Labs B & C:
Ecology & Experimentation
Guide on using the UI library.
You will be using rapid-cycling Brassica rapa (also called "Wisconsin Fast Plants") for your projects. For further information about these plants, check out these sites:
To review the Excel graphing exercise from Lab C:
Websites that discuss aspects of scientific report writing:
***A Note on Academic Integrity in Integrative Biology 103
How to Write a Scientific Paper - an EXCELLENT summary from the Department of Biology at Bates College
see also: "Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Making Tables and Figures"
The Writer's Handbook: Scientific Reports
(from the University of Wisconsin)Criteria for Critically Evaluating Information (Courtesy of Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library)
Homework assignment for Lab B:
Population Biology Case Study: The Ecology of Opuntia fragilis (Nuttall) Haworth by Eric Ribbens
Read the case study. We will discuss it in class. Then you will be directed to do the rest of the study on-line. Your group will be asked to meet physically or use a chat room on Moodle to discuss and answer the questions for the next three sections of the assignment.
Grading: Group Work=10 pts., Class Discussion=10 pts.
Part II: The Ecology of Opuntia fragilis (Nuttall) Haworth Follow the links to the next two sections.