Please use this article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765964/
DIRECTIONS FOR PROPOSAL:
1.Title:
Your title needs to elude to the scope of your project. Do not just write Bio 211 Project.
2.Introduction
Background of your topic: Describes our current knowledge about the topic by referencing a study or two from the primaryliterature.
Significance or importance of your research and motivation for your experiment. The motivation for conducting the research is made clear by relating what we know to a new question that should advance our understanding about the topic.
Statement of problem and goals of your project.
Question and Hypothesis: What is the question you want to ask and what specifically is your hypothesis.
3.Methods
General approach:
Specific approach:
What is the sample size?Where will the project be conducted? What are the independent and dependent variables? What variables will be controlled?Materials needed
How will you record your data. What will your table look like?
What statistics will you use to analyze your results.
4.Reference
Site paper
5. Screenshot of the first page of cited reference
I have provided examples of previous students’ work and outline for the proposal.
OUTLINE:
Reason: Money is handled by a lot of people, how does the amount of bacteria change based on the year of production
Methods and Materials: Obtain 3 bills that have a year of production greater than 5 years old, obtain 3 bills that are brand new and obtain 3 bills that have are visibly dirty and tattered. The money will be streaked across an agar plate and dextrose plate and incubated to facilitate the growth of molds and bacteria. The results will then be recorded and compared, with the number and diversity of colonies noted.
Hypothesis: Worn out banknotes will have a higher amount of transmissible bacteria than freshly minted notes. These may include both bacterial and fungal colonies.
Sample size: 3 bills of each generation, tested on three separate plates with control plates.
Independent Variable: Age of the bill, condition of the bill, denomination of the bill
Dependent Variable: The number and diversity of bacterial and fungal colonies
Data: The data will be recorded on tables and presented in graphical format
Thank you!
