Research Foundations
Learn about essential scientific thinking and problem-solving skills valuable for everyone, not just scientists and engineers. This cluster teaches students how to ask scientific questions and design experiments, then analyze data, and finally, communicate research findings to any audience. It emphasizes the importance of sharing results ethically, and collaborates across disciplines to solve real-world problems.
Topics
- process
- technique
- observations
- conclusions
- applied
- paradigms
- keystone species
- Robert Paine
- experiment
- hypothesis
- variables
- controls
- discovery
- research
- stock solution
- multichannel pipette
- micropipettes
- dilutions
- methods
- lab techniques
- lab videos
- protocols
- lab protocols
- lab safety
- pipettes
- solutions
- SDS PAGE
- DNA gel
- protein gel
- Western blot
- immunoblotting
- centrifugation
- protein purification
- gel electrophoresis
- pellet
- supernatant
- chromatography
- column chromatography
- miniprep
- DNA
- DNA isolation
- DNA quantification
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- restriction digest
- ligation
- transformation
- fluorescence microscopy
- transformation
- aseptic techniques
- tissue culture
- fluorescence
- lab etiquette
- lab citizen
- lab safety
- lab culture
- people in the lab
- lab manager
- graduate student
- PhD student
- professor
- principal investigator
- research technician
- research assistant
- glassware
- waste disposal
- BSL 1 lab
- BSL 2 lab
- data mining
- sequence alignment
- life science literature
- literature search
- data literacy
- bioinformatics
- data sets
- NCBI
- BLAST
- PubMed
- critical
- critical reading
- research
- articles
- reading
- analysis
- analyze
- scientific paper
- review article
- title
- author
- writing
- abstract
- results
- conclusion
- bibliography
- references
- scientific misconduct
- data manipulation
- scientific fraud
- research
- Piltdown Man
- fraud
- data fabrication
- public perception
- agency
- government
- Duesberg
- HIV
- South Africa
- inclusion
- diversity
- stories in science
- inspiring stories
- career advice
- minorities in science
- STEM careers
- finding your interest