Mentor Teacher Information

If you are a teacher that has been asked to be an academic year Mentor for a current program participant completing the UBMS research paper, you can fill out the registration form online, or print it out and mail it in using the links below.

Mentor Online Registration Form

Academic Mentor Timeline & Requirements

Mentor Signature Page
 

UBMS Paper Guidelines

Research Paper Guidelines (PDF)

UBMS Research Paper Outline

Grading Rubric (PDF)
 

Writing Help

Purdue University Writing Lab

Research Topics and Resources

Mathematical Modeling - Dr. Chapman

• Mathematical Modeling Presentation
• Modeling in Psychology - Resource 1
• Modeling in Psychology - Resource 2
• Modeling in Architecture - Resource 1
• Modeling in Architecture - Resource 2
• Fibonacci and the Rabbit Model - Resource 1
• Fibonacci and the Rabbit Model - Resource 2

Genetics - Dr. Oliveira

• Research Guidelines
• Athletic Ability- Resource 1
• Athletic Ability- Resource 2
• Autoimmune Disorder- Resource
• Cancer- Resource 1
• Cancer- Resource 2
• Intelligence- Resource 1
• Intelligence- Resource 2
• Thoroughbred Horses- Resource 1
• Thoroughbred Horses- Resource 2

Model Rocketry - Dr. Thomas

As their final project this summer, my students each designed their own rockets using OpenRocket software. Instead of an at-home written report, I’d like them to build the rockets that they designed, and then submit photos of the completed rockets along with their design files.

• Resources

DNA Barcoding - Dr. Jones

• Invasive Species of Ants - Resource 1
• Ants and Relationships with Other Species (Symbiosis) - Resource 1

Organic Compunds: Pros and Cons - Dr. Nawarathne

Here is the reading material you could use for your research paper for UBMS. The topic I suggest that you do the research paper on is "Organic Compounds, Pros and Cons". You can choose to read and write about plastics, opioids or painkillers, and antibiotics using the attached reading material based on your interest. You have read about antibiotics already, so it might be easier, but the other topics are even more interesting. Good luck!

• Antibiotic Crisis- Resource 1
• Antibiotic Crisis- Resource 2
• Plastic Crisis- Resource
• Painkillers- Resource
• Addressing Opioid Crisis- Resource

Happiness Research - Dr. Danek

• Resource 1
• Resource 2
• Resource 3
• Resource 4 
• Resource 5
• Resource 6 

Geometry in Nature - Dr. Wijetunge

• Resources 1
• Resource 2
• Resource 3

Ecology- Dr. Dodd

• Research Topics- Resource 1
• Outline Guide- Resource 2
• Social Media's Impact on Teenagers- Non Summer Session Students

Internet Resources

Type in your topic into the search boxes of these reputable scientific publications to get links to scientifically accurate articles and other reliable sources of information.

National Geographic

Smithsonian

Nature

National Academy of Sciences
 

How to know if you can use a source in your paper:
To be used in a scientific paper, sources of information must come from scholarly sources (i.e. not be opinion based) and from authors who are credible.

Evaluating Internet Sources: Cheat-Sheet  (PDF)