BI Fall 2023-Period 4 Assignments

Here, we will skip some things. 
1. Start down at #4. You can choose things related to ERs, or (most likely) NOT related to them. 
Once you have brainstormed a few things, write in NB your answers to 4-5. ALSO put them on a yellow page. On your yellow paper, list them in order of your rankings. (in your nb, make sure they are numbered)
2. Choose two problems from a DIFFERENT yellow page. Brainstorm a solution with your partner. Write in NB and put a star on their YP so we know you will talk about it. 
3. Answer RQ under #8. 
4. CQ 1-2

Here, we will skip some things. 
1. Start down at #4. You can choose things related to ERs, or (most likely) NOT related to them. 
Once you have brainstormed a few things, write in NB your answers to 4-5. ALSO put them on a yellow page. On your yellow paper, list them in order of your rankings. (in your nb, make sure they are numbered)
2. Choose two problems from a DIFFERENT yellow page. Brainstorm a solution with your partner. Write in NB and put a star on their YP so we know you will talk about it. 
3. Answer RQ under #8. 
4. CQ 1-2

Here, we will skip some things. 
1. Start down at #4. You can choose things related to ERs, or (most likely) NOT related to them. 
Once you have brainstormed a few things, write in NB your answers to 4-5. ALSO put them on a yellow page. On your yellow paper, list them in order of your rankings. (in your nb, make sure they are numbered)
2. Choose two problems from a DIFFERENT yellow page. Brainstorm a solution with your partner. Write in NB and put a star on their YP so we know you will talk about it. 
3. Answer RQ under #8. 
4. CQ 1-2

1. Please print a copy for me of your poster. (the edited one from me. If you don't see this now, email me and I'll send it to your group separately. Some saved to the GC and some didn't :/ )
2. Also print a copy for your group, which you should mark up to show edits you need to do to your poster.
3. Next week, combine your/my edits and change your poster (as needed)

1. Read and take notes on the case in the opening case brief. What occurred/why?
2. Actually write in the concerns of most people regarding emergency room visits. (you can abbreviate, but get the gist of each one.. and yes, I prefer if you write it IN A NOTEBOOK rather than type in this case.) 
3. With your group, brainstorm and decide: which are most/least concerning to you? Rank them in order of what you find most to least troubling. 
4. Share your order with other groups and defend your answers. Did any of your rankings change?
5. Note that you will need to address several of these issues in your own design. Put a star in your notebook (or highlight) those you feel you want to or can address in your innovative design.

Please see the list of topics and the order of debate page.

You will need to choose a topic from the list. For each topic chosen, 4-6 students can participate in the debate on that topic. If you choose a topic with fewer than that, you will need to pick something else! (You cannot 'reserve' a topic until you have a group of 4-6 students).
Once you have your group and topic, split into pro and con. (2--3 ppl per side) Note that you may NOT prepare with the opposing side! If both groups want to be the same, you must go up and flip a coin with Mrs. Graff. 
You will be graded on how persuasive you are and how well you present your points. NOTE carefully the order... timing and rules are important and impact your grade, for sure! 

Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to it!

Please see the list of topics and the order of debate page.

You will need to choose a topic from the list. For each topic chosen, 4-6 students can participate in the debate on that topic. If you choose a topic with fewer than that, you will need to pick something else! (You cannot 'reserve' a topic until you have a group of 4-6 students).
Once you have your group and topic, split into pro and con. (2--3 ppl per side) Note that you may NOT prepare with the opposing side! If both groups want to be the same, you must go up and flip a coin with Mrs. Graff. 
You will be graded on how persuasive you are and how well you present your points. NOTE carefully the order... timing and rules are important and impact your grade, for sure! 

Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to it!

Please see the list of topics and the order of debate page.

You will need to choose a topic from the list. For each topic chosen, 4-6 students can participate in the debate on that topic. If you choose a topic with fewer than that, you will need to pick something else! (You cannot 'reserve' a topic until you have a group of 4-6 students).
Once you have your group and topic, split into pro and con. (2--3 ppl per side) Note that you may NOT prepare with the opposing side! If both groups want to be the same, you must go up and flip a coin with Mrs. Graff. 
You will be graded on how persuasive you are and how well you present your points. NOTE carefully the order... timing and rules are important and impact your grade, for sure! 

Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to it!

Record your topic choice and the people who will be on each team debating the topic.

Record your topic choice and the people who will be on each team debating the topic.

Record your topic choice and the people who will be on each team debating the topic.

Choose two articles from those at your table. (one per packet, per person) Everyone at your table must pick DIFFERENT articles, and please do not choose two articles about the same thing.
Read carefully. Highlight parts you may need to return to and look up to understand fully (some things are explained later in the articles). 
For each article, fill out the Analysis. You can use the Google doc provided below, or use the paper version.
Once you have met with 'article alike' people, write a reflection in your notebook (one to two paragraphs):
1. Anything others brought up that you hadn't considered?
2. Was your opinion changed in any way?
3. If so, why? If not, why not?

Choose two articles from those at your table. (one per packet, per person) Everyone at your table must pick DIFFERENT articles, and please do not choose two articles about the same thing.
Read carefully. Highlight parts you may need to return to and look up to understand fully (some things are explained later in the articles). 
For each article, fill out the Analysis. You can use the Google doc provided below, or use the paper version.
Once you have met with 'article alike' people, write a reflection in your notebook (one to two paragraphs):
1. Anything others brought up that you hadn't considered?
2. Was your opinion changed in any way?
3. If so, why? If not, why not?

Use the topic you have chosen in M3 PYP. Once you have settled on a potential solution, do a literature review:

1. First, check out the websites in PLTW step 2. Make an outline in your NB about what you need to do/include in a lit review.

2.  Use the SRS (digitally-attached below or on paper-on cart near the table with the printers) to complete a lit review on your proposed solution to your problem. (Use the sources/ideas provided in step 5 to complete your research... make sure to include info on all the bullet points in step 4 of PLTW if applicable)

3. Make sure you list what you are finding (ie, patents, journal articles, testimonials, etc) when you do the research. If  you CANNOT find info on anything similar in patents, or journals, please let me know b/c missing those items will ultimately affect your grade! (HINT: you SHOULD be able to find a good amount of research/patents/other info)

* For once, I DO care that you are careful to cite your sources. There's a helpful link here to use if needed.

4. Last chance... affirm that the topic you've been researching is still the one you for which you will present a solution.

5. Answer the Conclusion questions.

Use the topic you have chosen in M3 PYP. Once you have settled on a potential solution, do a literature review:

1. First, check out the websites in PLTW step 2. Make an outline in your NB about what you need to do/include in a lit review.

2.  Use the SRS (digitally-attached below or on paper-on cart near the table with the printers) to complete a lit review on your proposed solution to your problem. (Use the sources/ideas provided in step 5 to complete your research... make sure to include info on all the bullet points in step 4 of PLTW if applicable)

3. Make sure you list what you are finding (ie, patents, journal articles, testimonials, etc) when you do the research. If  you CANNOT find info on anything similar in patents, or journals, please let me know b/c missing those items will ultimately affect your grade! (HINT: you SHOULD be able to find a good amount of research/patents/other info)

* For once, I DO care that you are careful to cite your sources. There's a helpful link here to use if needed.

4. Last chance... affirm that the topic you've been researching is still the one you for which you will present a solution.

5. Answer the Conclusion questions.

7. With your partner, do some preliminary research. (Look over the ideas on the brainstorming page, plus what you and your partner have discussed so far.) What products/solutions are already available for your problem? Maybe do this for your top 3-5 ideas, and then...
8. DECIDE which one you will try to solve with a NEW solution/product. 
PLEASE take some time here and consider. I think this might be the most important step TBH b/c many groups get halfway to a solution only to find it's already on the market/being developed, and then have to start over! 
9. Give your rationale in terms of why you chose what you did, what your preliminary ideas are for novel solutions, etc. 
10. Explain any you had to dismiss and why.


*Note the due date... I am expecting that you and your partner (or partners) will have a topic before the end of next class! (It should be groups of 2 or 3. If you have a group of 4, it needs to be a product that justifies another person working!)

