Minutes October 17, 2008 by Megan

CLL 410: Writing for Environmental Professionals October 17, 2008
Taken by Megan Carpenter
Attendees Chris L, Megan T, Nicole, Yumie, Daniel, Chris D, Josh, Owen B, James M, Alyssa, Megan C, Ben P, Sarah

Notes from last class:

• We don’t want our kids addicted to drugs, but it’s the biggest thing we sell in the U.S!
• Illegal drugs are banned but pharmacy drugs are rammed down our throats.
• Hang over drug? Does it work?
• Pay attention to the salamander.
• Sail boat analogy (it never sails the same way.)
• Play around with abstracts
• Lighten up!

Finishing up with abstracts:

• Summary of entire paper or description
• Topic, discussion of results, recommendation

Tips to writing a conclusion:

• Restate introduction
• Relate to broader concern, or even general
• Summarize
• Use abstract in conclusion
• Key points
• Most memorable points
• Combine ideas
• Synthesize or replicate

Failure:

• We are all afraid of failure
• Talk about failure and ways to redo your research
• Conclusion can be a statement of research failure

For next class:

• Proposals due midnight Sunday night
• Abstract due midnight Sunday night
• Read section on progress reports