Staples High School
Science Research Page

Summer Reading Assignment Westport Science and Engineering Fair Applications for summer research programs
Links to on-line free journals Links to various science competitions Examples of student research projects
Other online resources for science research

Online Green Sheets!

Deadlines for competitions
Forms Meeting schedules

It is currently Mc thru W Week

A thru MA Week

MC thru W Week

2005 Staples High School Science Symposium
Debates Links to student web sites Staples High School Science Department Course Outcomes

 

Links to on-line free journals
Pubmed THE source for biomedical article hunting. Maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS is published by the National Academy of Sciences. It contains papers on a wide variety of topics.

The Journal of Neuroscience This journal is published by the Society for Neuroscience. It contains papers on a wide variety of topics related to neuroscience.

The Stanford  University Library The web presence of the Stanford University Library. This is simply the best university library web site in the world!

 

Links to various science competitions
Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition

Intel Science Talent Search

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

Westport Science and Engineering Fair

Connecticut State Science Fair       forms for both WSEF and CTSEF: 1A, 1B, and 1C

Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

Manhattanville's Annual Science Competition (MASC)

Neuroscience Creativity Prize          forms

Neuroscience Research Prize           forms

NASA Student Involvement Program

The Dupont Challenge

Chemecology Magazine Essay Competition

The New York Area Skeptics Student Essay Competition

The Canon Envirothon, North America's largest Environmental Competition

Northern New England (Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire) JSHS

Internet Science and Technology Fair

Science Olympiad

International High School Space Settlement Design Competition

William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Mandelbrot Competition

The American Mathematics Competitions

USA Computing Olympiad

 

Student Projects
     
Evolution of languages Animal models of downs syndrome  
Acoustics Computer forecasting of financial markets  
DNA microdevice fabrication and fluorescence resonance energy transfer Unix-based computer clustering  
Nanomedicine Persistent hallucinations  
Carbon fiber nanowire fabrication DNA-based nanocomputing  
AIDS dementia Weather  
The role of dopamine uptake in cocaine addiction Java programming  
Adenosine and epilepsy Moral Development  
Self awareness in monkeys Coral reef ecology  
Flight DNA microchip technology  
Parkinson's disease Number theory  
Smoking and depression wheelchair mechanisms  
Computer-based Genomic analysis Fuel cell technology  
Analysis of autism treatments Treatments for cystic fibrosis  
Mechanisms of action of biological warfare agents Narcolepsy  
Cardio-thorasic surgical technology    
     
     
     
Other resources

A fantastic article on scientific writing by Gopen and Swan

A good link to effective poster presentations from the University of Kansas

The Empiricist is a good place to read science articles published by high school students.

Need help with reference citations? Here is the material for MLA format citations.

 

 

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