With a partner, come up with at least 3 (more would be even better!) feasible ideas of problems/design issues with biomed tech or any biomed problem that you feel needs a different/new solution. Be specific. Think through what would make a good solution for those problems. Add your issues to your notebook and the communal yellow page (1-5 words only, you can explain later)

3. Take notes on the 'Design Process'. Please be somewhat brief but include the main points.  (found under 'resources' but NOT the Design Process Resource Packet') (yet)
4. Next, look at the Design Process Resource Packet. With a partner (or by yourself), pick one thing to research. Choose something different from the other group at your table.
5. Follow the instructions in pltw steps 11-12 AND make a 'yellow page' of your design solution (meaning, yes do sketches and notes in your NB but also prepare a yellow page)
-Gallery walk and ask questions/make comments on other presentations. 
6. Prepare to defend or respond to your comments. Include any comments you think are most significant in your notebook.

Read the mission statement and intro to 3.1.1
1. Explain why John and Earle are mentioned here. 
2. For your assigned product, complete step 3 in pltw. Look over the history of the product (or what was done before the product existed) in your research.
-Share your research findings with at least 4 other groups and listen to their research. Note any interesting things you hear in your NB (at least a couple things should stand out to you!)

Upload your google slides here. 
Your presentation should 
-be about 10 minutes (or, less than 12 and more than 7).
include:
1. Process
    -Idea
    -Modifications (and why?)
    -Confounding Variables (which ones did you anticipate/plan around? Which did you not anticipate? etc)
2. Trials
    -What actually happened?
    -How did you decide what to focus on/ignore? why?
    -an overview of findings/trends
3. Conclusions/further study as applicable
    -what would you change/why? 
    -could you reject H0? explain.
-- where possible/applicable, include images/sections of your poster

This is a TEAM submission.  (One per group is fine.)
1. Review the Creating Effective Poster Presentations online resource available from the link that says 'Home' below. (It's the NYU resource listed, but has a new link. Make sure to review the following sections of the website: An Effective Poster, Define Your Message, Know Your Audience(s), An Effective Abstract, and Create Your Poster.  Might be a good idea to look at their critiqued examples too. Then check out the 'poster basics' link too. 

**Note that a rubric for the poster has already been posted!**

2. Work with your team to design a poster presentation to summarize your independent research project.  You'll need to make sure it
includes:
o    Title
o    Team Members
o    South Pasadena High School (name and logo) & PLTW Biomedical Science (name and logo)
o    Statement of the research problem or question
o    Introduction to the purpose of the research
o    Background information
o    Abstract (encouraged)
o    Hypotheses (Include both the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis)
o    Experimental methodology
o    Data Tables
o    Graph(s)
o    Photographs
o    Statistical Analysis
o    Conclusion
o    Citations
o    Acknowledgements (if applicable)


3. Use the Tips for Producing Powerful and Effective Presentations resource sheet to create your poster. You may use a PowerPoint template (some are available at: http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html, and I've also included a link with a youtube tutorial) We WILL print your posters, so make sure to choose from the sizes mentioned (usually 36 x 48, but if you want a different size, that is OK- just NO LARGER than that!).  Make sure to BEGIN with the correct size, as changing it later can be very difficult/impossible.


4.  For this assignment, lay out a template for your poster showing where you'll place everything.  You should have all section headers on your poster when you submit it.  You should also go ahead and include all of these sections, which should at this point be ready to include all the same stuff from #2 above!

(Note that your Data Tables may just be summary tables, not ALL the data in some cases)

5. You'll need to submit your work as a pdf.


6. Finally, prepare to present your poster. (will include more info in a future lesson) Check out the presentation rubric in 2.1.4 for starters. You will make a ppt or google slides presentation highlighting your experiment, zooming in on parts of the poster, etc and explain it all to the class.

Please submit your google sheets or excel doc etc. here. One per group is fine. Please label the steps/parts etc so I can follow how you came up with your t-score and comparison to the critical value. 
Thanks!

