Week 2.9: Dress Rehearsal#
his week is about wrapping up your research. It is now time to cleanup, finalize, and hand off the written material and documentation of your project. It is also time to prepare your research talk.
There is no science spotlight nor workshop on Monday.
Workshop: Reviewing your peer’s paper#
In this workshop, you will build upon what you learned in week 2.7 about the Paper review process. You will finish reviewing each other’s paper draft and you will get tips on processing comments and writing a rebuttal letter.
Group Activity of the Week#
This week you are reviewing other groups papers, and continuing to adding the final changes to your paper based on your colleagues reviews and feedback. You should also be finalizing and rehearsing your research talk.
You could pair up with another group to practice talks in front of them. Or find other people to practice in front of.
Discussion Questions#
How do you decide a project is done?
When completing a project, how do you prepare it to be background research for someone else?
What research ideas are you excited about?
What happens when it all goes wrong?
Weekly Submitted Assignments#
Group#
Peer review of another group’s paper
Individual#
What would you tell your family or peers about this minor?
How would you describe your experience in it?