Trial & Error
What is it?
A collection of student narratives chronicling the trial and error process of conducting research
GOAL:
To create a supportive community amongst young budding researchers and scientists aspiring towards careers in STEM. Research, in any field, can be hard and frustrating and the collection of narratives on this blog are here to comfort budding researchers and scientists that they are not alone in their research struggles! This blog was created to host a safe place to reflect on failure in research and how to overcome obstacles during project implementation. We hope the trial and error research narratives documented on this blog will encourage and enlighten other young researchers and scientists to keep persisting through their research projects and to dream towards pursuing careers in STEM.
WHAT SHOULD I INCLUDE IN A BLOG POST?
Background information on yourself: Age, where you are from( city, state, name of school), year in school.
Why do you like science? What made you want to get involved in research?
What is your scientific research project question?
How did you come up with/why did you choose this research question?
What are the basic methods/protocol of your research project?
What obstacles/failures did you encounter while conducting your research project?
How did you overcome these obstacles/failures/did you overcome them at all?
What did you learn from these obstacles/failures?
What are the possible applications of conducting your research?
Optional but highly encouraged: Please include a profile picture of you, as well as pictures of your research project and you conducting your research project.
HOW TO SUBMIT TO BLOG?
Email [email protected] including your blog post with answers to the questions above(under what should I include in a blog post) titling the subject of the email "Trial and Error blog post submission". We will try to get back to you ASAP as to whether your post was received/accepted.
To create a supportive community amongst young budding researchers and scientists aspiring towards careers in STEM. Research, in any field, can be hard and frustrating and the collection of narratives on this blog are here to comfort budding researchers and scientists that they are not alone in their research struggles! This blog was created to host a safe place to reflect on failure in research and how to overcome obstacles during project implementation. We hope the trial and error research narratives documented on this blog will encourage and enlighten other young researchers and scientists to keep persisting through their research projects and to dream towards pursuing careers in STEM.
WHAT SHOULD I INCLUDE IN A BLOG POST?
Background information on yourself: Age, where you are from( city, state, name of school), year in school.
Why do you like science? What made you want to get involved in research?
What is your scientific research project question?
How did you come up with/why did you choose this research question?
What are the basic methods/protocol of your research project?
What obstacles/failures did you encounter while conducting your research project?
How did you overcome these obstacles/failures/did you overcome them at all?
What did you learn from these obstacles/failures?
What are the possible applications of conducting your research?
Optional but highly encouraged: Please include a profile picture of you, as well as pictures of your research project and you conducting your research project.
HOW TO SUBMIT TO BLOG?
Email [email protected] including your blog post with answers to the questions above(under what should I include in a blog post) titling the subject of the email "Trial and Error blog post submission". We will try to get back to you ASAP as to whether your post was received/accepted.