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Fermentation Lab Report. Review on expectations and common mistakes. Title Page. Descriptive title (larger font, middle of page and centered) Name Class (Bio 1115, Day, Time) Date TA: Becky Zemple. Format. Section titles (L side, underlined) No space between sections
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Fermentation Lab Report Review on expectations and common mistakes
Title Page • Descriptive title (larger font, middle of page and centered) • Name • Class (Bio 1115, Day, Time) • Date • TA: Becky Zemple
Format • Section titles (L side, underlined) • No space between sections • Page numbers on bottom (center) • Title and works cited pages don’t count for numbering • Length: 5-7 full pages • Works Cited on separate page
Common Mistakes • Consistency: alcohol/ethanol/ethyl alcohol • 14% (not fourteen percent) • mL (not milliliters) • Effect vs. Affect • CO2 vs. CO2 • Table of solutions • Increases in CO2?
Common Things Forgotten • C1V1=C2V2 • Multiple trials • Sealed pipettes • Original ethanol concentration: 50% or 25%? • Water type used • Water bath temperature • Qualitative observations
Graphs • Descriptive title • Figure 1, 2… • Axes labels • Variables • Legends
Carbon Dioxide Produced by Yeast in Various Ethanol Concentrations
Carbon Dioxide Produced by Yeast in Various Ethanol Concentrations
Works Cited • New page • Appendix B in lab manual • Alphabetize • Indent after first line • Citations: don’t quote! • The anaerobic process of fermentation is known to kill microbes (Sarmadi and Buikema, 2013).
Examples Book: Sarmadi, C. M., and Buikema, A. L. (2013). Introductory Biology: Lab Manual. Hayden-McNeil, Plymouth.
Examples Journal: Hood, A., et al. (1999). Effects of microsomal enzyme inducers on thyroid- follicular cell proliferation, hyperplasia, and hypertrophy. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 160, 163-170.
Examples Websites: Environmental Protection Agency. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). 7 March 2006. <http://www.epa.gov/toxteam/pcbid/tabl e.htm>. [accessed 19 May 2006]
Rewrites – Due in 1 week • Possibility to earn back ½ of points that were lost • Graded based on: • Fixing issues or missing items commented on in 1st version • Improvement from 1st version • Earn back points based on score of section where they were originally lost
Questions? • Email • After class • Office hours: Friday 8-10, 12:30-? if needed • Herbarium, Derring 3017