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Point value

Earned Points

Title

Specific & informative; must include the specific enzyme & refer to either the sucrose or galactose experiment (not both). Bold, center align, 14pt font. Put your name & date on the next line: bold, center align, 12pt font. 

1.5

Introduction

Do NOT include a cover page. Title this section as such in bold, left align, no indent, 12pt font. On the next line, proceed with the body of the intro: unbold, left align, indent each new paragraph, do not skip lines, double space, and include, in this order (general to specific):

Background information on enzymes in general, their structure, function & significance. Discuss enzymatic reactions. Explain the importance of the active site & why/how its shape is related to an enzyme’s function. What factors can affect the activity of enzymes? Explain how each of these factors affect enzyme activity and why? You must include background information on substrate specificity, inhibitors, temperature, and pH. Use vocab words.

Background information about the specific enzyme being studied and the full chemical equation for the reaction it catalyzes.  In what organ or organisms is this enzyme present and why is this enzyme important to those organisms (lactose intolerance, nursing)? How is this enzyme regulated (temperature, inhibitors, coenzymes, etc.)?  

For the sucrose or galactose experiment you & your partner performed, state the aim of the experiment, your general hypothesis and specific prediction. Do not discuss both nor other parts of lab.

Write a brief summary of your sucrose or galactose experiment (2–3 sentences).  Include source of enzyme & substrate, what you measured and why. Please be brief, as details will be stated in the methods. This is just to give readers an overall idea of what you did.

NEVER state results, detailed methods, nor conclusions in the introduction! Points off for incorrect info. All information, ideas and work that is not your own MUST be paraphrased (restated using your own words) and in addition MUST be cited with parenthetical citations using the “Name/Year System of Citation in Biology” explained in the lab manual. Not doing this will result in a zero grade on the assignment and may result in a grade of F in the class.

0.5

4

4

2

2

Materials & Methods

You will not need to write this section for this lab.

Results

You will not need to write this section for this lab

Discussion

You will not need to write this section for this lab.

References

Title this section as such in bold, left align, no indent, 12pt font. Skip a line, and then list your references

You must use a minimum of 4 sources of information pertinent to the topic: your textbook, lab manual and at least 2 other acceptable sources of information, at least one of which is from a peer reviewed scientific scholarly journal. (See “Writing a Scientific Report”). Websites are NOT acceptable sources and are NOT allowed. Note: These are the sources you referred to & cited parenthetically in the Introduction.

You must have parenthetical citations with correct formatting within the body of the text. Use ‘et al’ in italics for multiple authors.

The full citation for all sources must be listed alphabetically by the first author’s last name using correct formatting. Either bullet each source or skip lines in between sources.

The “Name/Year System of Citation in Biology” in the lab manual explains how to format both types of citations. Not paraphrasing nor having 1 or both of these, nor properly formatting these citations is considered plagiarism and will result in a zero grade on the assignment and may result in a grade of F in the class. In addition, the incident will be communicated to the campus academic misconduct officer. In any such instance, the instructor does not have to grade/correct the lab report.

0.5

2

1.5

2

Word processing

Typed & printed

2

Format & quality of writing

2 full pages (not including Reference page), double spaced, normal margins, proper paragraph structure & 12-point font. Correct format used (sections titled & in correct order) and in scientific style: past tense when describing the experiment you performed (not background information), passive voice, clear, concise & precise. Correct scientific terminology used. As this is formal writing, no quotations, contractions, nor pronouns are allowed, & the report should be free of grammatical and/or spelling errors. Any genus species names in italics.

3

Points deducted

Lateness or Absence: 10% for 1 day late. Lab reports more than 1 day late will not be accepted and will receive a zero grade.

TOTAL

25 points