed = ( )/3 = 67.3

Rubric for Log book Content page (Maximum 5 marks) Content (Maximum 9 marks) Organisation & Presentation (Maximum 6 marks) Total: 20 marks  convert to 10%

Powerpoint Presentation

Powerpoint presentations Required for prelims, semi, finals, grand finals. Required in some science fair - Shell science fair - East Zone science fair - SEAMEO Search for Young Scientist Regional Science Congress - Japan Rits Science Fair

Concise and easy to follow (avoid wordiness) Engaging (image/animation/video) Organised (Flow chart/table) Easy to read (suitable font size, colour contrast) Use Standard font like Arial Powerpoint presentations

This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. It is too lengthy and will not be able to engage audience. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you. Slide Structure - Bad

Comment on the following Weigh 5 g of NaOH into a beaker.

Poster

When do you need to make a poster? For ALL Science Fair - Singapore Science & Engineering Fair (SSEF) - Shell Science Fair - Singapore Chemical Science Fair - East Zone Science Fair - Biotech - Water Prize Competition

Poster Size A0 (84.1 x 118.9) cm A1 (59.4 x 84.1) cm Usually portrait Landscape

Suggested Format Project Title Your names Introduction Objectives & Hypotheses Methodology Results & Discussion Conclusion & Future Work References Acknowledgement

Reminder Submit proposal after prelims, by 11/4 (week 4, Monday) Proposal - Introduction (Background + rationale) - Objectives & Hypothesis - Methods - Safety precautions - Timeline - Risk Assessment

SMTP Grade Lit Review (10%) Proposal (30%) Log Book (10%) Prelim paper – use results up to semis (50%)

Term 2 SMTP Research Session Schedule 2 nd week - prepare for projects day prelims 3 rd week Thurs – Advanced statistics 4 th week Wed – Report writing 5 th week onwards – work on research projects unless talk by external speaker is arranged.