Forensic Chemistry : Ballistics

SCC 201 Research Paper

Chemistry Topic options:
Acid rain in the Environment
Chemistry Forensics
Chemistry of aging
Chemistry Careers
You will create a specific title based on the topic
Length: 3-4 pages (not including references)
Format: To be written in the form of a review article giving background details and recent developments for the topic. Before doing any in-depth writing, you can check with me the title of your research project
At the end of your report, you will write one or two paragraphs giving your personal opinion about the subject matter.
Submission Dates
May 29th 8:15am
References:
Journal or review articles, documentaries, books, specific college sanctioned web resources (not Wikipedia or google).
You must reference the source of your material. This means within the text, you must cite the referenced work, for example:

Recently, efforts to reduce stratospheric ozone depletion have been connected with climate
change in the troposphere [Molina et al, 2009].

The full reference must be given in the Reference section at the end of the paper, for example,

Molina, M.; Zaelke D.; Madhava Sarma D.K.; Andersen S.; Ramanathan V.; Kaniaru D.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 87, 2091-2103.

All Figures that you use must be properly labeled with the Figure number, title and reference of where you obtained the figure, for example,

Figure 3. Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels during the last 200 years [Marland et
al, 2007]

You should reference at least five sources of information for your work. For example, two of these references could be citations of the sources of the problem and solution in the Discussion section. You should include at least one book and one journal article. Use the American Chemical Society (ACS) format for accepted referencing practices:
(http://chemistry.library.wisc.edu/writing/acs-style-guidelines.html)

or you could consult:
http://library.laguardia.edu/ask

Some possible sources of scientific information for your research paper:
http://library.laguardia.edu/ee/
http://catalog.nypl.org/
PLAGIARISM
You must NOT copy and paste content from websites, books or journals. You must use your own words to discuss the content of the references that you use. Checks will be made for plagiarism and points deducted.
If your instructor makes it available, you can check this yourself! Go to Blackboard, click on Course Tools, SafeAssign, DirectSubmit, then Submit A Paper and upload your project report. Reload the page, then see the results. If Matching > 20%, there will be a penalty. Click on SA Report to see the original source of the copied material.
Matching MUST be LESS THAN 20%.

Grading: The research paper is worth 5% of your final grade.
You will be evaluated on content, scientific writing, reflection (personal opinion) and references