The Student, Teacher and Scientist Certifications are the last pages of the research paper.
Student Name
:
School N
ame:
Your sharin
g of information reflects strongly on the student’s performance.
1. State the o
rigin of the project idea: Was it an assignment, chosen from a list of possibilities, the student’s suggestion,
or did it arise from discussion, continuation of previous work?
2. Did the student work on the project as a team member? If yes, please state the make-up of the team; i.e., whether
they were students, professional researchers, etc. Please describe the student’s role on the team.
3. Estimate the student’s level of dependence (0%) versus independence (100%) on each part of the project listed below.
Example: For a student on a three member team who worked as a fully participating member, the answer would be 30-
35%.
Experimental design
%
Gathering data
%
Ch
oice of techniques
%
Evaluation of data
%
Use
of special equipment
%
Results/discussion
%
Co
nstruction of equipment
%
4. How many weeks was the student’s research project at your institution?________
5. Indicate whether or not the student received a salary or other compensation for this research
6. Other c
omments
Superv
ising Scientist: Email:
Affiliation: Phone:
Signature (hand-written): Date:
SCIENTIST MENTOR
Certification
yes
no
If yes - dollar amount
