Bio 222

Oral Presentation 2015

Lab Section (day, room #): ____________
Lab Group #: ________
Names of lab group members: ___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
Slide 1 shows title, lab group #, lab group names? (-10 pts if no)
Yes
No
Powerpoint slides saved to desktop? (-25 pts if no)
Yes
No
Equal teamwork between group members? (-20 pts if no)
No
Did each group member discuss some aspect of the data?

Yes

Introduction
Was the goal of the experiment explained?
Yes
No
Did the students state what questions they were asking in these experiments?
Yes
No
Were the hypotheses clearly stated?
Yes
No

Rating for Introduction: ________/15 pts

Comments:

Methods
Control fly types mentioned, and if necessary, explained?
Yes
No
Was the average number of flies per assay mentioned or shown on the slide? (At
least 10 flies for walking speed, 3+ groups of flies for each of the other assays
Yes
No
Were the fly types chosen the correct ones for this project? Should any other or
more
Fly types have been chosen?
Yes
No

Rating for Methods: ________/15 pts

Comments:

Results
Was the statistical method used correctly?
Yes
No
Are p values given? Should be related to accepted p value (i.e., p 0.05)
Yes
No
Were graphs drawn correctly? If error bars are appropriate, do they look correct?
Yes
No
Graph title present? Axes labeled correctly?
Yes
No
What type of error bars mentioned on or near graph?
Yes
No
Was graph explained properly to the audience? (what does graph show? Restate
axes to audience; direct attention to particular parts of graph that are of interest)
Yes
No
Is there any additional analysis that could have been done to prove/disprove their
hypotheses?
Yes
No

Rating for Results: ________/35 pts

Comments:

Discussion/Conclusions (30 pts)

Were the correct conclusions drawn from the data? In other words, if the students
say their hypotheses were supported, do the data really support this conclusion?
Yes
No
Were the correct comparisons made between groups of data?
Yes
No
Were enough comparisons made between groups of data? For example, between
control flies and experimental, and between different types of drug treatments?
Yes
No
Did students tie together the data from all the assays to reach their conclusions?
Yes
No
Did the students use ALL the assays to their full advantage? If they
skipped an
assay in their project, was this approach correct?
Yes
No
Did the students relate their conclusions to what was learned in the web lectures

or other sources of information?

No
Were sources of experimental error mentioned?
No

Yes
Yes

Rating for Discussion: ________/35 pts

Comments:

Overall Score for Presentation:

1= poor
3 = OK
5 = excellent

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