In this class, students will learn the basic things necessary to do simple research and how to write research reports and proposals. The following outline will be used weekly;

Week 1: What is a scientific research and Importance of research in science
Week 2: Scientific methods in research
Week 3: Laboratory Safety and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Week 4: How to choose research topics
Week 5: How to write research proposals correctly
Week 6: How to carry out the research proper after choosing the topic of interest
Week 7: What is Plagiarism, how bad it is and how to avoid plagiarizing 
Week 8: Citing and acknowledging all the sources of information when writing reports
Week 9: Students will choose topic of interest and write a proposal on that topic
Week 10: Acceptance and correction of proposals submitted by students
Week 11: Writing of the research reports by students
Week 12: Submissions and corrections of reports submitted by students and feedbacks 


Once a week, the topic or activity for the week will be introduced via any of the following; recorded videos, google doc, slides or any other accepted format as allowed by Outschool. All communication will remain in Outschool. Student will then, respond, ask questions or comment as applicable.