Due December 1: Choose one of the journal articles below.
Survival of Migrating Salmon Smolts in Large Rivers With and Without Dams
Social Context--Induced Song Variation Affects Female Behavior and Gene Expression
Phenotypic Mismatches Reveal Escape from Arms-Race Coevolution
Write a short description of one of these journal articles. Identify the hypothesis and describe the methods used by the researchers. Choose two figures or tables and discuss what information those figures are presenting. Finally, briefly describe why this research is important.
Due October 20: In the book Inquiry in Action, read Article 5, "Call Duration as an indicator of Genetic Quality in Male Gray Tree Frogs" (p 38-40) and answer the 20 questions that precede the article (p35-37). There is extra credit if you answer question 21. To prepare yourself for reading the article, read Part B Section 3: The Anatomy of a Paper, p 81-88. Please type out the answers to the questions.
Due Sept. 8 Read Chapter 1, Location and Using Biological Literature, in Victoria McMillan's, "Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences".
Assemble a list of appropriate bookmarks in your web browser for searching biological literature.
Read Eating Made Simple by Marion Nestle (volume 5 of Current Issues in Biology) and prepare a list of search terms that you will use to prepare to write the scientific paper that is suggested on p53.
Make a list of 10 references t hat you found that will address the needs of the scientific paper.
Choose your best reference, copy the literature cited section and choose 3 more articles that would assist in writing the paper.
You will turn into me:
A screen grab of your bookmarks in your web browser.
A list of the search terms that you used.
A list of the references that you chose to write the paper.
A copy of the literature cited section with 3 pertinent articles highlighted.