• Project guidelines
• Grading form.pdf (attach to your paper)
• Lab notebook
• Writing a paper (style sheet)

Points

Format

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1. General Form¹: Ten typed, double-spaced pages as described below. The text should consist of student-worded analyses of your research during long hours in a library and in the lab. See the Style Sheet.

Attach this page to your report. (pdf)

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2. Three figures on three separate pages.

a. Each figure must be numbered and have a legend.

b. Refer to each figure in the body of the text.

c. Figures should be graphs of your data, photographs/diagrams of your work; relevant chemical formulas.

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3. Content: each of the following must be limited to one page.

a. Title page

b. Abstract. Include purpose and brief summary of your work.

c. Hypothesis.

d. Background. A review of current literature on this topic.

e. Procedures²: A description or flow chart of your procedure.

f. Results. Text introduction to each table and graph presenting your experimental results.

g. Discussion. A discussion of the intent of your procedures and what you found.

h. Literature cited. Literature cited page. Include 5 references in correct format. References must be cited somewhere in content. Do not include references prior to 1980.

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4. Lab notebook: See the guidelines on the BIOL 230 web site.

a. General format

b. Regular lab entries. Regular check in with instructor (see Class Syllabus). regular data entries, implementing 5 experiments.

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Total points