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BIO317 Science Communication & Research

Week 1 Assignment  

Annotated Bibliography

Identify a research topic that you intend to investigate and write about as an evidence-based practice report.

Create a list of at least 10 references (at least 7 must be primary research from peer-reviewed journals) on your topic of interest.

Create an annotated bibliography for your references. Each reference must include approximately 100-150 words describing why it is useful (or not) for your project and which parts of your report you might be able to incorporate the resource information into.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.  An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

 

BIO317 Science Communication & Research

Week 2 Assignment  

Ethics in Science Communication Paper

Write a 1,250-word essay addressing the following issue:

Discuss scientific communication from an ethical perspective and how the scientific community attempts to monitor the information that is communicated. Reference at least three journal resources,

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

BIO317 Science Communication & Research

Week 3 Assignment  

The Research Paper: First Draft

Using the references you identified in the module 1, write a first draft of your paper in 2,500-3,000 words.

Include Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References sections and headings.

Refer to one of the journal references you are using and copy its writing style/format rather than APA (You can also typically go to the journal’s home page and find links to their exact rules). Identify which journal format you are using on the title page.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

 

BIO317 Science Communication & Research

Week 4 Assignment  

Research Project Peer Editing

Your instructor will send you the first draft submitted by one of your peers through the classroom email system.

Copyedit the other student’s paper using copyediting marks or the Track Changes editing function in Microsoft Word.

Provide feedback related to the key problems in scientific writing and relevance as described in Lecture 4.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

 

BIO317 Science Communication & Research

Week 5 Assignment  

The Research Paper: Final Draft

Using the input and suggestions from the peer-edited first draft, write the final version of your research paper in 2,500 and 3,000 words.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.  Use your chosen peer-reviewed journal for in-text citations and references.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

BIO317 Science Communication & Research

Week 5 Assignment  

Designing a Talk: PowerPoint Presentation

Using your research paper, write an extended outline of how the content of the paper could be converted into an oral presentation. Structure the outline to include all the major sections of the paper and write out the text that would appear for each section.

Use the “Sample PowerPoint Presentation” as an example for your PowerPoint presentation. It is provided as a template, but it is not required to be used if you wish to use a different PowerPoint presentation template.

Produce a 12–20 slide PowerPoint presentation to report the results of your research paper. Refer to the lectures, the textbook chapters, and the article above to design your talk.

Include suggestions of which figures in your paper should be included in the talk and how they may or may not need to be modified.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.