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WELCOME TO AP BIOLOGY!

This is a guide for setting up the termite lab notebook, including title, pre-lab, background information, scientific method overview, purpose, personal account, hypotheses, experimental design, observations, data analysis, discussion, conclusion, and revised hypothesis.

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WELCOME TO AP BIOLOGY!

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  1. WELCOME TO AP BIOLOGY! • Please take an index card and the two sheets from the table by the door. Then, find your seats via the notecards on the tables. • When the bell rings, please make sure your cell phones are set to ‘silent’ and placed in the plastic bins on your table. Thank you!! 

  2. Termite Lab – Notebook Set-up • Title • Pre-lab • Termite background/characterisitics • Scientific method overview • Purpose • Personal Account • Observations (Day 1) • Hypotheses #1, #2, #3 • Choose “best” hypothesis • Experimental design/procedure for “best” hypothesis • Day 2—Carry out experiment • Observations (Day 2) • Data Table & Graphs • Discussion • - Did data support or refute hypothesis? EXPLAIN. • Conclusion • What did you learn? • What is the significance? • What is your revised hypothesis?

  3. Termite lab • Develop 1 best experimental design • Conduct experiment • Collect data • Finish writing up lab in notebook • Due Tuesday, 9/6/16

  4. a way to solve problems – Steps?? • Problem/question • Research • Hypothesis/plan • Experiment • Results • Conclusion • Revise hypothesis/plan • What is the scientific method?

  5. A preliminary study testing the effectiveness of a new HIV drug was implemented on HIV-positive humanized mice at Wake Forest University. Over a period of 6 weeks, mice were split into seven equal groups. One group was given a placebo, while the other six groups were given incrementally increasing dosages of the experimental antiviral drug. Measurements of HIV viral load (viral particles per mL blood) were taken at Day 0, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 28, Day 35, and Day 42 in order to determine efficacy of the drug.

  6. Hypothesis • Independent (cause) & dependent (effect) variables • Control group & experimental groups •  Group given no treatment  Groups receiving treatment • Constants – conditions kept the same throughout all groups • Random sampling • Large sample size (n) • Repeated – multiple trials • Graphs • Title your graph & label axes w/ units • Keep consistent scale • Start at X & Y vertex • Connect dots • Key – if more than one line per axes set Good Experimental Design

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