Scientific papers may have lengthy titles. Shorten yours so that it adequately conveys what your research is about and your experimental method but takes up no more than 2 lines at the top of your poster. If you can, make your title "catchy" so it will attract interest from passersby, but don't try to make it funny. Place your research in the context of previous work as well as why it's an important topic to work on, then introduce an interesting hypothesis. Make sure the introduction is different than your abstract. Keep your introduction to under 200 words so it can be read quickly. You can add a photograph or other visual aid to make it more interesting and eye-catching. Don't clutter your introduction with definitions, background information or anything else that will only bog down the narrative and cause passersby to lose interest. Briefly, describe your method, taking no more than 200 words and using illustrations if they're helpful. Flow charts are especially good for this section. Leave off abstracts. The content of poster should create a visual abstract of your scientific experiment instead of being a copy of your report. Know your audience. Just as you would when you write a paper, make the information included on your poster will give the appropriate depth of information. It should be understandable even to a reader that is not specialized in the same particular field. Do this with 2 brief paragraphs of text and a clearly labeled table so passersby can understand your results at a glance. Use clear and succinct graphs that are labeled so a passerby can understand. Most will skip the other sections and just study your results, so take extra care with this section. In the first paragraph, state whether your experiment worked or not. In the second paragraph, analyze your results in terms of your hypothesis and indicate how many times you replicated the research. Include relevant figures from your study. In about 200 words, tell the reader why your research was important and relevant, both to the field of study and the real world. Discuss which direction you want to take your research in the future. Remind the reader of your result and whether your initial hypothesis was supported. Try to convince your reader that your results are conclusive and interesting. Cite any journal articles you read that support your research or any research that is referenced in your study. Use the correct format prescribed for researchers in your field to note your sources. Don't list the titles of people who supported you, but do list what specific assistance or support they provided. If there was any actual or potential conflict of interest or commitment regarding your research, list it in this section. Provide your name, email address, website if you have one, and a place where readers can download a copy of your poster. You may want to create a handout-sized version of your poster with your information so your audience can go back to review your study later and can easily follow up with you at a later date.

Summary: Create a short title. Write an introduction. Describe your experimental approach. Give your results. Include some discussion of your conclusions. List any previously published research you used. Thank everyone who assisted and supported you. Give your contact information.

Professors are much more likely to grant an extension if you ask before the paper is due. Ask as soon as you think you might need one, rather than the night before the deadline, or afterwards. The exception to this, of course, is an unexpected emergency, such as a family death or being rushed to the hospital. Talking one-on-one with your professor will help show them you are being honest in saying you need an extension. When you think you need an extension, visit the professor during office hours or at least ask to talk to them for a minute after class. If you're sick, away, or it's the weekend you might not be able to approach your professor in person. In that case, plan to write a polite email to ask for more time to write the paper. Your professor likely teaches multiple classes. Write your class and time in the subject. An extension should give you a reasonable amount of time to complete the paper, based on how long you've already had to work on it, and on how much you've finished. Think about your professor's personality when deciding how long of an extension to ask for. If your professor seems strict, leave it entirely up to them to decide how long of an extension to grant. You may just have to take what you can get. If your professor is more lenient, and you think you can get the paper done within a certain time (such as two more days), ask for a specific extension. If your professor seems like the type to negotiate, aim high. If you think you can get the paper done in two days, ask for a four-day extension at first, and expect your professor to negotiate down.

Summary: Ask as soon as possible. Approach your professor in-person. Email to ask your professor about an extension. Decide how long the extension will be.

You want to make sure you purchase a hard solder and not a soft solder. A soft solder will not work with silver jewelry, and may actually damage it further. You can purchase hard silver solder online, or from a local hardware store. You can choose to buy solder wire, or sheets. The sheets are generally cheaper, and will allow you to cut the size you need. Soft solder can be soldered with a soldering iron, which is electric. Hard solder must be soldered with a torch, with is powered by gas. Butane torches are useful for standard jewelry repair jobs like fixing jump rings and reattaching small chains. Always handle soldering torches carefully. Wear protective gloves and make sure you are in a room with good ventilation to avoid inhaling any fumes. Flux cleans the metal prior to soldering so that it can bond and melt properly. Use a liquid flux to coat the surface you're soldering before beginning. You can also purchase flux sprays made specifically for hard soldering, and for working with silver. Hard soldering might also require pickling after being soldered, in order to clean it. You can purchase separate pickling liquid, or you can even use a flux that is self-pickling. Brush flux onto the joint or surface you plan to solder before applying the solder. If you are soldering two pieces together, for example, place the solder wire against the spot you need to solder. Adjust the torch to its highest temperature setting, and heat the wire until it melts. Once it melts, it will join with the silver piece you're repairing or bonding with another piece. After soldering, you will want to rinse the newly repaired or joined piece in water, then pickle it to clean it if the flux you used wasn't self-pickling.
Summary: Use a hard silver solder. Use a soldering torch. Use flux when soldering. Use the torch to solder the silver pieces.