You may find the site science buddies helpful for getting a topic 
that actually interests you. 

The scoring rubrics and some other hints

and guidelines are below. (most, but not all, are

 as pdf files).

Plan ahead and organize. 

Remember Murphy's Laws and Corollaries:

1) Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, 

at and the worst possible time.

2) Murphy was an optimist.

3) Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics:

Things are worse under pressure. 

The Timeline for 2011-2012 (subject to slight changes, with 
advance notice)


Logbook Directions (do this first) - Due the day of presentation (Dec 12)
Intro Topic- Sept 21
Formal Topic- Problem Statement & Hypothesis- October 5
Design Diagram- October 12
Materials & Methods- October 19
Paperwork Info- Nov 2 (may depend on the whims of the pjas website)
Background & Bibliography- Nov 16
Results & Analysis- November 30
Abstract- Due the day of the presentation December 12
Presentation Day!- Start December 12

Rubrics (in case you lose the packet I give you- like that ever happens!

PJAS - Logbook Directions (Do this First!)

PJAS - Initial Topic

PJAS - Problem Statement & Hypothesis
PJAS - Design Diagram
PJAS - Materials & Methods
PJAS - Paperwork
PJAS - Background & Bibliography
PJAS - Results & Analysis

PJAS - Abstract

PJAS - The Day of Your Presentation