Laboratory Resources

John E. Silvius,  Senior Professor of Biology,  Cedarville University, 251 N. Main Street, Cedarville,  OH 45314

Resources for Field Botany Labs:

• First Field Botany Lab:  Familiar Views?
  Agricultural Fields Have Low Biodiversity -- "Selma Plain" near Selma, OH
  "County Line Prairie" -- Remnant Prairie
  Contrast of Agricultural and Remnant Communities
  More Information on Ohio Prairie Remnant Communities
  
  
Field Botany: Tree Identification
Helpful Slides
Woody Plant ID -- Photos arranged by similar morphology
Iowa State Campus Trees -- Photos of Leaves, Bark, Flowers, Fruit
Ohio Big Trees-- Listing and Photos of Ohio's Largest Trees, ODNR

Take-Home Practical
Link to Take-Home Practical
Campus "Tree Finder" Map"
Woody Plant Identification List-- Common species including most of those on the Take-Home Practical


• Prairie Restoration Research:
  Why Prairie Research?
  Cedarville University Prairie Restoration - Detailed Log
  
  Activities in Photos:
  Sowing Prairie Seed Mix -- Spring 2000, 2001
  Second Prairie Burn -- April, 2003
  Post-Burn Appearance-- April, 2003
  Regrowth in Summer -- Little Bluestem, Indian Grass, Queen Anne's Lace, etc.
  Mowing Selected Plots -- Instead of Burning in Spring, 2004
  Burning and Transplanting -- Spring, 2005
  
  Prairie Remnant Habitat Data:
  Floristic Quality Assessment Index (FQAI)
  
  
• Prairie Lab Report
  
  Lab Report Writing Guidelines:
  Scientific Writing -- A Few Suggestions
  Scientific Writing -- PowerPoint Slides
  Evaluation Form for Prairie Laboratory Report - What to include in your report and how points are assigned
  See also the next section -- "General Helps..."
  
  General Helps and Experimental Methods
  
• Statistical Sampling and Analysis
  "RESEARCH RANDOMIZER" -- Get your free random numbers here!
  t- Distribution Table -- Wm. Knight, Univ. of New Brunswick
  t-Test: One- versus Two-tailed Test -- Missouri State University
  Scientific Investigations & Statistical Analysis of Data -- Lecture Slides on S:\drive "09popstatistic" and Botany Lab Manual, Appendix
  Regression and Correlation -- -- VassarStats Website for Statistical Computation
  CRAN (The Comprehensive R Archive Network) -- Download Statistics Software
  Mann-Whitney Test (Under "Ordinal Data" in Left Sidebar) -- VassarStats Website for Statistical Computation
  Statistics Jokes - from webpage of Munsup Seoh, Ph.D. Wright State University.
   

• Botany Lab Bench Techniques
  Estimating Size of Specimens-- Microscope Eyepiece Reticle
  Online Clock and Count-Down Timer

• Botany Laboratory Review
  
  Plant Anatomy Slides

BLIP Resources -- Botany Laboratory Inquiry Project

• 2010 BLIP Topics
• 2010 Group Selections
• BLIP Proposal (Example)
• Oral Presentations: 
• Schedule for 2010
• Oral Evaluation Criteria (See also Botany Laboratory Manual, Ex. #15)
• Presenting Data and Summarizing Results (also "Report Writing")
• "Help with Statistics and Data Presentation" -- See Lab Manual (Appendix); and Lecture Slides "09popstatistic"
  
• Plant Growth Laboratory
  Guidelines and Planting Instructions
  Plant Growth Environment -- Lighting Specifications

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