1. Document at least some of your brainstorming ideas (should be at least 5 different ideas)
2. Which are you going to use in your initial design? Explain why.
3. Write out a rough idea of your study design/procedures. 
4. Make a timeline of goals for your study. (-Who will email teachers or find subjects? By when? -Who will gather supplies? By when? -Who will set up and test your experiment design? By when? And -when will you actually run your experiment?)
Finally, please post your research question and experiment. (to the GC, this time, so that I can read it even if at home!) One per group, but include everyone's names. 
Thanks!

Complete a gallery walk of all the experiments shown.

Write at least one positive or negative comment/concern/question on each one (on the post it/note card)

In your lab journal (please take some time to really think about this and defend your answers):

1. Choose the one you feel is best and write 3-5 sentences (or bullet points) about what is best about it. Be prepared to defend your choice and suggestions. 

2. Choose 2-3 more that you feel were well done overall. What was good about them and why were they not the best?

3. Choose the one you feel is worst (or could use the most improvement) and write 3-5 sentences/bullet pts about what needs improving and/or how you would improve this study (Changing the topic doesn't count!). Be prepared to defend your suggestions next class.

4. Choose 1-3 more that you think had serious flaws and explain why/what those flaws are.

5. Which topics (if any) seemed new and interesting to you? Why? (if none, why not?)

6. Which topics (if any) would you say have been 'overdone' or are too obvious (ie, anything that you think has already been shown by multiple studies). Why?

1. Take notes in your laboratory notebook as you review the Statistical Analysis presentation.
2. Using the Statistical Analysis Resource Sheet and the SRS, follow all of the steps to statistically analyze the practice problem found on Part I: Example 1. Show all work. (Decimals rounded to thousandths please)
3. Compare your answers in part 1 of your Student Response Sheet to the answers outlined in example 1 on the Examples Resource Sheet.
4. Read through the remainder of the examples on the Examples Resource Sheet. Note that the specific t-test formula used in each example is specific to the study performed. (make a small note in your NB as to what t-test is used, and why, for each)
5. Work with your partner to statistically analyze the results of your assigned study. Show all of your work!
6. CQ 1-7

5. Find two 'normal' articles and two 'scientific' articles (#14 and #16) (MAKE SURE they have data represented in them!)
-Print them out. (yes, I really do mean please print them out. If they are longer than 3 pages, just print the first 3).
-MUST BE DIFFERENT from anyone else in your table group!
6. Answer the questions in step 17 about your sci articles.
7. CQ 2-4 (skip #1)

-Read intro
1. Brainstorm what's misleading in data, and be specific about the examples given in #2. 
-Compare your thoughts with answers on the SRS!
2. SRS- highlight info/notes (#6) and matching (#7).
3. In groups, come up with a fictional MI or product.
4. Design 3 slides and prepare to present about your product (#10-11). 
(Prep to Present BRIEFLY next time- or this time if we have 15 min left)

To finish up 211:
6. Notes on 2-3 best exp. and worst designs (from gallery walk)
7. Your response to your critiques- which were helpful & why? (please give this some real thought!)
8. How might you re-design your experiment to be more reliable or valid (etc)? Would you say there might be a different approach to your question that might work? Describe (even if not, explain why not).
9. CQ 1-5

To continue...
3. Use the internet to research basic information for your pair. Take notes in your laboratory notebook. (#6)
4. Use your initial research to help you answer the questions below in your laboratory notebook. Create a graphic organizer in your laboratory notebook to help you organize your answers.
-Pros/cons of using a prospective cohort study ?
-Pros/cons of using a retrospective cohort study ?
-Pros/cons of using a cross-sectional study ?
-Pros/cons of using an experimental study ?
5. Use the Experimental Design resource and the graphic organizer on your Student Response Sheet to help you write a brief study design to investigate the association between your activity/treatment and disease pair. Make sure to set up the study so that it is reliable and valid. (put notes in your NB. Then, write up on a yellow paper to post for critiques).

-Read through the Case Brief and Mission Statement for Mission 2 (before 2.1.1)
1. What is AIP and PBGD? How are they related?
Now move on to 2.1.1. Read through the intro.
2. Use the SRS to take notes on the research design presentation (steps 1-3)
*Also please return the back page of the syllabus as HW*