Q General Guidance: You should read through this week's assigned lab material before you make your post, so that your post will be informed, and you avoid posing a question that is answered in the course materials. General Format: You are required to make ONE post to each week’s lab discussion board. Your required post must contain 50 words at minimum and be written in your own words. Your grade will be determined by your demonstration of three areas of communication: application, critical thinking, and writing. Deadline: Your required post is due by 11:59PM, Wednesday. Late posts will be penalized 0.5 points (20%) per day late. NOTE: We recommend that you avoid using the smartphone/tablet Canvas app when submitting your discussion post, because the app frequently fails to associate posts with your corresponding discussion group. ________________________________________ This Week's Posting Prompt: Complete the readings assigned for the Week 1 lab assignment, and EITHER answer one of the below assignment questions, or pose a similar informed question regarding the lab activity to the class. 1. What is something about the scientific method or the process of science that you would like to know more about? In other words, what part of doing science can we help you understand better in this class? 2. What experience, if any, have you had doing science? What part of that experience was the most challenging, and why? Please read pages 1 – 9 on the scientific method in your Writing in Biology Handbook, before answering any of the below questions. 3. What are some characteristics of good scientific questions and hypotheses? 4. What are independent versus dependent variables in experiments? 5. What is the difference between treatment groups and control groups in an experiment? What are positive and negative controls? 6. State your own observation, question, and hypothesis regarding a particular phenomenon (Not the ones given as examples in the book.) State an experimental prediction to go with your hypothesis. When would you revise your hypothesis?