AP Research

Proposal Presentations

As the Seniors reach the end of their first semester of AP Research, they focus on a crucial element in their research: the research proposal. The research proposal essentially encapsulates the seniors' research, work, and ideas all into one draft to prove their progression. The students additionally were asked by Dr. Fagnan to ask the class one specific question as to how they can improve their research to gain feedback from peers. Here below are two seniors Sean Gil and Victoria Kim.

Sean Gil

Senior student Sean Gil is one of the AP Research students who presented his proposal to the class. His topic surrounds the aerodynamics of cars and his experimentation with them in the form of CAD. With bravery and extensive research, his research proposal proved to be scientifically intriguing and fun!

Victoria Kim

Another Senior student Victoria Kim presented her research proposal to the class. As her research surrounds the topic of Korean traditional houses called "Hanoks", she presented her comparisons of their traits with common suburban western houses. Through discussing various sustainable and environmentally friendly factors, Victoria exemplifies a wonderful AP Research student.

AP Research Topic Interviews

AP Research has been the final mark of achievement for some students in CHARGEnorth. Through the flexible CHARGEnorth schedules, some seniors chose AP Research to continue on their AP Capstone journeys. As AP Capstone Diploma Candidates, our seniors have been working tirelessly for their diploma seals including scholars such as Blen Areda. I, as the Editor-in-Chief, had the honor of interviewing this scholar through her research journey and this is what she had to say.

Blen Areda describes her experience with AP Research as a class with "a lot of freedom in implementing your ideas" mentioning the gratification she gets out of the hard work she puts in. She states her current AP Research question is: "To what extent can risk stratification programs be used to analyze public health expenditures (on prenatal care, vaccinations, and nutrition support) in Sub-Saharan Africa to reduce infant mortality rates?" though subject to change.

She discussed her topic by expressing her desires in the beginning of her research process to investigate "health inequality around the world" due to her "passion for healthcare" knowing this is what she wanted to research from the start. Areda mentions that it was a long, tedious, and detailed process to come to the research question she has today, as she recounts how she edited her question little by little accounting for feasibility, implications, and effectiveness.

Areda's advice to current CHARGEnorth juniors who are debating on whether they should take AP Research is that "it really depends on the interest of the student." She advises students who did not have a pleasant time in AP Seminar to not take this class for the deadlines, presentations, and requirements are rougher than that of AP Seminar. However, she does not discourage students from taking this class at all by stating that " if you have an idea or even a broad topic that you think would be fun to explore and want to have an opportunity to learn research skills before college, AP research is a great option".

Wishing the best of luck to our AP Research seniors, their projects sound amazing!

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