These activities MUST be completed prior to the kickoff on Tuesday September 16th, 2025
Assignments
The assignments are linked here AND will be assigned by your instructor. The grade will be reflected within the current marking period, and NOT calculated into the overall project grade.
Determine Group Roles AND fill out contract: (You are ALL responsible for).
Tasks that need to be done with plants: Maintain the website; Measure and organize of data into spreadsheets and graphs (need line and box & whiskers); photograph and organizer of photos
Tasks that need to be done for the paper, you can share purpose, hypothesis, procedure, data (qualitative and quantitative), and sources.
***The rest of the lab report is individual: abstract, introduction, analysis and conclusion.
We will water as needed, administer variable on Wednesdays, and measure twice a week
Complete the Winter is Coming
Complete the CER Constructing Explanations Tool: Arabidopsis
Complete Getting Familiar with Arabidopsis
Read The McDowell Dissertation Chapter and answer either these questions or these (Ellis-Deviese Version)
Sonawala, U. S. (2019, October 4). Understanding the role of host amino acid transporters in nutrient acquisition by oomycete pathogens. [Doctoral dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University] http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102868
Plant Maintenance/Timeline:
Cold Treat seeds - Tuesday August 26th - Wednesday August 27th
Plant seeds - Thursday August 28th
Humidome - Crack Tuesday September 2nd AND Remove Wednesday September 3rd
Thin plants by (based on growth) - Wednesday September 10th