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"Lab Report Template." Lab Report Template. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014

This article is an outline for a possible lab creation. It has certain aspects that are important for creating a lab proposal, as well as lots of questions and ideas you should be thinking about when creating a lab. There is really no bias or opinion as this is an outline. I will be using this lab template as an example in my first body paragraph which is one of my main points on how writing works in my field.

“BBMB 102: Introduction to Biochemistry”. Spring 2014. N.p., n.d

The manual that I was given in my biochemistry lab has all sorts of lab experiments in it. They all start with some background information, have a materials list, procedure, data tables, etc. It is a procedural type of writing and has little bias if any. I will use this manual in my first and second paragraphs and tie it how it uses elements of a good lab experiment and how the analysis questions and data report are involved in the research part of scientific writing.

“Biology: for Bio 211 and 212”. Iowa State University. Brooker, Robert; Graham, Linda; Stiling, Peter; Widmaier. Copyright 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies.

The biology book has a lot of useful sections including one’s that have experiments which include some procedural parts as well as reports of findings. It also talks about the importance of communication and collaboration of scientists with other scientists. Lastly, there are some experiments that include collaboration including Watson and Crick’s conclusion of the shape of be very helpful and has little bias because it is a science resource textbook.

"College of Arts and Sciences." The Writing Center Scientific Reports Comments. 11 Mar. 2014 <https://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/scientific-reports/>.

This article by the UNC writing center has a really in-depth and well thought out guideline to writing scientific lab reports. It has a lot of information regarding how to structure it, what the goals of the paper are, and many other important pieces for this topic. This is a very useful resource for my first body paragraph (as explained in my research proposal) to create a basis for how reports work in my field.

Brandeis University. "Key structure in heart cells that helps regulate heart contractions illuminated by research." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 March 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140304141740.htm>.

This article is a report about using fluorescence to identify proteins, specifically in the cells of the heart that regulate heart contractions. This is key to scientists for developing heart disease treatments as well as understanding heart disease as a total. This is a good example of a report in the field of biochemistry. It is not as in-depth as the lab report outline is however it is a really good example of being concise and still effectively communicating there results and will be good for the second main body paragraph. This is a great example of scientists communicating their findings to the science world.

University of Cambridge. "Crop-infecting virus forces aphids to spread disease." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 5 December 2013. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205102323.htm

This is an article about aphids and how they spread viruses to plants, and how scientists are trying ways to stop the spread of this mosaic virus. The scientists are collaborating with others and received a grant for their research in hopes to strengthen developing countries agriculture, specifically Africa’s. The article will be used for either my second body paragraph or third one, and could be used for both. It is a good example of both a report of finding, and use of collaboration between scientists.

"Design Research: The Scientific Method." Design Research: The Scientific Method. 12 Mar. 2014 <http://depts.washington.edu/rural/RURAL/design/scimethod.html#communicating>.

This article has a great information on some of the questions that you could be asking yourself when you want to communicate your results after performing an experiment. It has some questions that you can ask yourself when you’re trying to make a lab report that will have information on how to write what you did in an experiment as well as some questions for how tocommunicate your results. I can use this article to help out with my first two body paragraphs mainly and it will be used so.

"Survival of the Extraordinary – A Fly With Tricky* Wings." Dot Earth Survival of the Extraordinary A Fly With Tricky Wings Comments. 12 Mar. 2014 <http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/survival-of-the-extraordinary-a-fly-with-ants-on-its-wings/?ref=biologyandbiochemistry>.

From this source, there is information about a fly they have discovered that has painted images of jumping spiders on its wings. At first it was thought that the images were ants, but a specialist in ants and spiders thinks they are these spiders. I think this will be used in my last body paragraph and is a good example of how scientists communicate with one another to get the correct details of information they saw. Initially some people thought these colorings were to depict ants, however after another scientist added his observations, people think that it is not of ants but of spiders.

"Experimental Design Outline." Experimental Design Outline. 12 Mar. 2014 <http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bio310/121T_files/06S_experiment.htm>.

The article explains what it takes to create a good experimental design and has certain paragraphs about what makes a good hypothesis and other factors that go along the lines of an experimental procedure. This source is perfect for my first body paragraph and will be helpful when describing how scientists in my field look to setup an experimental design and how to make one better which is why this source is useful.

"The Challenge of Communicating Science to the Public." The Challenge of Communicating Science to the Public. 12 Mar. 2014 <https://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Resources/essays/sci_comm.html>.

The title of this article says it all as far as what it is about. It is a really good piece about how it is a challenge for a lot of scientists to communicate to the public and what scientists should be doing to do so. It also talks about how professors should be preparing their future scientists to communicate to the public. This will be primarily used in my third body paragraph and I am considering referencing it in my second but am not sure exactly.

Visual #1:

"BioPerspectives." GEN. 12 Mar. 2014 <http://www.genengnews.com/bioperspectives/science-leadership-project-teamsgroup-dynamics-and-team-failures/4853>.

This image is going to be used as a visual for my last body paragraph which touches on scientists collaborating with one another. It is a good example of how scientists talk and share information to gain new understandings or insights.

Visual #2:

"Redirect Notice." Redirect Notice. 12 Mar. 2014 <https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=-MKe5Z_eeB-A5M&tbnid=rJZ3xOVSdXFKcM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abcteach.com%2Fdirectory%2Fclip-art-graphic-organizers-9832-2-1&ei=r7ogU7S1NOS2yAGVlYGQDQ&psig=AFQjCNGH1IwAmiiwu_qU8IBpzqYdqZzQfg&ust=1394740242596321>.

This is a great example of an outline for a lab report/experiment design. It is a basic template that hits on a lot of points that I will be making in my first and second body paragraphs so it will most likely be featured in one of those two and will tie into what I’m saying at the time. It also helps the reader visualize a sort of outline that I will be describing.