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AP Research: STEM

Dr. Malhotra 

​Course Overview

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AP Research-STEM is a Capstone Course designed to teach students to become active members of the scientific community.

The AP Research: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) course is an advanced and high level course with a goal to build independent and critical thinkers in STEM areas. Throughout this course students will design and write an academic research proposal and a paper while learning advanced laboratory techniques. Students are encouraged to write within their field of interest and are guided through each topic with highly acclaimed mentors.

Although Thousand Oaks High School has two pathways for AP Research, Humanities/Social Science and STEM, the transcript does not reflect a difference and students are encouraged to select a course that best suits their interests and passions.

All AP Research-STEM students must register for the AP Research course in our new LMS: CANVAS at the end of AP Seminar and complete the Summer assignments before the first day of classes in August; to go to CANVAS, click on the CLASSLINK here: CANVAS for CVUSD
In addition to the Summer assignments, Canvas has the Lab Safety Quiz #1, the Lab Safety lecture, Research topic sign up google sheet and other helpful course materials. Students should look for any future summer meeting invitations through Canvas as well.
Finding Areas/Ideas to Research: Science News; Science; Science Daily; Science News for Students; Battling Bad Science
Course Requirements
How to Succeed in AP Research?
Learn More about AP Research
COURSE AND EXAM DESCRIPTION
How to Get Started with Scientific Writing and Formatting?
​AP Research-STEM students must use the APA format for their academic writing assignments. Here are a few good links to get started on finding a research topic, conducting an investigation and writing a research paper on it:
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Picking a Research Topic
Developing a Strong Research Question
What is Research Methodology?
Research Methods Explained
Guideline for Writing a Scientific Paper
How to Choose a Research Method and Design?
Conducting a Scientific Investigation
How to Read a Scientific Paper?
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
How to Write your First Research Paper?
What is Metadata?
What is APA format?
Consent Form Templates
​Online APA Citation Generator
Journal of Young Investigators
2018 TOHS AP Research Projects
2019 TOHS RESEARCH PROJECTS
CVUSD Approved List of Chemicals
Steps in Scientific Research
Helpful Research Links to use for Literature Review: AP Research students are expected to use peer-reviewed papers for their literature reviews and metadata collection; they can use any of the open access journals available online.
EBSCOHOST
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Google Scholar
PUBMED-NCBI
PLOS
ScienceDirect
Elsevier
​BioMed Central
NIH
Open Access Resources
Cochrane Library
Cambridge University

What is OpenAccess to journals?Directory of Open Access Journals
​ Journal of Cell Science
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-NOAA
World Health Organization-WHO

National Institutes of Health-NIH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-CDC
The New England Journal of Med
Free Resources for Researchers
​Wiley Online Library

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