Transcript Biotechnoloogy Teacher Training Workshop

Biology: A
Molecular
Approach,
Laboratory
Lab 3
Today’s Plan
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Business
Mosquito Trapping
Scientific Writeups
Lab Math
Business
• Attendance
• Handouts
Mosquito Trapping
• Results from Last Week’s Traps
• Biodiversity!
• Tough to tell a skeeter from other
insects!
• Take a peek at the petri dishes
sometime today when you get a
chance
• Self-serve Trapping
Scientific Writeups
• Purpose
• Communicate
Scientific Writeups
• A Student Handbook for Writing in
Biology
Scientific Writeups
• One of my published articles
Scientific Writeups
• Parts
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion/Conclusion
• References
Scientific Writeups
• General Tips
• Use of Present Tense
• When referring to published
findings
• Skeeter et al., 2012, found that
heartworm is infected with
bacteria….
• When making generally accepted
statements
• Mosquitoes are insects….
• When referring to figures or tables
in the writeup you are writing
• Figure 1 is a graph of the PCR
results for heartworm….
Scientific Writeups
• General Tips
• Use of Past Tense
• Reporting your own previously
published work
• You don’t have any of this yet!
• When referring to published
authors work
• Skeeter et al., 2012, found that
heartworm is infected with
bacteria….
Scientific Writeups
• General Tips
• Use of Active vs Passive Voice
• Active
• We performed the PCR
analyses….
• Passive
• The PCR analyses were
performed….
• Use active when you want the
emphasis on who did the action
• Use passive when you want the
emphasis on the action itself
Scientific Writeups
• References
• Bibliography
• You must provide a source for
almost all information you put into a
scientific writeup
• The source is documented in two
places
• In the body of the writeup directly
after where you place the
referenced information
• In a Reference list at the end of
the paper
• See p 77 – 89 of the Student
Handbook for Writing in Biology
Scientific Writeups
• Plagiarism
• Intentional
• Verbatim copying and claiming it
is your own writing
• Stealing ideas
• Unintentional
• Not recognizing the need to
reference a piece of information
• Not paraphrasing and making the
writing your own
Scientific Writeups
• Introduction
• Background information
• What is already known
• Literature search
• What isn’t known
• What is inconsistent
• What is anomalous
• Based on background information,
state your Hypothesis
• Based on your Hypothesis, list the
specific research objectives
Scientific Writeups
• Introduction
• Draft Introduction on your Scientific
Writeup
• Do this work individually
• Due October 3 beginning of lab
• I will grade and give you feedback
• You will revise for final version
based on my feedback
Scientific Writeups
• Introduction
• Draft Introduction on your Scientific
Writeup
• What should be in it
• Scientific Writeup Rubric
Lab Math
• Moving Moles
• In your group, do pages 1 – 5 today
• Individually, complete pages 6 and 7
and turn-in at the beginning of lab
next week
Lab Math
• Moving Moles – Metric Conversions
• In your group, do pages 1 – 2 today
• Individually, complete page 3 and
turn-in at the beginning of lab next
week
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General
– Files and Printouts
– This PP
– My NaKATPase paper
– Scientific Writeup Rubric
– Moving Moles
– Moving Moles – Metric
Conversions
– Laptops
– Calculators
– Biology Writing Books