50% - 50 points awarded prior to final presentation:

• Title: Due February 13. 5 pts.
  Select a title on any topic in biology
  
• Poster Bibliography: Due March 4. 5 pts.
  By this date, you should have done enough library research to have a variety of resources for your topic, including books, webpages and primary literature. Be sure to consult the Resources pages on this website.
  
• Annotated Bibliography: Due March 25. 15 pts
  This is your critical evaluation of a subset of the resources you will be using to prepare your poster. Consult the rubric for guidelines for this assignment.
  
• Poster Draft: Due April 8. 25 pts.
  Bring in the material you have for the poster, as close to finished as possible so that I can give you some feedback on how well I think you are meeting the goals and outcomes of the assignment.
  This should include references and abstract. An abstract is a summary of everything that is in a paper (or in this case a poster). This must be 100 words or less. References should be cited within the text of your poster.
  It is not necessary (or even desired) to have the material mounted, but you could include a paper that shows how you intend to lay them out. You can look at the poster presentation online if you want to see some finished ones.
  My goal is to help you get the poster nearly finished so you aren't stressed at the last minute. This way I can give you some feedback on how well I think you are meeting the goals and outcomes of the assignment I have outlined on the web page so that you can get the best grade possible.

50% - Final Poster Presentation - 50 points awarded on the following criteria:  

RELEVANCE -- Is there an explicit connection to Cellular and Molecular biology? How well is it demonstrated? (10 points)

CONTENT - Does this poster demonstrate an increase in knowledge in terms of structure-function relationships, technological advances that have helped gain knowledge and/or the scientific method?  (10 points)  

RESEARCHED -BASED - Are the resources properly referenced? Are there at least 10 "good" resources? Are the resources diverse and in sufficient depth to constitute University level knowledge? (that is, are there any scientific review articles, primary resources included?) Are all quotes properly referenced and cited or is there evidence of plagerism? (5 points)

AESTHETIC - Is the poster/web page visually effective? (5 points)  

ACCURACY - How well did the author respond to questions from the audience? Were their answers clear and in sufficient detail to increase knowledge and understanding of the audience? Did the answers demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the topic being presented? (10 points)  

BREVITY - Was the abstract a clear concise statement of the main points of the poster or web page? (5 points)

PEER EVALUATION (5 points)