Experiencing Science

• • What is the Scientific Method
  • Basic Skills in Lab Work – How to Write Formal Introductions
  • Pre-Lab work – How to Write a Formal Method
  • Interpreting Graphs – How to Present Data for Reports
  • Pre-Lab Work – How to Synthesis Literature
  • How to Write Formal Discussions
  • Harvard Referencing

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Special requirements

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In this subject you will develop the skills needed to work in academic lab settings and carry out experiments in a safe, ethical and responsible way. Through a range of learning activities, you will explore basic concepts in various sciences to complete experiments performed in labs. The focus will be on building report writing skills via a series of workshops and assessment tasks that call for an increased ability to communicate experiment results in a written format. You will also explore ethical considerations of conducting and reporting on scientific research.

• Scientific Report (15%%)
• Formal Scientific Report (20%%)
• Formal Scientific Report (40%%)
• Portfolio (25%%)

Current study term: 11 Jul 21 to 17 Oct 21