5.4: Week 3 - Water

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    Pre-lab Assignment

    📅 Due: This pre-lab assignment is due prior to the Week 3 Dry Lab meeting.

    🎯 Purpose: This pre-lab is designed to prepare you to share work-in-progress and get early feedback to improve your report.

    Follow up from Week 2
    1. Complete and submit any unfinished business from the last meeting.
    2. Prepare your manuscript document:
      1. Update the Materials and Methods section based on last week's peer feedback.
      2. Update the Qualitative Results section based on last week's peer feedback.
      3. Write your Discussion of Qualitative Results.
      4. Write the Quantitative Results section, including description and figures that show the results of quantitative analysis.
        • Prepare a table that communicates the results of calibration and quantitation.
        • Prepare one or more figures that shows calibration data. 
        • The table and figures should complement each other.
    3. Bring a printed copy of your manuscript to the Dry Lab meeting.

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    Dry Lab Group Discussion

    In this session, you will peer review each other's reports and practice helping each other by giving impactful, actionable feedback.

     Wet Lab Agenda

    Record all work in your lab notebook as usual.  If you are not doing wet-lab work in this session, please keep notes of your writing-related conversations in your lab notebook and complete the reflection prompts as usual.

    1. Revise Manuscript and Write Discussion, Conclusions, and Introduction Section.
    2. Meet with Writing Consultants.  

    📘 Notebook

    Record detailed notes about your lab work in your notebook each time you are in lab. Also include the data analysis and responses to the reflection prompts*. Your notebook should be submitted on canvas prior to leaving Wet Lab each week - whatever state it is in at the end of lab is the state in which you should submit your work.  If you are unable to complete data analysis and the reflection prompt within the period, it should be completed before the next lab period, and submitted with your next notebook submission.

    Reflection Prompt
    1. How has writing about your lab experience supported your learning?
    2. How has working with the EWC's supported your writing and learning?
    3. What have you done that has supported your learning in this module? What could you do better in the future?
    4. What were the ways in which your instructional team supported your learning? What could they do better in the future?  

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