LAB REPORT EVALUATION

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INTRODUCTION

DOES IT ADEQUATELY DISCUSS THE OBJECTIVES, WHAT WILL BE TESTED AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH AN EXPERIMENT?

METHOD: NO NEED TO REPEAT THE HANDOUT, BUT SAY WHICH ONE WAS USED

WHAT KIND OF EMBRYO AND STAGE WAS USED AND THE DURATION OF THE EXPERIMENT.

ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION OF THE MEANS OF DOING THE EXPERIMENT- SURGERY, CENTRIFUGATION, CHEMICAL ALTERATION, ETC

DETAIL OF STEPS AND CULTURE OF EMBRYOS AFTER EXPERIMENT

SOLUTIONS

TIME

IS THERE A REFERENCE FOR THE METHODS?

COULD SOMEONE REPEAT YOUR EXPERIMENT FROM READING YOUR METHODS SECTION?

RESULTS:

ARE THE RESULTS CLEARLY PRESENTED IN A FORM EASILY UNDERSTOOD?

ARE THERE TABLES OR DRAWINGS OR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CONTROL VS THE EXPERIMENTALS?

DISCUSSION:

WAS THE EXPERIMENT A SUCCESS?

IS THERE AN INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE RESULTS SHOW ABOUT DEVELOPMENT?

IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROCEDURE?

DOES THE DISCUSSION FIT WITH THE OBJECTIVES IN THE INTRODUCTION?

WAS THE EXPERIMENT A FAILURE?

WHAT WAS THE SUSPECTED CAUSE?

WHAT WAS THE EXPECTED RESULT?

DID THE CONTROLS SURVIVE?

IS THERE A COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS STUDIES, AND REFERENCES TO THEM?

REFERENCES:

IS THERE A RECENT ARTICLE?

IS THERE A PROCEDURE FROM A LAB BOOK?