The Writing Center
Dr. Rick Hershberger - The Bioactive Site
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Overview
Scientific research is not complete until it is critically evaluated by other experts in the scientific community and communicated to scientists and policy makers who will benefit from the research discoveries. Thus science students must develop the ability to accurately, understandably, and convincingly describe their research rationale, experimental design, results, and conclusions, both to the scientific community and the public.
- Writing the Scientific Research Proposal
- instructions on writing a research proposal in the format of a grant proposal
- Writing the Scientific Research Report
- Research Report -
Instructions.pdf
Research Report - Tips
Research Report - Outline Worksheet.pdf - Research Report - Grading Rubric.pdf
- instructions on writing a report on scientific experiments in the format of a journal article
- The Peer Review Process
- a simulation of the process of critically reviewing scientific work prior to publication
- Preparing a Scientific Poster
- instructions on preparing a poster describing scientific experiments
- Peer Grading Worksheet
- the worksheet for peer grading of posters
Guidelines for Science Writing Assignments
In all scientific writing, the sources of your information should be cited within the text of the report. I recommend using the Council of Biology Editors (CBE) name-year style of citations. Note: Despite what that web site says about in-text citations, science writing does not use "Hershberger and others, 1991". Most scientific journals use "Hershberger et al., 1991". Et al is Latin for "and others". Et al, like all foreign words (in vivo, in vitro, etc.), should be italicized. Refer to ONLINE! A reference guide to using internet resources for help in citing web sites, e-mail, newsgroups, etc.