50% - 50 points awarded prior to final presentation:

• Title (5 pts.)
  Select a title on any topic in biology
  
• Poster Bibliography (5 pts.)
  By this date, you should have done enough library research to have a variety of resources for your topic, including books, web pages and primary literature. Be sure to consult the Resources pages on this website.
  
• Annotated Bibliography (15 pts)
  This is your critical evaluation of a subset of the resources you will be using to prepare your poster. When you are working on the poster, and the annotated bibliography, make sure you have a wide variety of resources (at least 10). Be sure to find material at the molecular level. For example, genetics; what chromosome a particular the organism may have, or how a metabolic pathway works. Is there a genetic condition that is related to your topic? Is one type of organism or race more susceptible than another to a particular condition or disease? Be sure to consult the rubric for guidelines for this assignment and the criteria for the final project.
  
• Poster Draft (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 plagiarism? (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)