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Topic Areas

Automotive/Transportation 

Studies dealing with health, safety and injury prevention; societal issues and the future automobile; materials and manufacturing; powertrains, fuels and emissions; design processes; intelligent systems and sensors.

Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Applying knowledge of biological systems to provide a service, create a product or solve a problem.

Pharmaceutical Sciences 

Projects study the interaction of chemical substances with living systems. The main subject fields in biotechnology are crop development, animal science, genomics and microbial studies. Substances with medicinal properties – the potential to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition – are considered pharmaceuticals.

Computing and Information Technology

Computing and information technology projects concentrate primarily on the development of computing hardware, software or applications, including programming languages and algorithms, software design and databases, as well as the storage, transmission and manipulation of information.

Earth and Environmental Science

Projects focusing on geology, mineralogy, physiography, oceanography, limnology, climatology, seismology, geography or ecology. Projects in this field generally deal with learning how the Earth works and tackling problems in the environment.

Engineering

Projects in this field are based on using and developing innovative technology (for example, computer hardware and software), often concerning chemical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, metallurgical engineering, materials engineering and hardware/software design.

Health Sciences

Any study dealing with human science, including the application of scientific knowledge to the health of humans.

Life Sciences

Using experiments, innovations or studies to see how living things (non-human) work and function.

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Physical science projects focus on the properties and principles of energy and matter and are often in the fields of organic or inorganic chemistry, analytical and physical chemistry, astronomy, subatomic physics and space science. Mathematical science projects generally deal with the study of mathematical theories and the use of mathematical models to simulate biological and physical systems.

Choosing a Topic - Websites & News

Experiment

  • Create a question
  • Form a hypothesis
  • Select your materials
  • Choose your methods
  • Collect & present your data
  • Analyse and draw a conclusion
  • Validate your original hypothesis
  • Validate your method
  • Suggest & discuss improvements & possible extensions

Image from: "Scientific Method." Presence, www.presence.io/blog/how-to-improve-student-engagement-with-science/. Accessed 22 January 2021.

Research

RESEARCH DATABASES

Login information for each database can be found on your teacher's class resources page, or you can contact the secondary librarian.

LIBRARY BOOKS

Works Cited - Giving Credit to Research Sources

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WORKS CITED

A list of all primary and secondary research sources used

  • In MLA8 format, sources should be alphabetical by the last name of the author (or title if there is no author)

Reference Citations Format by Type of Source

Basic formatting for various reference citations:

  • Book
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
     
  • Database Article
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. (volume number), no. (issue number), Date published. Title of Database, url. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020). 
     
  • Digital Image
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Image.” Title of Website, Publisher of Site (only if this is different than the name of the website), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020). 
     
  • Online Video
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Video.” Title of Website, uploaded by (user name), upload date (Ex. 3 July 2012), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020).
     
  • Website
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Page.” Title of Website, Publisher of Site (only if this is different than the name of the website), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020).
     
  • Person (Interview)
    Person's First Initial. Person's Last Name, personal communication, Date of interview/communication.
    Example:  E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2019.