Maintaining the Scientific Research Portfolio
Inquiry question: How do scientists journal the scientific process?
Students:
- respond to coursework and inquiry questions in written form
- document and maintain a Scientific Research Portfolio to record the processes involved in the scientific research component of the course in regard to the chosen discipline(s)
- record and log sequential development of the scientific research process
- conduct a review of the literature
- justify the scientific research question
- prepare summaries of secondary-sourced investigations
- analyse and record data
- represent and display data
- apply appropriate referencing protocols throughout the portfolio
- make entries into the portfolio that evidence the development of the scientific research