Scientific+Research+I

__//**Course Description**//__ This course will include long-term inquiry research projects in which high school students design and implement a lengthy experiment themselves. Students are challenged to complete original and independent research that is characteristic of college-level courses. Students will generate a research question, conduct a literature review, collaborate with content-area experts, develop an hypotheses, collect and analyze data, and present original research at an annual student symposium.

This course will enable students to improve basic scientific processing skills as these skills are directly connected to active research. Authentic research experiences have the potential to provide high school students with the scientific reasoning skills desired by both high school and university instructors. When students are in control of their own research, it increases motivation and creates a strong sense of ownership. (Marcus et al.2010)