Scientific Interests Assignment

🔬 Science Inspiration & Exploration Worksheet

✍️ Instructions:

You will complete this worksheet twice:

  1. Part 1 is for brainstorming and exploration. Choose any 3 scientific resources that excite or intrigue you.

  2. Part 2 will help you focus your interests into a specific field or concept — something you might want to work on long-term.

Each time, for each of your 3 resources, you will provide:

  • A clickable link with a clean URL

  • A description of the resource (like a short citation or informal bibliographic entry)

  • A short summary of what your teacher should focus on

  • An idea of how you could engage with the scientific idea (participate, replicate, imitate, etc.)

🔍 PART 1: “I Wanna Do Something Like That!”

Choose 3 resources that you find interesting, inspiring, or just plain cool. They can be related or totally random.

Resource #1

1. Link (no weird symbols!):
👉 [Paste link here]

2. Description of the resource (article, video, scientist, etc.):
📝 [Type description here]

3. What should your teacher focus on? (not the whole thing- for example, if it is 500 pages which pages do you want me to focus on):
🔎 [Summarize here — a specific part, moment, or idea]

4. How could YOU do something like this?
💡 [Explain how you’d participate, replicate, or be inspired by it]

Resource #2

1. Link:
👉 [Paste link here]

2. Description:
📝 [Type description here]

3. What to focus on:
🔎 [Summarize here]

4. How you could get involved or imitate:
💡 [Explain here]

Resource #3

1. Link:
👉 [Paste link here]

2. Description:
📝 [Type description here]

3. What to focus on:
🔎 [Summarize here]

4. How you could engage:
💡 [Explain here]

🔬 PART 2: “I Think I Could Turn This Into a Project”

Choose 3 resources again, but this time they should all be related to a single scientific field and preferably a single concept.

Try to pick something you could imagine turning into a longer-term project for your junior year or even senior year. You're not locked in — but think seriously!

Resource #1

1. Link (clean URL):
👉 [Paste link here]

2. Description (video, article, scientist, etc.):
📝 [Type description here]

3. What to focus on:
🔎 [Summarize a specific part or idea]

4. How this could become YOUR project:
💡 [How you’d develop or expand on this idea]

Resource #2

1. Link:
👉 [Paste link here]

2. Description:
📝 [Type description here]

3. What to focus on:
🔎 [Summarize here]

4. How it connects to your project idea:
💡 [Explain the connection]

Resource #3

1. Link:
👉 [Paste link here]

2. Description:
📝 [Type description here]

3. What to focus on:
🔎 [Summarize here]

4. How it supports or inspires your project:
💡 [Explain here]

✅ Final Reminders:

  • Be thoughtful — this is about what excites YOU.

  • Links must have a fixed, clean URL (no ?, #, =, &, +)

  • You can get citation help at: Citation Machine (APA)

  • Don't worry about being perfect — this is a starting point, not a final commitment.