Week starting Time at the weekend (weeks) from start. Activity What's due? To Prof Tyson by e-mail. Brief description of reports
Jan 30th 0.5 Recruit
Feb 6th 1.5 Recruit and form groups
Feb 13th 2.5 Group get together: work on background paper: discuss project.
Feb 20th 3.5 2/21 All-group meeting: work on background paper: discuss project
Background Paper
Feb 27th 4.5 Work on background paper: plan experiments Background paper midnight 3/5 The report on the background material should be about 500 words long and contain 7-10 links to websites of relevance.
Mar 6th 5.5 Work on measurement report: plan inititial experiments
Measurement of arsenic Participation report
Mar 13th 6.5 3/14 All-group meeting. Work on measurement report: initial experiments Measurement paper and participation report midnight 3/16 The report on the measurement technique or procedure should be about 500 words long and contain at least one diagram and 2 links to relevant websites. Brief report from each member of the group on the extent of participation by each of the other members.
Mar 20th Spring break
Mar 27th 7.5 work on proposal: initial experiments
Wednesday March 29th 8 Drop with W deadline
Proposal
Apr 3rd 8.5 Work on proposal: initial experiments Proposal midnight 4/9 The proposal should be about 750 words long.
Apr 10th 9.5 4/11 All-group meeting. Research
Apr 17th 10.5 Research
Apr 24th 11.5 Research
May 1st 12.5 Research
May 8th 13.5 Research: work on final report
May 15th 14.0 on 5/17 5/16 All-group meeting. Work on final report
Final report
May 22nd 15.5 Work on final report, individual report and questionnaire Group Report, individual report, questionnaire midnight 5/26 Final report should be in the form of a journal article. Guidelines are provided on website. Look at previous reports.