BIOL368/F14:Week 2

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This journal entry is due on Wednesday, September 10 at midnight PDT (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning). NOTE that the server records the time as Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Therefore, midnight will register as 03:00.


Individual Journal Assignment

  • Store this journal entry as "username Week 2" (i.e., this is the text to place between the square brackets when you link to this page).
  • Create the following set of links. (HINT: These links should all be in your personal template that you created for the Week 1 Assignment; you should then simply invoke your template on each new journal entry.)
    • Link to your journal entry from your user page.
    • Link back from your journal entry to your user page.
    • Link to this assignment from your journal entry.
    • Don't forget to add the "BIOL368/F14" category to the end of your wiki page.

Background

Protocols

Section assignments will be made in class.

  • Part I: Genetics
    • Complete the "Specific Tasks to do with this tool" beginning on page 8.
    • Complete the tables and questions on pages 9-12.
    • When the protocol says "Data Blog", this means your wiki journal for this week (electronic lab notebook).
    • Assigned to: Chloe Jones
  • Part II: Biochemistry
    • Complete the "Specific Tasks for this section" beginning on page 11.
    • Complete the tables and questions on pages 11 to 14.
    • When the protocol says "Blog", this means your wiki journal for this week (electronic lab notebook).
    • Assigned to: Isabel Gonzaga
  • Part III: Molecular Biology
    • Complete the "Specific Tasks for this section" beginning on page 7.
    • Complete the tables and questions on pages 7 and 8.
    • Assigned to: Nicole Anguiano
  • Part IV: Evolution
    • Complete "A", "B", and "C" questions on pages 5 to 9.
    • Assigned to: Stephen Louie

Electronic Lab Notebook

Complete your electronic notebook for your assigned part of the Molecular Genetics Explorer project on your individual journal page. Your notebook entry should contain:

  • Your methods: what did you actually do? Give a step by step account.
  • Your results: the answers to the questions in the protocol, plus any other results you gathered.
  • A scientific conclusion: what was your main finding for today's project?

Shared Journal Assignment

  • Store your journal entry in the shared BIOL368/F14:Class Journal Week 2 page. If this page does not exist yet, go ahead and create it (congratulations on getting in first :) )
  • Link to the shared journal entry from your user page.
  • Link the shared journal page to this assignment page.
  • Sign your portion of the journal with the standard wiki signature shortcut (~~~~).
  • Add the "BIOL368/F14" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so).

Reflection

Answer these questions on the shared page:

  1. What was the purpose of this assignment?
  2. What did I learn from this assignment?
  3. What did I not understand (yet) about this assignment?