Here are your options:
Option #1 - Write a paper on a biology topic
- You can either write a paper on a topic of your choice (provided it is approved by your teacher) or you can choose one of the options here
- Paper must be a minimum of five pages long, have at least five sources, and fit MLA standards.
- Students will choose one of the individuals or projects listed below and discuss their contribution to biology (or you may pick a topic not on this list provided it is approved by your teacher):
- William Henry
- Robert Hooke
- Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Jan Ingenhousz
- Edward Jenner
- Georges Cuvier
- Matthias Schleiden & Theodor Schwann
- Charles Darwin
- Louis Pasteur
- Gregor Mendel
- August Weismann
- Alexander Fleming
- Hans Krebs
- Theodosius Dobzhansky
- Oswald Avery
- Alfred Hershey & Martha Chase
- Melvin Calvin
- Barbara McClintock
- James Watson & Francis Crick
- Marshall Nirenberg
- Robert Weinberg
- Karl Ernst von Baer
- George Beadle
- Rosalind Franklin
- Maurice Wilkins
- Raymond Dart
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Louis & Mary Leakey
- Jane Goodall
- Robert Jarvik
- Thomas Hunt Morgan
- The Human Genome Project
- Small pox eradication program
- Students will present a Powerpoint presentation that is a minimum of 10 slides and five minutes long to the class and be available to answer questions afterward.
- NOTE: A works cited page with at least five sources that conforms to MLA standards will also be submitted by students who chose this option
Option #3 – Standard science fair type project
- Students must present a topic for approval by the teacher.
- Projects will be evaluated paying special attention to use of the scientific method and untracked variables.
- Your participation in a Science Olympiad event will count as your science project
