1. Writing a Scientific Research Paper Science Fair Background Research

2. Develop your question Does the rate of cellular respiration in yeast cells change if you change the source of sugar

3. Determine the Variables  Independent Variable: Types of Sugar  Dependent Variable: Rate of Cellular respiration

4. Research  You must provide background information about the: 1. Independent variables 2. Dependent variables 3. The subject you are testing 4. Any vocabulary that needs to be defined

5. What are you testing?  Rate of Cellular Respiration  Define what cellular respiration is  Give the equation  Describe where it occurs  Describe why it is important  Describe the opposite process (photosynthesis)

6. Describe Yeast  What type of organism is it: prokaryote, eukaryote- what do those terms mean  Where do you find it?  Where is it used?  How does it relate to cellular respiration?

7. Discuss Independent Variable  Discuss each of the sugars you are using:  Maple syrup, table sugar, honey, splenda, stevia Describe why those sugars are relevant to your experiment?

8. Discuss the Dependent Variable  Describe cellular respiration in yeast  Describe what you might expect to see as an outcome in your experiment  Describe why your experiment is important to improving society

9. Bibliography  You must collect data on where you are retrieving your information in a bibliography!  Please use at least five different sources which can include: website, magazine, books, encyclopedia, etc  Use MLA format!