Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Biol 315 Project Topics (Spring 2011)


Biol 315 Project Topics Spring 2011

Rubric for Assignment


Rubric for making Assignment


Criteria
Weight-age %
Outstanding (10 points)
Good (8 points)
Fair (6 points)
1
Knowledge on the subject / concept
20

Excellent, clear
Clear, drops concepts somewhere
Concept not very clear
2
Recent and Relevant Literature cited
20
Most recent Literature &
Relevant Literature
1. Recent not relevant
2. Relevant not recent*
Not recent
Less relevant
3
Organization of material / concepts
20
Very well organized
Organized but have some lapses
Not organized in a logical sequence
4
Clearly described subject in text
10
Concept described clearly, concept-wise
- Clear but confused somewhere
- Clear but out of sequence somewhere
Not very clear
5
Use of diagrams / flowcharts
10
Excellent
- Diagrams / flow charts used to explain concept

Good
- few diagrams OR
- few flow charts
Poor
- No illustration (diagrams, flow charts)
6
Referencing Style
20
Correctly followed given format
Partially followed format
Not followed / No references

*If the field is not worked out in recent times, then acceptable

Dr Saba Butt
Assistant Professor

Monday, March 28, 2011

How to make Assignment?


How to Make Assignment?                                                              BIOL 315

You are expected to follow the instructions below:

Pattern

Your assignment should include:

-          Title page (well-organized)
-          Summary (about 250-300 words)
-          Introduction (including literature review)
-          Text
-          References (according to prescribed format)

Literature Review

Your assignment should include:

-          Relevant references from books, journals, periodicals and websites (from books and research-based journals are must)
-          Recent references should be included (preferably last 5 years review)

Reference Format

Your assignment should follow:

-          Pakistan Journal of Botany in references/citations in the text
-          Pakistan Journal of Botany in references/citations in the end (as end notes)

A copy of an article from the “Pakistan Journal of Botany” is available with the S-Block photocopier for you. 
OR
You can download any article from the Journal website through URL below:
http://www.pakbs.org

Plagiarism

The FCC policy for plagiarism will be strictly applied to all the assignments submitted. If you violated the policy, you may lose marks in part or may be all of your marks.
You can find the FCC plagiarism policy in the “student handbook”.

Dr Saba Butt
Assistant Professor

Reference Formatting

Dear Students

Below is the link that will lead you to the website of "Pakistan Journals of Botany". You can download any article and use its "Reference Style" as pattern for your assignment to be submitted.

http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/pjhtmls/PJB.html

Monday, March 21, 2011

What are Microbial Biofilms?

Textbook of Bacteriology - Online

Microbiology Methods

Biotechnology - Heritage Conservation

An Open Access Journal in Microbiology

Microscopic Fungus which Speeds Rice Growth

Movies on Bacterial Motility

Movies on Protists

Current Protocols

A Good Website for Videos on Microbiology Technique