Lab report paper
Read the scientific paper more than once. Make sure you understand what question the biologists were asking and be able to identify the hypotheses tested. Understand what the researchers did during the experiment. Feel free to use google (or ask me!) if there’s anything you don’t understand. Read the paper BEFORE the lab next week so that you can ask me questions about the assignment if needed.
Lastly, understand the results and conclusions from this paper.
You will follow the directions on page 45 in your lab manual (summarized below):
1) Create a citation for the paper assigned. Follow the formatting on page 44 of the lab manual.
2) Is the hypothesis explicitly stated or implied? If so, define the alternative hypothesis. If not, then give a summary of what you understand the hypothesis to be.[unique_solution]
3) In a SINGLE sentence, state what the main point of this paper was.
4) Do a one-page, typed summary of this paper- explain the observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experiment & methods of testing, and main results/conclusions in PARAGRAPH format. Do NOT use bullet points.
You should turn in (at minimum) two pages- the first page should answer #s1-3 from above. The second page should be the one-page summary (#4 above). Document must be typed- double spaced, 11 or 12pt font. Please turn in on Blackboard. Do NOT bring me a hard copy, as I will only be grading online submissions.
Turn in ON BLACKBOARD only. You MUST use Microsoft word or a PDF version of the document. DO NOT SUBMIT AS A PAGES DOCUMENT. ***For those of you who only have Pages, see below on how to correctly submit the document.***
Due Friday, 21 Sept. at 11:59 pm.
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-login to blackboard, go to our lab page.
-go to homework 2 tab
-click on “Homework 2”
-click on “WRITE SUBMISSION”
-Copy & Paste your entire document into the textbox & submit.
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