This course is the support for Science and Technology seniors to complete a research or design & development senior project. Areas of research include biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science. Requirements include Science Fair Participation, writing of a 5-chapter thesis-type paper, and participation in the Research Practicum (RP) Symposium. Steps of the RP process include topic selection, research design, implementation of research, statistical data analysis, interpretation of research findings, and presentation of research findings. Course topics are Project development, Proposal construction, Technical Writing, Statistics, Ethics, Use of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, information processing, and scientific display of both backboard and poster.
