Research Journals

Sources for Research Journal Articles:

Science Daily
Science News For Kids

Format for Research Journals – Everyone must do 1 journal a week.
Journals should be kept in your class binder in the journal section.
They are due on Thursday of each week.

HEADING FORMAT
Title
Date
Source
Author (if stated)
Science Field (biology, genetics, environmental, biochemistry,botany,zoology)
Researcher’s Names
Institution or College that is sponsoring the research

Challenge Level -4
9-12 Sentence Summary of the research – what it is, how is it being conducted, how long has the research been conducted, what was the initial problem or question, are their finding supporting their hypothesis

2-3 Sentences explaining who will benefit from this research, or how it will effect our world

3-4 Sentences – What questions would you like to ask the researchers? What additional research might have to be done?

List any vocab words in the article that you didn’t understand and their definitions

Stretch Level-3
6-8 Sentence Summary of the research – what it is, how is it being conducted, how long has the research been conducted, what was the initial problem or question, are their finding supporting their hypothesis

1-2 Sentences explaining who will benefit from this research, or how it will effect our world

1-2 Sentences -What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

List any vocab words in the article that you didn’t understand and their definitions

Basic Level-2
3-5 Sentence summary of the research – what it is, how long has it been going on, what have they discovered.

1-2 Sentences explaining who will benefit from this research, or how it will effect our world

List any vocab words in the article that you didn’t understand and their definitions