Fermentation Lab Report - Rebekah Lea Zemple

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Fermentation Lab Report

Review on expectations and common mistakes

Title Page

 Descriptive title (larger font, middle of page and centered)

 Name

 Class (Bio 1115, Day, Time)

 Date

 TA: Becky Zemple

Format

 Section titles (L side, underlined)

 No space between sections

 Page numbers on bottom (center)

 Title and works cited pages don’t count for numbering

 Length: 5-7 full pages

 Works Cited on separate page

Common Mistakes

 Consistency: alcohol/ethanol/ethyl alcohol

 14% (not fourteen percent)

 mL (not milliliters)

 Effect vs. Affect

 CO

2 vs. CO2

 Table of solutions

 Increases in CO

2

?

Common Things Forgotten

 C

1

V

1

=C

2

V

2

 Multiple trials

 Sealed pipettes

 Original ethanol concentration: 50% or 25%?

 Water type used

 Water bath temperature

 Qualitative observations

Graphs

 Descriptive title

 Figure 1, 2…

 Axes labels

 Variables

 Legends

Carbon Dioxide Produced by Yeast in Various Ethanol Concentrations

5

4,5

4

3,5

3

2,5

2

1,5

1

0,5

0

0 5 14 25

Ethanol Concentration (%)

Trial 1

Trial 2

Carbon Dioxide Produced by Yeast in Various Ethanol Concentrations

5

4,5

4

3,5

3

2,5

2

1,5

1

0,5

0

0 5 10 15 20 25

Ethanol Concentration (%)

30

Trial 1

Trial 2

R² = 0,8517

Works Cited

 New page

 Appendix B in lab manual

 Alphabetize

 Indent after first line

 Citations: don’t quote!

 The anaerobic process of fermentation is known to kill microbes (Sarmadi and

Buikema, 2013).

Examples

Book:

Sarmadi, C. M., and Buikema, A. L. (2013).

Introductory Biology: Lab Manual.

Hayden-McNeil, Plymouth.

Examples

Journal:

Hood, A., et al. (1999). Effects of microsomal enzyme inducers on thyroidfollicular cell proliferation, hyperplasia, and hypertrophy. Toxicol. Appl.

Pharmacol. 160, 163-170.

Examples

Websites:

Environmental Protection Agency.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). 7

March 2006.

<http://www.epa.gov/toxteam/pcbid/tabl e.htm>. [accessed 19 May 2006]

Rewrites – Due in 1 week

 Possibility to earn back ½ of points that were lost

 Graded based on:

 Fixing issues or missing items commented on in 1 st version

 Improvement from 1 st version

 Earn back points based on score of section where they were originally lost

Questions?

 Email

 After class

 Office hours: Friday 8-10,

12:30-? if needed

 Herbarium, Derring 3017

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