The Charter School of Wilmington

 
 
 
 
 
  

 

Options for Senior Research:

 

  1. An invention. Student designs something that solves a problem, improves on a design, or does something more efficiently.  The student builds a working prototype.

 

The requirements:

    1. A well-written, multi-paragraph paper, minimum length 8 text pages (not including the title page, abstract page, references or Appendices), maximum length of 15 text pages
    2. A presentation enhanced with audiovisual aids (PowerPoint, overheads, a model, drawings, etc.)
    3. A clear understanding by the student for the research and its benefits.
    4. A working model.
    5. A lab notebook.
    6. Students should be prepared to answer questions on their Project during the presentation.

 

  1. Empirical Research.  Student establishes and works toward proving a hypothesis.  Student then presents his or her work and submits work (written summary report of experiment with data and analysis) for possible publication. 

Empirical research can be the analysis of the raw data of a previously published and cited database or the data collected from a student-designed experiment.  The student cannot restate another’s conclusions and report.  It is expected that the student formed an original hypothesis and is analyzing the raw data based on the student’s hypothesis.

 

The requirements:

    1. A well-written, multi-paragraph paper, minimum length of 8 text pages (not including the title, abstract, reference pages or Appendices), maximum length of 15 text pages.
    2. A presentation enhanced with audiovisual aids (PowerPoint, overheads, a model, drawings, poster, etc.)
    3. A clear understanding by the student for the research and its benefits.
    4. A student experiment.
    5. A lab notebook.
    6. Students should be prepared to answer questions on their Project during the presentation.

 

  1. Research Assistant.  Student interns with a professional conducting research in an industrial or academic environment then presents his or her work, the study, the methods, and the conclusion. 

     
      If the research project is supervised by a Charter teacher, that teacher (not the     homeroom teacher) will be responsible for the supervision and grading of the          project.

 

The requirements:

    1. A well-written, multi-paragraph paper, minimum length of 8 text pages (not including the title, abstract or reference pages and Appendices) and maximum of 15 text pages.
    2. A clear understanding by the student for the research and its benefits.
    3. A presentation enhanced with audiovisual aids (PowerPoint, overheads, a model, drawings, poster, etc.)
    4. Students should be prepared to answer questions about their Project during the presentation.
    5. A lab notebook.