Major goals for your projects
1] Apply what you are learning in this class to an unknown plant.
2] Compare the anatomy of the unknown plant to "textbook" plants.
3] Relate the anatomical traits of the unknown to Xeromorphic and Hydromorphic adaptations.
4] Learn how to write a scientific paper.
5] Learn how to compose your paper for the Internet.
6] Give evidence that you have learned how to cut sections with the cryotome, stain them with toluidine blue & other pertinent stains, photograph, digitize, modify and label them.
A typical Scientific Paper has the following parts.
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Title |
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Abstract |
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Key Words |
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Introduction |
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Materials & Methods |
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Results |
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Discussion |
Do the Abstract before the Title
I usually start with the Materials
& Methods.
This gets the ball rolling and helps me recall
the way in which I approached the study.