This is a lab report for my AP Biology class. We are required to write down the pre-labs which includes writing down a introduction, summerize the procedures before we were even allowed to do the experiment. During the lab, we needed to make observations, takes notes, and draw all necessary graphs for later references. One week after the experiment was given to us before we had to turn in the official lab report. Notes, drawings, and graphs needed to be transcribed into our lab notebook. After completing the lab's data, there are about 5 to 6 questions left to answer which helps us understand the results. A conclusion has to be included in the last page that explains the results and evaluates the hypotenuese I made prior to doing this lab. Finally, an abstract, or an overview of the lab within 100 words, was inserted into spaces before the introduction.
This assignment is the first college-level lab report that I have ever completed. Guidelines and instructions are more specific yet more demanding than that of a lab write up from my freshmen biology class and sophomore chemistry class. It was the first time I realized how college level work differs from high school assignments.
I'm glad that I have completed this work because once I go to college, instructions for lab reports are probably the same. The earlier I am exposed to it, the more likely I am going to do well in college. In addition, I now know that in official scientific jounals, abstracts provide essential information for readers understand the overall process and results of this partcular lab before they decide to continue reading the details. I also learned that white-outs are not allowed when recording scientific notes because it could create confusion to readers about what you crossed out and what is the new information that you added in.
This assignment is the first college-level lab report that I have ever completed. Guidelines and instructions are more specific yet more demanding than that of a lab write up from my freshmen biology class and sophomore chemistry class. It was the first time I realized how college level work differs from high school assignments.
I'm glad that I have completed this work because once I go to college, instructions for lab reports are probably the same. The earlier I am exposed to it, the more likely I am going to do well in college. In addition, I now know that in official scientific jounals, abstracts provide essential information for readers understand the overall process and results of this partcular lab before they decide to continue reading the details. I also learned that white-outs are not allowed when recording scientific notes because it could create confusion to readers about what you crossed out and what is the new information that you added in.
The assignment on the left is one of the chapter study guides we did this year. For every chapter we were about to finish, Ms.Ng (my AP Biology teacher) would posted up about 7-12 questions for us to answer, or ask for help if we were stuck before taking the test. This Chapter 53-54 Study Guide took me about 2 hours to finish in which I had flipped through my textbook and looked up additional resources online in order to answer all 11 questions. Study Guides are served as a study tool for every chapter and turned in on the day of the test.
This study guide had a special meaning to me because it taught me a lesson: NEVER Leave Your Work To The Last Minute! I remember days before this was due, I kind of slacked off on school works due to stress I faced to imminent college application deadlines. On the night before the assignment due date, I had an unpredicted large amount of homework that was also due the next day. I finally decided only to do the most important ones. Still, I stayed up until 3am to complete all the work and my grades suffered in classes that I did not turn in homework.
Doing this study guide gave me a comprehensive review of the key concepts of chapter 53-54. Moreover, I learned better than to postpone my projects and homeworks to the last day.
This study guide had a special meaning to me because it taught me a lesson: NEVER Leave Your Work To The Last Minute! I remember days before this was due, I kind of slacked off on school works due to stress I faced to imminent college application deadlines. On the night before the assignment due date, I had an unpredicted large amount of homework that was also due the next day. I finally decided only to do the most important ones. Still, I stayed up until 3am to complete all the work and my grades suffered in classes that I did not turn in homework.
Doing this study guide gave me a comprehensive review of the key concepts of chapter 53-54. Moreover, I learned better than to postpone my projects and homeworks to the last day.
This is a "Calculating Percent of Energy Change" worksheet. Before we could any question from this assignment, our entire biology class played a game simulating the natural passing down of energy from one trophic level to the next. The class is divided into six groups, and each group is responsible for its own data. At the end, Ms.Ng took the average set of data from the six groups while we tried to understand the relationship between our simulation game and the energy loss in nature. After that, we are permitted to start answering questions on this worksheet which is largely calculation and free-response based, so I used calculator for the first page and short answers for the second page.
This energy change worksheet is the first worksheet in this class that I have ever received full score on. Next time when we need to do worksheets again, I would try to get everything correct as this one.
I learned, from this assignment, that from one trophic level to the next, energy being passed down is only about ten percent. The remaining nighty percent is used up by an organism in essantial mechanisms
such as metabolism, respiration, digestion of foods, and muscle movements.
This energy change worksheet is the first worksheet in this class that I have ever received full score on. Next time when we need to do worksheets again, I would try to get everything correct as this one.
I learned, from this assignment, that from one trophic level to the next, energy being passed down is only about ten percent. The remaining nighty percent is used up by an organism in essantial mechanisms
such as metabolism, respiration, digestion of foods, and muscle movements.