Overview
Instructions for Reflection Writing Assignment & Rubric: CRISPR-Cas9BIOZ310
Reflective Writing Assignment
Topic: CRISPR-Cas9
"What, So What, Now What"
Assignment Learning Goal:
This is a reflection assignment aimed at developing professional skills that inform and prepare you to discuss topics with confidence. Students will improve skills in reading primary scientific papers, make connections to what they have learned as a biology major thus far, and extract meaning from them in a way that advances their personal and professional goals.
"What" - Do this later
This is your Scientific Paper assignment.
In this writing assignment you will complete the following two sections and reflect on topic of CRISPR.
"So What"
You will perform a literature search of peer-reviewed research on the topic of CRISPR-Cas9. The goal is to provide an overview of background on the topic of CRISPR-Cas. This should include information about history of CRISPR-Cas, the impact of the technology, the varied applications, and potential social or ethical implications that have been identified. The goal is to have students spend a few hours searching literature and reading scientific journal articles and reflect on the experiment that you performed. I expect to have a minimum of five scientific journal articles referenced in this section. Estimated 3-5 paragraphs.
"Now What"
After your survey of peer-reviewed literature, you will turn your focus to doing a deep dive into one research paper of interest to you and your career interests. In this paper, you will write a synopsis of the paper choice, describe the design, methodology, data analysis and results. You will write a reflection section on this paper of your choice and make connections between the experiment that you performed and the research paper of your choice. Students will reflect on the topic "CRISPR-Cas9" and on how this technology is related to your career interests. Where do you want biology to take you? Estimated 3-5 paragraphs.
I already have the Scientific Paper assignment I just need the reflection portion