{"id":2364,"date":"2021-08-12T21:56:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T01:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu\/bio-183-lab-yhnn8gz\/?page_id=2364"},"modified":"2023-05-10T20:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:48:56","slug":"unit-1-labs-1-3-scientific-investigation-research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu\/bio-183-lab-yhnn8gz\/unit-1-labs-1-3-scientific-investigation-research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 1: Labs 1-3 Scientific Investigation & Research Projects – In Person Lab Sum23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In Summer 2023 – Unit 1 Labs 1, 2 & 3 will be combined within the first 2 lab meetings.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Read along in your lab handout\/manual with the information on this webpage.  Fill in and answer questions accordingly in your lab manual.  Your Lab Unit handouts\/lab manual will be collected and graded later.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Student will turn in all Assignments via Moodle.  All assignments are due at the start of lab unless indicated otherwise.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lab Unit handouts can be found at the top of each lab unit web page.  They will be posted week by week.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Scientific Investigation and Intro to Bean Beetles <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Unit 1: Lab 1 May 18, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – nothing is due before coming to lab this week – except to read through the Lab 1 Handout<\/em>, Lab Policies and Safety Guidelines.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Activity 1: Experimental Design (p. 1)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A good design is key to a successful research project.  Be sure your experiments contain:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work through Activity 1 and fill in answers as indicated.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are Bean Beetles?<\/a> (This is the link mentioned in the lab manual on Page 2)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activity 2: Natal Bean Discrimination by Bean Beetles (p. 2-5) – see provided data<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Lab each pair of students will perform the Natal Bean Beetle Experiment following directions in your lab manual.  Each pair of students should then work on graphing their own data combined with the data from the other pair of students.  Graphing is a very important skill in science and one you will use in most of the labs in this course.  (You can find updated directions for using Excel\/Appendix D on Macs on the Resources<\/a> page and in Understanding and Representing Data at the back of your Bean Beetle manual and on the recourses page).  Your TA will also discuss key aspects of graphing.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not have Excel, NCSU Student can download Microsoft Office 365 from NC State\u2019s OIT<\/a> software site) for free.  We will use Excel or Google Sheets for graphing.  If you use other graphing programs, all key aspects of graphing need to be included in any graph that you turn in for credit. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each students will submit the graph made in pairs of the whole Table data on Moodle AND explain your rationale in your own words for choosing this type of graph to represent your data (for a possible 5 pts).  <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n