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Date  

Recitation activity

Due at or before

Resources

   1

Aug 23  

Intro to scientific method and literature

Article DQs^a,b   

   2

Aug 30

Project 1: project introduction, generating questions

Dataset preferences

   3

Sep 6

Project 1: working with and graphing data

Data Worksheet^c

   4

Sep 13

Project 1: statistical analysis of data

Graphing Worksheet^c

Statistical primer

   5

Sep 20 

Project 1: data and poster workshop

Stats Worksheet^d, Quiz^e

   6

Sep 27

Project 1: Research Poster Session

PROJ 1: Poster

   7

Oct 4

Project 2: project introduction, species evaluation

Article DQs^a,b

Call for proposals

Proposal components

   8^e

Oct 11

Project 2: library resources, begin literature search

Ranking of choices^c

Database exercise

   9

Oct 18

Project 2: working group meetings, priorities and Qs

Annotated bibliography^c

Design worksheet

Design example

 10

Oct 25

Project 2: experimental design workshop

Suarez Worksheet^c

Project Worksheet^d

 11

Nov 1

Project 2: proposal writing workshop

Pre-proposal^f

Intro & significance^c

Pre-proposal guidelines

Pre-proposal form

Suarez form example

 12

Nov 8

Mini-project 3: building phylogenies

PROJ 2: Proposal^c

Proposal Example

Draft Rubric

 13

Nov 15

Mini-project 3: using phylogenies to study evolution

Phylogeny I worksheet^f

 14

Nov 22

Project 2: Proposal Presentations & funding panel

Phylogeny II Worksheet^f

PROJ 2: Revised proposal

Powerpoint presentation

 15

Nov 29

   *** Thanksgiving break – no meeting ***