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
Genetics - Dr. Oliveira
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.
DNA Barcoding - Dr. Jones
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!
Happiness Research - Dr. Danek
Geometry in Nature - Dr. Wijetunge
Ecology- Dr. Dodd
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)