Lab Unit 3

Speciation: An Evolutionary Process

Africanized honeybee

 

Speciation- The evolutionary process in which new biological species arise.

 

Bee Wing Length Graphing Spreadsheet

The African Honey Bee – 3 papers

Africanized Bees in Florida

 

Diagrams of different types of bees

Bee Caste Chart

Identification of Bees and Wasps

 

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* Your Methods and Results section will be due in lab Feb. 10-14 (5 pts). – turn in on Moodle.
* The entire final Lab Report will be due Feb. 24-28 (45 pts). – turn in on Moodle – > Turn It In.

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Lab Report II grading rubric – we will not do peer reviews in lab again for this report, but you can certainly do this on your own with others in the lab.

Resources for Helping you Write your Lab Report

Check out the Links on the Resources page from the Lab Website.

The Inside-Out Approach to Writing Lab Reports

LabWrite Postlab:

View sample lab reports

 

  • 8th Edition CSE Scientific Style and Format Citation Quick Guide –new link!  This shows in-text citations and how to write out the full reference for a variety of sources (journal articles, electronic journals, books, web pages, conference papers…)
    • Scroll down to see different types of reference materials: Journals, Books, Websites and Other Online Materials,
    • CBE/CSE Handout – an updated handout based upon the 8th Edition above.

 

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Simulations