Please check this page (and its links) on the day before your lab, as well as the day after.
If a storm forces a lab cancellation, please check Class Notices
for further information.
** RULES FOR SUBMITTING LAB REPORTS AND FAST PLANT REPORTS **
- A. IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ!
- DUE DATES for write-ups of the first four labs are on the day of the next lab.
DUE DATE for the Fast Plant report is specified in the syllabus.
- Reports submitted as paper copies may be turned in during class or during lab on the due date.
- Reports submitted electronically (as an email attachment) are due by 11:30 p.m. on the due date.
- DO NOT USE GOOGLE DOCS or any similar software to submit your lab reports or
any other assignment for this course!
- Each write-up follows very specific instructions; please follow them carefully.
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- B. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROUP REPORTS:
- Reports submitted as a group write-up (one report for the entire group) must have a title page that includes:
- A descriptive title, meaning one that describes what the report is about.
("Variation in song patterns of finches" is descriptive; so is "Effects of animal dung on the growth of bean plants";
but "Lab #3" or "Our group's lab report" do not describe anything.)
- The full names of all students that contributed to the report.
- The date.
- All group members should help in the write-up, and all should proofread the full report before submission.
- Please omit the name of any group member that did not contribute.
- Please consult Knisely's Student Handbook for Writing in Biology for details about what belongs in each section of the report.
- Unlike a proposal of work to be done (written in future tense), any report of work that you did
should be (mostly) in past tense.
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- C. ILLUSTRATIONS AND GRAPHS:
- Illustrations and graphs in your report require advanced planning; DON'T LEAVE THEM TO THE LAST MINUTE!
- Illustrations may be hand-drawn and then scanned in using a scanner. Scanners are available on the third floor of
the Learning Resource Center (the library building), and Help Desk personnel are available there if you need advice or help.
- Illustrations may also be computer-drawn, using a program such as MS Paint or Mac Draw. You can also download pictures
taken by the camera on your cell phone. Each illustration should have a title.
- Graphs can be drawn using Excel. If you include graphs, make sure that each one is the right kind of graph (often a
scatter plot, with R2 displayed on the graph) and that the X-axis and Y-axis are labeled or otherwise explained.
Each graph should have a title.
- Any illustration or graph can be pasted into a Word document (.doc or .docx file) or similar file.
- Files containing text and illustrations are usually best submitted as email attachments in .pdf format (.doc or .docx are also OK).
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- D. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
- Fast Plant proposals and Fast Plant reports require bibliographic references. Every bibliographic reference must include:
- Author: This is usually a person's name, if you can find one. If two or three persons are named, they are all co-authors.
If more than 3 authors are named, please list the first one only, followed by "et al.", a Latin abbreviation meaning "and others".
If no person is named, list the responsible organization (university, government agency, etc.) as the corporate author.
- Publication date. If no date can be found, use the abbreviation "n.d."
- Title.
- For journals, you also need the name of the journal and the volume number and inclusive page numbers. Some journals
also have an "issue" or "number" following the volume number and preceding the page numbers.
- For books, you also need the city of publication and the name of the publisher. If several cities are listed, only the first is needed.
- IMPORTANT: Online references also require: (a) the web address (URL) and (b) the most recent date of access or use.
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** INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FIRST FOUR LABS **
** FAST PLANT EXPERIMENTS **
- F. FAST PLANTS
are a type of fast-growing mustard plant (Brassica rapa)
that grows easily
under laboratory conditions.
- Each group of students will
design their own experiment using these "fast plants."
- Please get together with other students (ideal group size = 4).
Begin by exchanging email addresses. Then, read all about "fast plants"
(follow the link below) and begin planning your group's experiment.
LINK TO FAST PLANTS INFORMATION PAGE
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** INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIVERSITY LABS **
** IF YOU MISS A LAB **
- H. IF YOU MISS A LAB:
If you really cannot attend lab at your usual time, please try to come to another
lab section that week.
For Spring Semester 2020, lab sections (with Dr. Minkoff) meet on Tuesdays 12:30 and Thursdays 12:30.
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