If you are a student of biology then this book will be an indispensable companion throughout your entire degree programme. It clearly explains the laboratory and field skills that you will draw on time and again for the practical aspects of your studies, and also gives you a solid grounding in those wider transferable skills which are increasingly necessary to achieve a higher level of academic success.
If you are a student of biology then this book will be an indispensable companion throughout your entire degree programme. It clearly explains the laboratory and field skills that you will draw on time and again for the practical aspects of your studies, and also gives you a solid grounding in those wider transferable skills which are increasingly necessary to achieve a higher level of academic success.
Allan Jones, Chancellor's Award Fellow in Ecology, Environmental Science and Zoology at the University of Dundee, UK. Rob Reed, Emeritus Professor (Education and Science) at Central Queensland University, Australia. Jonathan Weyers, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, U
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Preface List of abbreviations Study strategies 1. Developing your skills 2. Self-management 3. Learning effectively 4. Making the most of learning resources 5. Locating and citing published information 6. Evaluating information 7. Working with others 8. Mapping your personal development Assessment skills 9. Succeeding in assessments 10. Scientific writing 11. Writing essays 12. Reporting practical and project work 13. Tackling literature surveys and reviews 14. Presenting written assignments 15. Preparing a poster 16. Giving a spoken presentation 17. Revision strategies 18. Improving your performance in exams Fundamental laboratory techniques 19. Preparing for practical work 20. Working safely in the lab and field 21. Basic laboratory skills 22. Measuring and dispensing liquids 23. Preparing solutions principles and practice 24. Measuring and maintaining pH The investigative approach 25. Making measurements 26. Understanding SI units and their use 27. Observational skills 28. Recording data in the laboratory and field 29. Drawing diagrams 30. Taking samples 31. Designing experiments 32. Understanding bioethics 33. Tackling project work and placements Obtaining and identifying specimens 34. Collecting animals and plants 35. Collecting and isolating microbes 36. Fixing and preserving specimens 37. Naming and classifying organisms 38. Identifying plants and animals 39. Identifying microbes Examining specimens and samples 40. Understanding microscopy 41. Preparing specimens for light microscopy 42. Setting up and using a light microscope 43. Interpreting microscope images 44. Recording and processing photographic images 45. Measuring growth and responses 46. Dissection techniques Working with microbes, cells and tissues 47. Learning sterile technique 48. Culturing cells 49. Working with bacteria 50. Working with eukaryotic microbes: fungi and protists 51. Working with viruses 52. Working with animal and plant tissues and cells Environmental investigations 53. Developing fieldwork skills 54. Describing ecosystems 55. Analysing aquatic environments 56. Analysing soils and sediments 57. Measuring atmospheric variables 58. Measuring light Analytical techniques 59. Understanding chemical analysis 60. Understanding calibration and quantitative analysis 61. Assaying biomolecules 62. Centrifugation techniques 63. Using spectroscopic methods 64. Using chromatographic systems 65. Methods of electrophoresis 66. Studying Mendelian and population genetics 67. Investigating molecular genetics 68. Using immunological methods 69. Studying enzymes 70. Measuring oxygen content 71. Quantifying photosynthesis and respiration 72. Using radioisotopes 73. Analysing stable isotopes Analysing and presenting data 74. Manipulating and transforming raw data 75. Analysing data with spreadsheets 76. Summarising data in tables 77. Illustrating data in graphs 78. Solving numerical problems 79. Using descriptive statistics 80. Selecting and interpreting statistical tests Appendix 1 Index
Preface List of abbreviations Study strategies 1. Developing your skills 2. Self-management 3. Learning effectively 4. Making the most of learning resources 5. Locating and citing published information 6. Evaluating information 7. Working with others 8. Mapping your personal development Assessment skills 9. Succeeding in assessments 10. Scientific writing 11. Writing essays 12. Reporting practical and project work 13. Tackling literature surveys and reviews 14. Presenting written assignments 15. Preparing a poster 16. Giving a spoken presentation 17. Revision strategies 18. Improving your performance in exams Fundamental laboratory techniques 19. Preparing for practical work 20. Working safely in the lab and field 21. Basic laboratory skills 22. Measuring and dispensing liquids 23. Preparing solutions principles and practice 24. Measuring and maintaining pH The investigative approach 25. Making measurements 26. Understanding SI units and their use 27. Observational skills 28. Recording data in the laboratory and field 29. Drawing diagrams 30. Taking samples 31. Designing experiments 32. Understanding bioethics 33. Tackling project work and placements Obtaining and identifying specimens 34. Collecting animals and plants 35. Collecting and isolating microbes 36. Fixing and preserving specimens 37. Naming and classifying organisms 38. Identifying plants and animals 39. Identifying microbes Examining specimens and samples 40. Understanding microscopy 41. Preparing specimens for light microscopy 42. Setting up and using a light microscope 43. Interpreting microscope images 44. Recording and processing photographic images 45. Measuring growth and responses 46. Dissection techniques Working with microbes, cells and tissues 47. Learning sterile technique 48. Culturing cells 49. Working with bacteria 50. Working with eukaryotic microbes: fungi and protists 51. Working with viruses 52. Working with animal and plant tissues and cells Environmental investigations 53. Developing fieldwork skills 54. Describing ecosystems 55. Analysing aquatic environments 56. Analysing soils and sediments 57. Measuring atmospheric variables 58. Measuring light Analytical techniques 59. Understanding chemical analysis 60. Understanding calibration and quantitative analysis 61. Assaying biomolecules 62. Centrifugation techniques 63. Using spectroscopic methods 64. Using chromatographic systems 65. Methods of electrophoresis 66. Studying Mendelian and population genetics 67. Investigating molecular genetics 68. Using immunological methods 69. Studying enzymes 70. Measuring oxygen content 71. Quantifying photosynthesis and respiration 72. Using radioisotopes 73. Analysing stable isotopes Analysing and presenting data 74. Manipulating and transforming raw data 75. Analysing data with spreadsheets 76. Summarising data in tables 77. Illustrating data in graphs 78. Solving numerical problems 79. Using descriptive statistics 80. Selecting and interpreting statistical tests Appendix 1 Index
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