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By Phil Roberts For Soils 201 Spring 2007 March 21st and 22nd
The Goal
The goal of your assignment was:
to familiarize yourselves with scientific literature to summarize your findings from an article to relate a piece of research to soil formation
Grading Format
Organization References Format Editing Content
Scientific Writing
Introduction relate your topic to a large audience
Thesis is the last sentence of this paragraph Support Use research to back your argument Conclusion Restate the thesis with relevant supporting points References In alphabetical order using the guidelines provided
Internal Citations
1 author .. (Brady, 2004).
2 authors .. (Brady and Weil, 2004). 3 or more authors (Moore et al., 1991).
et al. is an abbreviation of et alia, which is Latin for and others.
Internal Citations
Every Reference Should have an Internal Citation
if you didnt cite it, why should it go into the references list?
Your task is to review current literature and summarize what you have found. Dont re-state another authors arguments. Make your own.
Format
Did you follow the instructions?
Length requirement
Editing
Both Grammar and Scientific Tone
The tone of these paper are very terse This not like writing for an English Class Sentences should be short and direct Avoid any use of emotional phrases/words
Affect
a verb
Effect
a noun
Common Errors
Its
possessive
Its
a contraction
Leach
eluviation
Leech
blood suckers
Unundone
Nonnever done
Hummus
bean dip
Humus
SOM
Scientific Writing
Words to avoid:
That Alter Interestingly Surprisingly Effect Like Modify Significant Change Affect
Scientific Writing
Some Highlights: -In soil today there are five factors that make up soil formation. -Either there is an excess that allows materials from upper layers moving to lower soil layers. -There are five main soil forming factors and a few minor ones (like ghosts).
-With a combination of all the factors Ive talked about already topography effects yield of farmers, which is one area of great importance to them.
Scientific Writing
More Highlights
-Topography reminds me of an old saying Sh*t always runs down hill (Phil Roberts). -This group is larger than 2 mila meters and include specimen like mice, moles, ants, earthworms, spiders and many more.
-Even though antibiotics you are going to give me an A are tightly adsorbed by clay particles, they are still biologically active and may influence the selection of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the terrestrial environment (Reganold, Roberts, et. Al, 2007).
-This can have an extreme effect on the soil.
Content
The goal of your assignment was:
to familiarize yourselves with scientific literature to summarize your findings from an article to relate a piece of research to soil formation
Essay Assignment #2
Focus on a specific piece of literature
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