Animal Behavior

Bio116: Fundamentals of Organismal Biology Section—search criteria Title (1 point):

• Describes lab content concisely, adequately & appropriately Abstract (4 points):

• Adequately summarizes the entire lab report. • Gives reader general idea of the background, methods, results and conclusions.

Introduction (6 points):

• Includes relevant background information obtained from other sources • Includes relevant information about the organism studied, including scientific name and common name • Successfully establishes the scientific concept of the lab • Effectively presents questions addressed & hypothesis for experimental procedure; provides rationale for

hypothesis Materials & Methods (5 points):

• Appropriately explains how experiment was set up • Includes appropriate references if methods obtained from other source • Explanation of methods is sufficient for someone to reproduce experiment

Results (5 points):

• Written portion describes the data accurately, without making conclusions • Presents data in a graphic format (table and/or figure) accurately & in an easy to read format • Format of tables or figures is correct with appropriate titles and axis labels (Graph)

Discussion (6 points):

• Describes whether results confirmed hypothesis • Explains any unexpected results or provides support for expected results; utilizes information from other sources

to help provide these explanations • Describes the implication of the results; describes what has been learned by the experiment • Describes possible sources of error and ways that the experiment can be improved

Overall presentation (1 point):

• Grammar and spelling are correct, writing is clear and report is written in scientific style • Lab report avoids using quotations from other sources; instead information from other sources is paraphrased and

cited Citations (2 points):

• Information obtained from other works are properly cited using APA format within the text • Citations in references section adhere to the proper APA format • Uses at least two sources (not including lab manual)

IF NO CITATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OTHER SOURCES, THE LAB REPORT WILL AUTOMATICALLY EARN A SCORE OF ZERO. Data: # of turns in one minute # of bugs moved in one minute Cold 3 4

Warm 5 5 Hot 4 5